Fritz Lang

Ljutomer – The 18th Grossman Festival of Fantastic Film and Wine, kicking off on Saturday, will see five feature films competing for the main award, Vicious Cat, while it introduces a Hollywood-style Walk of Fame, and Nightmare on Vine Street, a wine-themed event.

The curtain rose on the 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival on Friday, November 6, 2015 at the packed Olympion theatre. The ceremony, presented by actor Antinoos Albanis and directed by Panagiotis Evangelidis, was followed by the screening of Sebastian Schipper’s Victoria.

 Standout performances and lush cinematography against the backdrop of the economic crisis

By Phoebe Fronista *

It starts off quietly: a middle-aged man (Stelios Mainas) with a jazz club, a wife in the suburbs (Maria Nafpliotou) and a bit on the side pondering his life.

So far, so standard euro-cinephile fare.