Proposing a subversive approach to cinema: Simone Weil’s The Need for Roots
“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul”
Simone Weil (1909-1943)
Each year the International Competition section of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival discovers the boldest new voices of contemporary independent cinema, presenting the first or second films by the most promising filmmakers from all over the world.
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The concept behind the IC of the 58th TIFF
The International Competition section of the 58th Thessaloniki International Film Festival is comprised of 14 films, three of which are Greek. This year the festival proposes a subversive way to approach the art of cinema, by selecting the IC films in the light of a universal idea and a timeless wish: The Need for Roots, inspired by the seminal book of the same title by the French social philosopher and activist Simone Weil, one of the most iconic intellectuals of the 20th century.
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