Thessaloniki, through the glass: Part 4
by Ray Pride

If you don't know about Greek driving and Greek parking habits, you won't find this gashed door on a festival car as funny as I do.

Theatrical lighting is spotted around the festival venues, lending a sense of a film set, especially in cascading rain.

The festival's brand identity is cleaner and more profuse than ever: this is the greeting at Makedonia International Airport.

Markets and street kiosks are everywhere: the smallest of small merchants.
Ray Pride is film critic of the Chicago weekly Newcity and a contributing editor of Movie City News and Filmmaker Magazine, as well as a photographer. He observes independent film at moviecityindie.com; links to his work are at http://raypride.blogspot.com.

If you don't know about Greek driving and Greek parking habits, you won't find this gashed door on a festival car as funny as I do.

Theatrical lighting is spotted around the festival venues, lending a sense of a film set, especially in cascading rain.

The festival's brand identity is cleaner and more profuse than ever: this is the greeting at Makedonia International Airport.

Markets and street kiosks are everywhere: the smallest of small merchants.
Ray Pride is film critic of the Chicago weekly Newcity and a contributing editor of Movie City News and Filmmaker Magazine, as well as a photographer. He observes independent film at moviecityindie.com; links to his work are at http://raypride.blogspot.com.

Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com.













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