‘Closure,’ About a Father’s Obsessive Search for His Missing Son, Wins the Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

‘Closure,’ About a Father’s Obsessive Search for His Missing Son, Wins the Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

Polish filmmaker Michał Marczak’s “Closure,” which follows a father’s obsessive search for his vanished son and its devastating aftermath, won the Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival on Sunday. An International Competition jury comprised of film editor Dana Bunescu, curator, programmer, producer and creative executive Caroline Libresco and producer Yorgos Papalios handed the festival’s […]

'Closure' Wins Top Award At Thessaloniki Int'l Documentary Festival

'Closure' and 'Birds of War' won the top awards at the 28th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in Greece.

Thessaloniki 2026 awards reveal documentary field shaped by war, memory, and resistance

At the close of the 28th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, the 2026 awards painted a vivid picture of a field preoccupied with war, memory, and embodiment. Across the festival’s main competition strands, the top prizes went to films that approached documentary as a way of rendering absence, testimony, and historical fracture perceptible. In the International Competition, Michał Marczak’s Closure took the Golden Alexander, securing…

Closure wins big at the 28th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival

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‘Closure’ wins Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki Doc Festival

Polish filmmaker Michal Marczak’s “Closure,” a searing portrait of a father’s desperate search for his missing son, won the Golden Alexander at the prestigious Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, which concluded Sunday after 11 days of screenings.