Thessaloniki Film Festival returns with the 63rd event, from from 3 to 13 November 2022. The curtain opens on November 3rd on a film that has already won an award at the Toronto Film Festival:Fabelmans” producer Steven Spielberg.

It’s a sweet coming-of-age film that pays homage to the magical aura and redemptive power of cinema. The film, which is expected to keep us busy during the upcoming awards season and especially this year’s Oscars, is the most personal and candid work of the popular director.

The main character of “Fabelmanov” Gabriel Labelle (“Hunter”, “American Gigolo”) as 16-year-old aspiring director Sammy Feibelman, four-time Oscar nominee. Michelle Williams (“City by the Sea”, “A Week with Marilyn”) as his artist mother Mitchie, Paul Deino (“Batman”, “There Will Be Blood”) as successful scientist father Bert, Seth Rogen (“Steve Jobs”, ” American Cucumber) as Benny Lowry, Bert’s best friend and the so-called uncle of the little Feibelmans, and Oscar nominee Judd Hersh (Rough Diamond, Ordinary People) as Michie. uncle Boris.

The acclaimed American director plays the dual role of director and screenwriter and co-wrote the screenplay with Academy Award-nominated and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner. The film is produced by Oscar nominee Christy McCosco Krieger, along with Spielberg and Kushner.

Music composed by five-time Oscar winner John Williams (Schindler’s List, Shark Jaws), costumes designed by two-time Oscar winner Mark Bridges (The Artist, Invisible Thread) and two-time Academy Award-winning Production Designer “Rick Carter (“Lincoln”, “Avatar”). Fabelmans is edited by three-time Academy Award winner Michael Kahn (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List) and Sarah Brossard (West Side Story, The Post).