The President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou kicked off the 26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival on the evening of Thursday, March 7th, in the historical Olympion cinema, marking the first time throughout the institution’s history that the Greek Head of State launches the opening of the Festival. Within the framework of the opening ceremony, Mrs. Sakellaropoulou bestowed the honorary Golden Alexander to the Oscar-winning great Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba, official guest of the Festival, whose film They Shot the Piano Player kicked off this year’s edition.