67th Thessaloniki International Film Festival Announces Winners on November 15: 'A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra' Wins Golden Alexander in Arrivals
The 67th Thessaloniki International Film Festival announced its winners on Sunday, November 15, in Thessaloniki, Greece. The Golden Alexander for best feature in the Arrivals international competition went to 'A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra,' directed by Greek filmmaker Jacqueline Lentzou. Her second feature, the film had already won her the best director award in the Venice Film Festival's Horizons strand and has since screened at the New York, BFI London and Busan festivals. It follows 15-year-old Jo, played by Evita Andriopoulou, through an ordinary day transformed by a song from her classmate Phaedra; Andriopoulou also received a special mention in the section.
The Silver Alexander for best directors in Arrivals went jointly to Pauline Julier and Nicolas Chapoulier for 'Les Indes.' Best actor went to Caique Copque and Italo Martins for 'The Riverbank,' and best actress to Arisa Sasaki for 'Titanic Ocean.' In the Meet the Neighbors+ competition, the Golden Alexander for best feature went to 'Dua,' directed by Blerta Basholli, which follows a 13-year-old girl growing up in the shadow of the Kosovo War and premiered in Cannes' Critics' Week. The section's Silver Alexander for best director went to Abdallah Alkhatib for 'Chronicles From the Siege,' best screenplay to Pierre Le Gall for 'Flesh and Fuel,' whose leads Alexis Manenti and Julian Świeżewski shared best actor, and best actress to Maria Petrova for 'Hold Onto Me.'
In the Film Forward section, the Golden Alexander went to 'I Plant My Hand in the Garden,' directed by Hoda Taheri and Boris Hadžija, and the Silver Alexander to Rob Rice's 'Ponderosa,' whose star Alexis Blendel also took best actress. Best artistic achievement went to Argyris Germanidis's 'Particles of Dust,' and best actor to Alexis Kalofolias for 'Under the Judas Tree.' The festival ran from November 5 to 15 with 258 films across three competitive sections; it opened with Andrey Zvyagintsev's Cannes Grand Prix winner 'Minotaur' and closed with May el-Toukhy's Venice Golden Lion winner 'Woman Unknown.'
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Source: Thessaloniki International Film Festival
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