Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
"Images of the 21st Century": every March, documentary brings the world to the port warehouses.
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The city's great institutions: what each one is, when it happens and why it matters.
Thessaloniki doesn't only count the year in months. It counts it in festivals: the trade fair in September, the Dimitria in October, the Film Festival in November, the Documentary Festival in March. Each has run for decades and has shaped the city's character.
Below you'll find what each of these institutions actually is, its history, where it happens and how to experience it. Exact dates change every year, which is why each page links to the official organisers.
Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF)
The institution that has marked the city for a century: trade, politics and crowds every September in the heart of Thessaloniki.
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The city's own cultural institution, rooted in the Byzantine fair of its patron saint and revived in 1966.
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Since 1960: ten November days that turn the Olympion and the port warehouses into South-East Europe's cinema hub.
Read moreFestival dates change every year. Always check the organiser's official site before you travel or book tickets.