ATLAS E.P. at the 67th Thessaloniki International Film Festival!
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ATLAS E.P., attends this year again Thessaloniki International Film Festival, continuing its long-standing collaboration with the institution and our work for equal access to cinema. The 67th organising takes place from November 5th till November 15th 2026, and our team has completed the subtitling of 23 films of the festival.
Our participation this year includes the creation of Closed Captioning (CC), SDH subtitles for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing, as well as intralingual subtitles. From new artworks till the return of favourite works on the big screen, we support the access of more viewers to the stories appearing in Thessaloniki this year.
In order to watch the accessible content at the Festival’s platform, you can find information on the link below:
Here is the detailed list of the films:
Worthy - Christos Georgiou
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Friday November 6th, 19:00 - John Cassavetes
Sunday November 8th, 13:00 - John Cassavetes
The discovery of an icon, which Ilias believes to be crying, sets him on his journey from cemetery caretaker to the chosen one. While he is on his quest to bring the icon to the people of the small town, we also follow three other stories of people who could do with a little help from a miraculous icon.
Alexander the Great and the Accursed Dragon - Dimos Avdeliodis
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Friday November 6th, 22:00 - John Cassavetes
Saturday November 7th, 14:00 - Stavros Tornes
In Karagiozis’s dream, a man-eating Dragon seizes control of the city’s aqueduct. To prevent panic, Rigas persuades the Dragon to accept its victims by lottery. When the lot falls on Rigopoula, twelve-year-old Alexander, out searching for the horse he adores, unexpectedly comes face-to-face with the Dragon. He does not panic: selfless love conquers fear.
Last Call - Sherif Francis
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Saturday November 7th, 15:45 - Tonia Marketaki
New Year’s Eve, 2000. Weapons are stolen from an army camp. A notorious criminal takes a family hostage in Pangrati and threatens to blow them up unless he is put on live television. A TV channel in turmoil, and a police force forced to watch, yet again, as a fugitive makes a fool of it. All of them threads in a web being spun by unseen hands. A work of fiction inspired by several real events.
Uchronia - Fil Ieropoulos
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Saturday November 7th, 16:00 - John Cassavetes
Uchronia is a psychedelic docu-essay inspired by Arthur Rimbaud’s visionary poem “Une Saison En Enfer”. Rimbaud’s ghost travels through history to encounter revolutionaries and queer freaks.
The Gleaner - Panagiotis Rappas
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Saturday November 7th, 17:00 - Pavlos Zannas
Sunday November 8th, 14:00 - Makedonikon
On Christmas Eve, on a small snow-covered Aegean island in the late 19th century, a poor elderly woman struggles to raise her two orphaned grandchildren. Just as despair is about to consume her, a check from her long-lost son in America brings hope.
Hold Onto Me - Myrsini Aristidou
With CC subtitles in live screening
Saturday November 7th, 19:00 - John Cassavetes
Monday November 9th, 13:00 - John Cassavetes
It is summertime, the 11-year-old Iris wanders the streets with her older friend, Danai, when she finds out that her estranged father, Aris, has returned to the city for his father’s funeral. Determined to know him, Iris searches for him and locates him in his isolated world, a deserted shipyard. What starts as an effort to stubbornly get close to him, gradually forms into a fragile relationship - incomplete but deeply moving.
Particles of Dust - Argyris Germanidis
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Saturday November 7th, 22:00 - John Cassavetes
Sunday November 8th, 16:00 - John Cassavetes
The corpse of a young man washes up on the shores of Atalante, marking Isidore’s return to the land of the living. As he follows the traces of his past lives in search of lost memories, Isidore finds himself caught in a deceptive web of stories within stories – a world of Time Travelers and Doppelgängers, Picture Eaters and Textile Merchants, Phantom Friends and Phantom Lovers.
Don’t Forget the Sunshine - Marco Papadopoulos
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Sunday November 8th, 22:30 - John Cassavetes
Tuesday November 10th, 13:00 - Frida Liappa
After six years in Germany, Maria gradually feels caught between two worlds. When her ailing mother and older brother come to visit from Greece for the first time, old wounds reopen and long-suppressed conflicts rise to the surface. Caught between her life in the Ruhr region and her ties to Thessaloniki, Maria is forced to confront her family’s past and search for her own identity.
Maralinga Maningrida Mantamaru - Alexandros Voulgaris (The Boy)
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Monday November 9th, 16:00 - John Cassavetes
A neverending noon.
A loop of secrets.
Miranda, Marion, Sarah, Irma, and Joan.
Stuck in time and time travelers.
They may be the only living people left on Earth.
Testimonies, songs, and traumas from Australia.
A Whole Person Almost — Efthimis Kosemund-Sanidis
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Monday 9 November, 17:00 — Olympion
Tuesday 10 November, 16:00 — John Cassavetes
Ilias, a young man in debt, arrives on a remote island to claim the inheritance of his estranged father, a doctor. There he has to confront a small community centered around his late father, and meets and develops a connection with Kalliopi, a local woman with dreams of fleeing the island. Whilst inexplicable illnesses begin to spread at an alarming rate, love grows.
Elena’s Shift — Stefanos Tsivopoulos
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Monday 9 November, 19:00 — John Cassavetes
Tuesday 10 November, 13:00 — John Cassavetes
Elena, a Romanian immigrant and mother of a nine-year-old boy, is deemed “not Greek enough” to be granted Greek citizenship, and when, days later, she is unfairly dismissed from her job as a cleaner, the life she is building in Athens begins to fall apart. Seeking a solution, she meets Yota, the lawyer for the cleaners’ union. As the two women try to expose the illegal practice behind the so-called “white contract” that led to Elena’s dismissal, they grow closer and fall in love. But when their revelations bring threats and Yota asks her to back down, Elena is faced with a choice between compromising for the love and life she is fighting for, or breaking with everyone and everything. A story about the price of choosing where and how you belong.
Truants — Nikos Grammatikos
With SDH subtitles in live screening
Monday 9 November, 20:00 — Olympion
The film returns to the big screen with SDH subtitles, in a screening accompanied by the presentation of the Honorary Golden Alexander Award to Nikos Grammatikos.
Admission is free upon presentation of a zero-value ticket issued by the Festival box office.
Game Theory — Karolos Zonaras
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Monday 9 November, 22:00 — Pavlos Zannas
Wednesday 11 November, 13:00 — Tonia Marketaki
Tom, the 40-year-old only son of businessman Michel Kormanos, has spent his life longing for the love and recognition of a father who never believed in him. In an existential crisis, he turns to an AI whose guidance shapes his choices. Secretly involved with Vera, his father’s wife, he becomes increasingly jealous as her brilliant brother Johnny takes the place Michel has always denied Tom. When mobster Stamoulis demands that Michel pay for their dark shared past and orders Johnny’s death, Tom is drawn into a game whose rules change with every move.
Under the Judas Tree — Christos Houliaras
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Monday 9 November, 22:00 — John Cassavetes
Wednesday 11 November, 13:00 — John Cassavetes
In a remote village in northern Greece, Elias, finds the body of a young woman. Haunted by her presence, he sets out on his own investigation and uncovers his best friend’s guilt. Following a fatal collision, he must choose between his friend’s memory and his daughter.
A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra — Jacqueline Lentzou
With CC subtitles in live screening
Tuesday 10 November, 17:00 — Olympion
Wednesday 11 November, 16:00 — John Cassavetes
Jo, melancholic, wild and only 15 years old, dreamt that she had turned into water, but she isn’t sure. She looks golden as she gazes at her reflection in glossy paper, and she cries in class listening to Phaedra sing: an angels' voice, a new, real friend. That evening, just before she meets her again, someone tells her a joke she doesn’t understand, but which is meant to be revealed to her…
Foreign Blood — Tonis Lykouressis
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Tuesday 10 November, 19:00 — John Cassavetes
hursday 12 November, 13:00 — John Cassavetes
Dennis, a man in his late fifties, leads a quiet life in Zakynthos, running a bar with Vera, and her 20-year-old son, Alex, whom he regards as his own. One winter night, Alex takes a mysterious foreign girl on a ride and causes an accident. Dennis rushes her to hospital, only to discover she is his estranged daughter. As her condition worsens and Alex disappears, Dennis must confront his past and choose between revenge and forgiveness…
The Lion at My Back — Tonia Mishiali
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Tuesday 10 November, 22:00 — John Cassavetes
Wednesday 11 November, 13:00 — Παύλος Ζάννας
Α teenage asylum seeker, and a recovering drug addict are striving to rebuild their lives. When their paths first cross, they use each other, but their shared struggle for survival in a world that failed them both sparks an unexpected bond. Together, they redefine the true meaning of family, in a heartwarming tale of female solidarity.
The Megalomaniacs — Spiros Stathoulopoulos
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Wednesday 11 November, 22:00 — John Cassavetes
Thursday 12 November, 16:00 — John Cassavetes
Sophia, an archaeologist,intoxicated by her own theory, thinks that ancient pottery once captured sounds of the past, etched like a primitive vinyl record. She recruits Potter, a sarcastic craftsman who trusts form, not faith. Curiosity turns into a duel of wits, vanity and power. Who will give in first?
Titanic Ocean — Konstantina Kotzamani
With CC subtitles in live screening
Thursday 12 November, 17:00 — Olympion
Friday 13 November, 15:45 — John Cassavetes
In the scintillating, pop-infused world of a Japanese boarding school that trains teenage girls to become professional mermaids, Akame learns to hold her breath, perform for adoring crowds, and swim alongside sharks.Between breathlessness and exhausting choreography, Akame will find her siren voice, discover first love and experience a metamorphosis, turning performance into transformation.
Recrucified — Theo Papadoulakis
With CC subtitles in live screening
Thursday 12 November, 22:00 — John Cassavetes
Friday 13 November, 12:15 — John Cassavetes
In the near future, on a Greek island under foreign occupation, Manolis, a rebellious young street artist with a speech disorder, desecrates the statue of Christ with his friends. Faced with brutal punishment, he betrays them and is forced to join the Security Corps and portray Christ in the annual Passion Play. When he becomes witness to the cruel treatment of persecuted refugees, he is torn between guilt and awakening. Will he find his voice and resist injustice?
The Flaw — Theophilos Papastylianos
With CC subtitles in live screening
Friday 13 November, 19:00 — John Cassavetes
Saturday 14 November, 13:00 — John Cassavetes
In a bleak world where the Regime decides who belongs and who doesn't, the Line divides everyone. Now, a ruthless Interrogator is ordered to prove a Suspect’s guilt. A game of psychological manipulation unfolds as the Plan advances with cold precision. Every word or action is cast in a new light. Reality itself becomes twisted. But just as the puzzle seems complete, a single flaw changes everything. When a gun is drawn, the question is no longer who will pull the trigger, but whether either man can cross the Line that has always divided them.
Angel Downtown — Freddy Vianellis
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Saturday 14 November, 19:00 — John Cassavetes
Sunday 15 November, 16:00 — John Cassavetes
Angelos wanders around Athens during a day full of unexpected encounters and small acts of kindness. On his way to his rehearsal, he meets people who bring him face to face with different facets of the human experience: a young woman with a visual impairment, a homeless painter, friends and artists searching for their path. A tender journey that explores the delicate relationship between life and art.
Saturday’s screening will be followed by the presentation of the Honorary Golden Alexander Award to Aggelos Papadimitriou.
Apart — Stelana Kliris
Online with CC subtitles and in live screening
Saturday 14 November, 22:00 — John Cassavetes
Sunday 15 November, 12:00 — John Cassavetes
1974. When Turkey invades Cyprus, young Eleni escapes through an arranged marriage to a fellow Greek-Cypriot in apartheid South Africa. She leaves one divided country for another. Though strangers at first, Eleni and Nico slowly fall for each other and start to build a life together. But when an unexpected friendship with a local Black woman reveals a secret from Eleni’s past, she must make a decision that will change her life forever.
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