The Thessaloniki Film Festival is a Thessaloniki-based cultural institution focusing on cinema.
[2] The Thessaloniki Film Festival aims to promote film culture and education, to support the domestic and international film industry, to form partnerships with national and international cultural institutions and to promote the unique cultural identity of Thessaloniki.
At the heart of the Thessaloniki Film Festival activity lie its two annual festivals: The Institution activity further includes: The Institution is housed at the historical “Olympion” theater at the central Aristotelous Square, where its offices and “Olympion” and “Pavlos Zannas” cinemas are located.
The museum mission is to collect, preserve and promote national film history.
The Institution also runs “John Cassavetes” and “Stavros Tornes” theaters at the Thessaloniki port.