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March 12, 2025

Thessaloniki Int'l Documentary Festival Underway As Event's Leaders Acknowledge Fraught 2025 Context: "The Cries Of Hate Multiply"

By Matthew Carey

'Move Ya Body' Director Elegance Bratton Unearths Foundations Of House Music, With Assist From Former First Lady: "Hillary Clinton's A House Head" - Thessaloniki

The House music film 'Move Ya Body,' directed by Elegance Bratton and EP'd by Hillary Clinton, is screening at the Thessaloniki Int'l Doc Fe …

By Matthew Carey

In New Film, Ukrainian Drag Queens "Combat War And Murder With Joy" - Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival

Ukrainian drag performers star in 'Queens of Joy,' premiering at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in Greece.

By Matthew Carey

'Free Leonard Peltier' Follows A 50-Year Trail To Justice For Native American Icon - Thessaloniki Int'l Documentary Festival

'Free Leonard Peltier' directors David France and Jesse Short Bull on Native American icon's 50 year trail to freedom.

By Tom White

In 'Under The Flags, The Sun' A Filmmaker Probes Archives To Expose Paraguay's Dictator - Thessaloniki Int'l Documentary Festival

Paraguay's ex-dictator Alfredo Stroessner is exposed in the documentary 'Under the Flags, the Sun,' directed by Juanjo Pereira.

By Matthew Carey

'The Dating Game' Rolls To Thessaloniki After Raucous Screenings At True/False: "People Were Laughing From Beginning To End"

'The Dating Game,' a documentary about the struggle for Chinese men to find mates, heads to the Thessaloniki doc fesetival after playing at …

By Matthew Carey