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Greek Director Theo Angelopoulos Remembered at Thessaloniki International Film Festival

· Written by Asteris Masouras

Categories: Western Europe, Greece, Arts & Culture, Film
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Colleagues share recollections of Theo Angelopoulos at the 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Photo © Asteris Masouras

Renowned Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos was killed in a traffic accident [2] in January 2012. He was remembered by his “cinema family” [3] at the 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival (November 2-11). Three of Angelopoulos’ best known films are on the program [4]. The festival Twitter hashtag is #tiff53 [5].