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JUST TALKING 15/3 part 3 and 4

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JUST TALKING 15/3 part3envoyé par cecilerittweger JUST TALKING 15/3 part4 envoyé par cecilerittweger Is objectivity what is desired in the making of a documentary film? Must a director keep an emotional distance from his film’s main character? These questions were at the heart of the first “Just Talking”, which took place on Sunday, March 15, as part of the sidebar events of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Centu...

Fabio Wuytack interview , Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

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Fabio Wuytack interview , Thessaloniki Documentary Festivalenvoyé par cecilerittweger...

JUST TALKING 15/3 PARTS 1 AND 2

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11th TDF: JUST TALKING 15/03/09 envoyé par cecilerittweger JUST TALKING 15/3 part2 envoyé par cecilerittweger Laura Bari, director of Antoine (Hybrid Docs), Magnus Gertten, co-director of Long Distance Love (Stories to Tell), Lisa Merton and Alan Dater directors of Taking Root: The Vision Of Wangari Maathai (Habitat), Kimberly Reed, director of Prodigal Sons (Stories to Tell), Ismail Necmi director of Should I Really Do It? (Po...

Fabio Wiuzack: Persona non grata

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Fabio Wiuzack: Persona non grataenvoyé par cecilerittweger...

Peter Wintonick: interview by Cecile Rittweger

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Peter Wintonick interviewenvoyé par cecilerittweger...

Thessaloniki Diary Day 3

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Last night I went to see a documentary of a belgian compatriot, Fabio Wuytack. Persona non grata tells the story of his father, a priest who lead revolutionary actions in Venezuela. The film really had a lot of success. Beautiful images, well thought script, intelligent editing... All the ingredients for an award, in my opinion... After I interviewed Fabio,  he offered me to have a drink in a bar on the seafront... We talked a lot and ended up ordering some food... It wasn't cheap but ...

11th TDF - PRESS CONFERENCE SHOULD I REALLY DO IT – THE SOLITARY LIFE OF CRANES – ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL – HUXLEY ON HUXLEY - ANTO

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PRESS CONFERENCE SHOULD I REALLY DO IT – THE SOLITARY LIFE OF CRANES – ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL – HUXLEY ON HUXLEY - ANTOINE On Monday, March 16 at noon, a press conference was given by Ismail Necmi (Should I Really Do It), Eva Weber (The Solitary Life Of Cranes), Ozgur Dogan (On The Way To School), Mary Ann Braubach (Huxley on Huxley) and Laura Bari (Antoine). On the way to school recounts the adventures of a young Turkish teach...

11th TDF: PRESS CONFERENCE LONG DISTANCE LOVE - THE QUEEN AND I - THE HANGING GARDENS OF SANTA EMILIA (3/15/2009)

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PRESS CONFERENCE LONG DISTANCE LOVE - THE QUEEN AND I - THE HANGING GARDENS OF SANTA EMILIA The 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century cycle of press conferences began on Sunday, March 15, at the “Ianos” book store. The first guests were the directors Magnus Gertten, Elin Jonsson (Long Distance Love), Nahid Persson Sarvestani (The Queen and I) and Sibel Bilgin (The Hanging Gardens of Santa Emilia). ...

11th TDF: PRESS CONFERENCE ΤΑΚΙΝG ROOT: ΤΗΕ VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI – PERSONA NON GRATA – A BLOOMING BUSINESS (3/15/2009)

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11th TDF: PRESS CONFERENCE ΤΑΚΙΝG ROOT: ΤΗΕ VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI – PERSONA NON GRATA – A BLOOMING BUSINESS (3/15/2009) PRESS CONFERENCE ΤΑΚΙΝG ROOT: ΤΗΕ VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI – PERSONA NON GRATA – A BLOOMING BUSINESS On Sunday, March 15, at noon, the directors Alan Dater and Lisa Merton (Taking Root: The Vision Of Wangari Maathai), Fabio Wuytack (Persona Non Grata) and Ton van Zantvoort (A Blooming Business) g...

11th TDF: JUST TALKING 15/03/09 (3/15/2009)

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JUST TALKING 15/3 Is objectivity what is desired in the making of a documentary film? Must a director keep an emotional distance from his film’s main character? These questions were at the heart of the first “Just Talking”, which took place on Sunday, March 15, as part of the sidebar events of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century. Every afternoon, the 11th Documentary Festival invites its guests, dire...

11th TDF: JUST TALKING 15/03/09 (3/15/2009)

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JUST TALKING 15/3 Is objectivity what is desired in the making of a documentary film? Must a director keep an emotional distance from his film’s main character? These questions were at the heart of the first “Just Talking”, which took place on Sunday, March 15, as part of the sidebar events of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century. Every afternoon, the 11th Documentary Festival invites its guests, dire...

Thessaloniki Diary Day 2

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Last night was a great night: I saw the film "Antoine", from Laura Bari, Canada. A very poetic movie immersing us in the fantasy of a blind child who plays to the detective.... When images are missing, other senses become  a powerful means of developing awareness and imagination.... This is the first film of Laura, who is actually a teacher specialised in children with handicaps....               After t...

11th TDF: TRIBUTES AND SPOTLIGHTS (2/13/2009)

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11th TDF: TRIBUTES AND SPOTLIGHTS (2/13/2009) 11th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL - Images of the 21st Century MARCH 13 – 22, 2009 TRIBUTES AND SPOTLIGHTS TRIBUTE: AFRICA The 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, within its goal of promoting social and political awareness, has chosen Africa as its main thematic tribute for its 11th edition. For the first time in Greece and the Balkans, African documentaries rel...

11th TDF: SURPRISE FILM (3/13/2009)

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11th TDF: SURPRISE FILM (3/13/2009) SURPRISE FILM On Saturday at 20:00, 24 hours after the opening of the 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century, a surprise film is expected to stir vivid interest among the audience at the Olympion cinema. The multi-award winning director Oliver Stone composes a meaningful portrait of Cuba’s emblematic political leader in his documentary Looking for Fidel, screening for the...

11th TDF: OPENING CEREMONY (3/14/2009)

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OPENING CEREMONY The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century enters its second decade as of Friday, March 13, with the Opening Ceremony of the 11th edition at the Olympion Theatre. Stavros Kalafatis, Minister of Macedonia-Thrace, launched the Documentary Festival, and the screening of Chao Gan’s The Red Race followed. Despina Mouzaki, Director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, welcomed the audienc...

11th TDF - OPENING OF VASIA PELEGRATI'S EXHIBITION (3/14/2009)

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11th TDF - OPENING OF VASIA PELEGRATI'S EXHIBITION (3/14/2009) OPENING OF VASIA PELEGRATI’S EXHIBITION “MALAWI – THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA” On Saturday, March 14th the opening of Vasia Pelegrati’s photography exhibition “Malawi – The Warm Heart of Africa” took place in a particularly warm atmosphere. The exhibition is a sidebar event of the 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century. Dimitri Eipide...

11th TDF: GREEK SECTION TRIBUTE

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11th TDF: GREEK SECTION TRIBUTE (2/19/2009) 11th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL - Images of the 21st Century MARCH 13 – 22, 2009 A number of 42 Greek films will be showcased in the 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century, allotted between the Official, Panorama and Greek Television sections. These are the most recent films from the local documentary production and are projects that have been funded and produce...

11th TDF: GREEK SECTION TRIBUTE

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11th TDF: GREEK SECTION TRIBUTE (2/19/2009) 11th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL - Images of the 21st Century MARCH 13 – 22, 2009 A number of 42 Greek films will be showcased in the 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century, allotted between the Official, Panorama and Greek Television sections. These are the most recent films from the local documentary production and are projects that have been funded and produce...

Diary day 1

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Waouh!   What a satisfaction to get up in the morning and walk along a sunny seafront! Blue sky, wind, smily people, what more do you want?   Well, actually, what I would like, it's to have slept a bit longer.... I arrived to my hotel last night at 3am, at the end of an exhausting week in Paris, and didn't fall asleep before 4am... And got up at 9am, because I didn't want to miss anything crucial, like a terrible documentary or a gargantuan breakfast!!! &...

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PRESS RELEASE 11th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL Images of the 21st Century March 13 – 22, 2009 The 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century, part of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, presents approximately 170 films by directors from all over the world, as well as a full parallel events program, to be announced next Monday, March 9th. OPENING FILM The ...

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Cécile Rittweger will cover the  11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Check Christine Marik's will reports from 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Past coverage from the 10th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival held from 7 to March 16, 2008. Through its tributes, it focuses both on discovering filmmakers with a unique cinematic point of view, and on the internationally recognized for their contribution to documentary.

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