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FESTIVALS Germany

Elli Makra competing in Thessaloniki

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An overall 10 German (co)productions are being shown at the 48th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (November 16-25), one of Europe’s most renowned film events for up-and-coming filmmakers.

Athanasios Karanikolas' Elli Makra – 42277 Wuppertal will celebrate its international premiere in the competition for the Golden Alexander.

The Independence Days (ID-07) sidebar, which runs parallel to the competition section and presents young, provocative filmmakers includes Pia Marais (The Unpolished [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
), Elke Hauck (Karger) and Baltasar Kormakur (Jar City [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
).

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The co-productions The Edge of Heaven [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Fatih Akin
interview: Klaus Maeck
film profile
]
by Fatih Akin, Ognjen Svilicic’s Armin [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
and The Trap [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
by Srdan Golubovic will be shown in the Balkan Survey.

Listen by Giorgis Fotopoulos (Greece/Germany) will be screened in Digital Wave 02 while Robert Thalheim’s And Along Come Tourists [+see also:
trailer
interview: Alexander Fehling
film profile
]
features in the Contemporary Wars sidebar.

Lastly, the festival will present Sam Garbarski’s international co-production Irina Palm [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sam Garbarski
interview: Sébastien Delloye
film profile
]
(see Focus) as a Special Screening.

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