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Thessaloniki International Film Festival · 2026

Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2026

Round Midnight

Programme

8 films · 2 reviews

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Bloody Tennis

Sophie joins a prestigious tennis academy, where the brutality of competitive sports is taken to its extreme.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Nikias Chryssos; Writer: Nikias Chryssos; Stars: Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Elina Löwensohn, Tracy Gotoas, Lily Taïeb, Juliana Vieira-Guerra, Helena Zengel, Lucie Zhang, Vincent Romeo, Zlatko Burić)

The Blood Countess

Elizabeth Báthory, a recently reawakened vampire, pursues an ancient artifact that could destroy her family in present-day Austria.

(Country: Austria, Germany, Luxembourg; Year: 2026; Director: Ulrike Ottinger)

Colony (Gun-Che)

Review preview for Colony

Throughout, Yeon’s directorial skill and Byun Bong-sun’s stylish cinematography grip viewers’ attention.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
A biotechnology professor is among those trapped at a biotech conference after a rapidly mutating virus is released.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2026; Director: Yeon Sang-ho; Writer: Yeon Sang-ho, Choi Gyu-seok; Stars: Gianna Jun, Koo Kyo-hwan, Ji Chang-wook, Shin Hyun-bin, Kim Shin-rock, Go Soo, Kim Hyeong-mook)

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Family Movie

The Smiths have gathered once again on their quaint family farm to make the latest in a string of low-budget horror movies, but their children are working up the courage to quit.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Kevin Bacon; Writer: Dan Beers; Stars: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Sosie Bacon, Travis Bacon, Liza Koshy, John Carroll Lynch, Jackie Earle Haley, Andrea Savage, Austin Amelio, Scoot McNairy)

Hot Spot

In the late 21st Century, an investigator and a member of a feared religious sect are brought together by a murder in a refugee camp.

(Country: Poland, Greece, Sweden, Norway; Year: 2026; Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska; Writer: Robert Bolesto; Stars: Noomi Rapace, Filippa Kaye, Reika Kirishima, Andrzej Konopka, George Aurimas Cris, Yiannos Mpahas)

River

When three estranged siblings reunite in their hometown after the death of their father, they set out to scatter his ashes at his favourite spot on a remote river. But when their boat breaks down, the trip devolves into a waking nightmare.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Joshua Giuliano; Stars: Jane Levy, Jessica Rothe, Max Mattern, Dane DiLiegro)

Sender

What if the things that find their way to your door know you better than you know yourself?

(Country: United States; Year: 2026; Director: Russell Goldman; Writer: Russell Goldman; Stars: Britt Lower, Rhea Seehorn, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Baryshnikov, David Dastmalchian, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Mike Mitchell)

Species (Sanguine)

Review preview for Species

Le Coroller’s horror is at its best when it focuses on Margot’s psychological meltdown as she works against the clock.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Margot dreams of becoming a life-saving doctor. But as an intern at the most competitive ER in the country, she has trouble keeping up. Soon, young burnt out patients come to her with unusual symptoms, just as she starts developing a strange metamorphosis…

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Marion Le Corroller; Writer: Marion Le Corroller, Thomas Pujol; Stars: Mara Taquin, Karin Viard, Kim Higelin, Sami Outalbali, Stefan Crepon, Sonia Faïdi)

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