It didn't take long after it was instituted last fall, the Thessaloniki Film Library to enter dynamically in the dance of tributes in which it still stands out. In a few days he welcomes it 2013 with one more tribute, this time to the leading director of the French New Wave, François Truffaut. And many more to come.

With the title "Francois Truffaut: definitely cinema!» the tribute includes four films and will take place from Thursday 17 until Sunday 20 January 2013 in the Takis Kanellopoulos Hall (Cinema Museum – Thessaloniki Film Library, Warehouse A, Port).  

The four films begin with "Ta 400 hits" (“The Four Hundred Blows”, 1959), Trifo's first feature film and they end with "Definitely on Sunday" (“Can’t wait for Sunday!»,France, 1983), his swan song. "Fahrenheit 451" films will be shown in between («Fahrenheit 451»,  France/England, 1966) and "The Last Subway", (“The last metro”, France, 1980).

After the tribute "Francois Truffaut: definitely cinema!», will be followed by a series of tributes to great creators, who shaped the aesthetic values ​​with their work, the style and ethos of the Seventh Art: Luis Buñuel, Carl Dreyer, Ingmar Bergman.  

also,  the great tribute entitled "Rare Landscapes of Japanese Cinema" is expected, with rare films of such famous people (Akira Kurosawa, Nagisa Osima, Mr. Itchikawa, Sohei Imamura), as well as lesser known creators (Heinosuke Goso, Kozaburo Yoshimura, Kaneto Shinto, Yoshishige Yoshida), many of which will be shown for the first time in Greece.

According to the Film Archive, "non-negotiable goal is real entertainment _education of the soul_, the euphoria and reflection of the spectators, in a difficult time like today, where art -in our case, the cinema-, it can and should work therapeutically and comfortingly."

Screening schedule

Thursday 17/01      :18.45       Definitely on Sunday

                            21.00       The last subway

Friday 18/01 :18.45       The 400 blows

                              21.00       Fahrenheit 451

Saturday 19/01    :18.45       The last subway

                            21.00       The 400 blows

Sunday 20/01     :18.45       Fahrenheit 451

                             :21.00       Definitely on Sunday

Ticket sales: Cinema Museum – Thessaloniki Film Library (Warehouse A, Port, tel. 2310-508.398, cinematheque@filmfestival.gr)

Ticket price: 4 euro (general admission), 3 euro (for members).

Membership card: 1 euro.