The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, a leading force in Southeast Europe, celebrates the art of documentary through a program of films, events and initiatives. TDF is an Oscars® eligible Festival. The 2022 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival runs from 10 - 20 March.

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INTERVIEW

«With a blend of persistence, love, realism and boldness, Greek documentaries always find a unique way to tell their stories»

Ahead of the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Modern Times Review spoke with the Director of the Greek Programme, Eleni Androutopoulou on this year's homegrown productions, the place of Greek documentary within its wider landscape, and more.

FILMS

Brotherhood

Director: Francesco Montagner

A timeless tale of growing up in a land of both magic and hatred.

F@ck This Job

Director: Vera Krichevskaya

The story of Russia's last national independent TV news station.

How to Kill a Cloud

Director: Tuija Halttunen

Is it okay to modify the atmosphere?

Letter to Nikola

Director: Hara Kaminara

Africa's migrant crisis seen through the lens of a mother to be.

Nest

Director: Josefina Pérez-García, Felipe Sigala

As humans relentlessly transform landscapes to their needs, the question looms: is peaceful coexistence with other species attainable?

The Gig is Up

Director: Shannon Walsh

On the front lines of the visible – and invisible – global platform economy.

The History of the Civil War

Director: Dziga Vertov

Thought lost forever, Dziga Vertov's 1921 archive of the Russian Civil War finally debuts to the public 100 years later.

Travesti Odyssey

Director: Nicolas Videla

Intertwined with days of protests, the final days of Chile's radical Cabaret Travesía Travesti show how important it is that the trans community stands up to tell its own stories.

Trenches

Director: Loup Bureau

French war journalist Loup Bureau directs an immersive cinematic journey through the last conflict on European soil.

Turn Your Body to the Sun

Director: Aliona van der Horst

A Soviet soldier of Tatar descent captured by the Nazis during WWII leads to a story of an army caught between dictators.