Respected festival executive also co-founded the Montreal Film Festival and was a long-time regional programmer for Toronto.
Dimitri Eipides, a former director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF), has died aged 82.
A statement from TIFF confirmed that Eipides died on Wednesday (January 6). He had been in frail health for some time, according to those close to him, and was recently admitted to hospital with pneumonia in Athens, where he died.
Eipides stepped down as director of TIFF in 2016, having overseen Greece’s leading film event since 2010. He also resigned as director of Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, an event he founded...
Dimitri Eipides, a former director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF), has died aged 82.
A statement from TIFF confirmed that Eipides died on Wednesday (January 6). He had been in frail health for some time, according to those close to him, and was recently admitted to hospital with pneumonia in Athens, where he died.
Eipides stepped down as director of TIFF in 2016, having overseen Greece’s leading film event since 2010. He also resigned as director of Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, an event he founded...
- 1/6/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Dimitri Eipides, the well-regarded figure at film festivals on both sides of the Atlantic, has died after battling long-term illness.
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival, at which Eipides was a former director, confirmed that he had passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 6. He was known to be obscure about his exact age but was thought to be around 80.
Born in Athens, Eipides went on to work at film events around the world, including founding the Montreal Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, alongside Claude Chamberlain, which the pair started in 1971 and Eipides was director for 14 years. From 1988 he worked as a senior international programmer at Toronto International Film Festival, and was also the program director of the Reykjavik International Film Festival from 1995.
In his native Greece, he served in various roles at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, establishing the New Horizons section before taking up the top position as director in 2010, eventually leaving...
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival, at which Eipides was a former director, confirmed that he had passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 6. He was known to be obscure about his exact age but was thought to be around 80.
Born in Athens, Eipides went on to work at film events around the world, including founding the Montreal Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, alongside Claude Chamberlain, which the pair started in 1971 and Eipides was director for 14 years. From 1988 he worked as a senior international programmer at Toronto International Film Festival, and was also the program director of the Reykjavik International Film Festival from 1995.
In his native Greece, he served in various roles at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, establishing the New Horizons section before taking up the top position as director in 2010, eventually leaving...
- 1/6/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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