The 27th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (TDF) begins today with Pietr Winiewicz’s film “About a Hero,” featuring a script written by AI trained on the works of renowned director Werner Herzog.
Winiewicz’s documentary is part of this year’s TDF tribute to AI, titled “AI: An Inevitable Intelligence.” The festival is also hosting the tribute “Geography of the Gaze: Off-the-Map Greece (1950-2000),” which explores documentaries about the political, social, and cultural conditions in Greece during the second half of the 20th century, as well as a focus on photographer and director Lauren Greenfield.
Founded in 1999, TDF highlights independent documentaries and promotes the work of emerging filmmakers from around the world.
Over the course of the 10-day festival, 261 short and feature-length documentaries will be screened both in theaters and online, including 72 world premieres, 40 international premieres, and 11 European premieres. A total of 71 Greek films will be showcased, with nine competing in three of the festival’s four international competition sections. Additionally, 10 podcasts will participate in the festival’s Podcast Competition for the Best Podcast Award.
The festival will conclude on Sunday, March 16, with the screening of “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone,” directed by Shoshannah Stern, a documentary about the actress Marlee Matlin, the first deaf actress to win an Oscar for acting in the history of the awards.
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