Honorary ‘Alexander Golden»Will award the Thessaloniki Film Festival to the great creator George Tsemberopoulosone of the most beloved filmmakers, with films that have been a huge success in theaters.
Specifically, the 66th Thessaloniki Film Festival (30/10-9/11/2025) will organize a large tribute to its work, which will be screened by all its feature films.
There will also be a masterclass, during which he will share the secrets of his art with the public, while the film will be screened “Hello“, One of the most iconic films of modern Greek cinema. The special edition of the Festival “First Plan” will be dedicated to George Tsemberopoulos and will include rare photographic material, a large interview and original texts for himself and his work.
In his statements, the artistic director of the Orestis Andreasadakis Festival said: “The penetrating look of Tsemberopoulos and his person -centered approach are listening to the anxieties of a class of people whose discourse has rarely found a big display. We are very happy about this tribute that gives us the opportunity to honor a great creator, a valuable partner and friend. “
For his part, George Tsemberopoulos, as soon as he was informed of his forthcoming award, said: “Oops! Award for my work? My honor! Thessaloniki only has a whole life offered me a lifetime! It’s a city he knows to give, it’s the city of the five senses. Sixth, this unique feeling we have when we walk alone on the beach, still carrying the movie we just saw at the festival and touched us. I love the city, I love the festival and its people. I have worked with this wonderful team, so this award is of particular importance. “
As noted in a statement from the Thessaloniki Film Festival, “At the core of George Tsemberopoulos’ film universe, people’s passions and desires in today’s complex great cities are hidden in a rapidly changing Greece. The 66th Thessaloniki Film Festival will be screened by six feature films of the great Greek director, including the documentary ‘Megara‘, which he directed with Sakis Maniatis. The tribute runs through the creative thread of the director, screenwriter and producer from his first steps to his latest film ‘Exist‘, the biggest collection of recent years in the Greek box office, which has received cinematic distribution in many countries around the world and presents the life of Stelios Kazantzidis, the voice that’ spoke ‘to the hearts of all Greeks. “
George Tsemberopoulos studied cinema at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, where he lived for six years, directing documentaries, short films and theatrical performances. During his long career, he has served at all stages of cinematic production: he has starred in films, has been an assistant director next to other iconic creators, is a director, screenwriter and producer, and has worked as an advertising film producer for 25 years. He has brought all these dimensions to his directing work, in the way he works with the actors, in the confidence with which his workshop inspires. At the same time, he has served Greek cinema and at the institutional level, both as president of the Hellenic Film Academy from 2019 to 2022 and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Thessaloniki Film Festival, from 2015 to 2019, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Greek Film Center in 1991.
Source :Skai
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