Indya Moore Gives Impassioned, Political Speech As Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Opens Thessaloniki Film Festival: “These Past Three Years We Have Witnessed An Atrocity”

Greece’s premier film event, the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, opened its 2025 edition — the 66th annual festival to be held in the country’s bustling second city — last night, with a screening of Jim Jarmusch’s latest Father Mother Sister Brother.

Jarmusch wasn’t in attendance at last night’s screening, but he did send a video note. The screening was instead introduced by Indya Moore, who stars in the Golden Lion winner alongside Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Sarah Greene, Luka Sabbat, and Françoise Lebrun.

The film’s producer, Atilla Salih Yücer, was also in attendance alongside DoP Frederick Elmes, a veteran Jarmusch and David Lynch collaborator, and costume designer Catherine George. Both Elmes and George will host masterclass sessions for festival audiences during their time in Greece.

“Father Mother Sister Brother is a really important film because it makes you think about fathers,…