Festival

What We Do

The Agora Doc Market was launched in 1999, together with the first Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. The actions of the Agora Doc Market were adapted to the needs of film directors from Central and Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean.

The Agora Doc Market is the developmental arm of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which brings together an international network of professionals and offers the space and the conditions for meetings, discussions and professional deals in an informal, welcoming and professional atmosphere.

The Agora Doc Market manual contains all the films participating in the Agora Doc Market, all the Agora Docs in Progress projects, the EDN Docs in Thessaloniki projects, and the profiles of the companies and professionals taking part in the Agora Doc Market.

The Agora Doc Market provides secretarial and marketing support, a service for setting personal meetings and follow-up trade contacts to all attendees for the effective completion of business negotiations.

The Agora Doc Market takes place on the ground Floor of Warehouse C at the Port of Thessaloniki from 2 to 9 March 2019.
The Agora Doc Market includes the following clusters:

Agora Doc Market 2–9 March 2019
Our digital library promotes the majority of films participating in the program of the 21st TDF. More than 430 films from all over the world will be presented, with an emphasis on the Greek films produced over the past year. In this way, a greater number of films will be able to find their way to other festivals and distribution companies.

Agora Docs in Progress 6 March 2019
Agora DiP gives the chance to selected sales agents, distributors and festival programmers from all over the world to be the first to discover feature films from Mediterranean and Balkan countries, in the stage just before completion.
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EDN Pitching Forum – Docs in Thessaloniki 1–5 March 2019
In the Pitching Forum organized by EDN, 21 European and international projects will be presented. Film professionals guide directors and producers to create attractive films.
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EDN Docs in Thessaloniki Masterclass 5 March 2019
In Europe, documentary has for decades lacked wellfunctioning structures for efficient educational distribution. But digital platforms now bring a whole new perspective to reaching schools. During this masterclass Paulina Tervo, Co-CEO at Lyfta, provides valuable insights that will help you reach new audiences and build an income from educational distribution.
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Moving Docs, Warehouse C, 7-9 March 2019
Moving Docs brings powerful films to screens big and small, by combining live screenings and event cinema with innovative online distribution. With 19 partners across Europe, it enables a selection of the best European documentaries to cross borders and reach new audiences in over 20 territories.
Moving Docs is the very first initiative of its kind, powered by national partners across Europe, managed by the European Documentary Network, and supported by Creative Europe.
For more information: www.movingdocs.org

Doc Market Happy Hour 2-9 March 2019
Festival guests have the opportunity to meet and get to know each other in a friendly environment. Happy Hour takes place every afternoon between 18:00–19:00 on the 1st Floor of Warehouse C.

Market Talks
- Warehouse C, Tuesday 5/3, 17:15–18:00
Presentation of “The City and the City,” a project by Syllas Tzoumerkas & Christos Passalis
- Warehouse C, Wednesday 6/3, 17:15–18:00
Documentary Festivals – Let’s Talk about Programming
- Warehouse C, Thursday 7/3, 17:15–18:00
Greek Documentary Association: The Future of Documentaries in Our Region

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Saturday 2/3
12:00 Louie Psihoyios Press Conference (MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Warehouse A, Thessaloniki Port)

Monday 4/3
12:00 Open Discussion with Gustav Deutsch (MOMus- Experimental Centre for the Arts, Warehouse Β1, Port)

Tuesday 5/3
12:00 Open Discussion “Why Look at Animals” (Warehouse C)

BOARD ΟF DIRECTORS
President Akis Sakellariou
Vice President Κaterina Bei
Members Themis Bazaka, Maria Kriara, Stavros Stangos, Pinelopi Valti, Spyros Vougias
Legal Advisor Marianna Papadopoulou
Secretariat Maria Papasotiri, Valentina Tsalampouni

FESTIVAL STAFF
General Director Elise Jalladeau
Artistic Director Orestis Andreadakis
Head of International Program Yorgos Krassakopoulos
International Program Coordination Angeliki Petrou
Head of Greek Program Eleni Androutsopoulou
Head of Tributes Dimitris Kerkinos
Greek Program Coordinaton Vassilis Terzopoulos
Tribute “Geography of the Gaze: Off-plan Greece (1950–2000)”: Eleni Androutsopoulou, Yannis Palavos, Manolis Kranakis
Contributors to the tribute “AI, an Inevitable Intelligence”: Anna Girart Gris, Jorge Caballero
Program Collaborators Yannis Palavos, Yiannis Smoilis, Artemis Doukeli, Nektarios Sakkas, Leda Galanou, Nikoletta Tsatsou, Geli Mademli, Panos Achtsioglou, Nikoletta Charou, Yorgos Papadimitriou, Valentina Tsalambouni, Laurien ten Houten, Tajana Kossor
Interns Lilas Akhamlich Barbry, Luise Heutmann
Next Gen Program Angeliki Petrou, Maria Papasotiri, Eirini Delidaki
Jury Panels Pavlina Vossinaki (Head), Panos Achtsioglou, Valentina Tsalambouni
XR Program: Immersive – All Around Cinema Lazaros Boudakidis (Head), Nikos Varlas (Coordination)
Podcast Program Dimitra Nikolopoulou (Head), Tina Antonakou (Coordination), Angeliki Stellaki, Yorgos Papadimitriou, Vassilis Servetas, Charis Pagonidou

AGORA
Head of AGORA Angeliki Vergou
AGORA Manager Thanos Stavropoulos
Thessaloniki Pitching Forum Ove Rishøj Jensen, Brigid O’ Shea, Errika Zacharopoulou
Thessaloniki Pitching Forum Selection Committee Ove Rishøj Jensen, Mitchell Harper, Laurien ten Houten, Thu Ha Nguyen Thi, Angeliki Vergou, Thanos Stavropoulos, Errika Zacharopoulou, Elena Gaitanarou, Rafaella Karagianni, Dimitra Kapsala, Eleni Androutsopoulou, Vasilis Terzopoulos, Nikoletta Charou
AGORA Docs in Progress Thanos Stavropoulos, Elena Gaitanarou
AGORA Docs in Progress Selection Committee Kumjana Novakova, Dumitrita Pacicovschi, Angeliki Vergou, Thanos Stavropoulos, Elena Gaitanarou, Eleni Androutsopoulou, Vasilis Terzopoulos, Nikoletta Charou, Dimitris Kerkinos, Yannis Palavos, Nektarios Sakkas, Artemis Doukeli, Yiannis Smoilis, Nikoletta Tsatsou
AGORA XR Lab Vassiliki Khonsari, Rafaella Karagianni
AGORA XR Lab Selection Committee Vassiliki Khonsari, Angeliki Vergou, Lazaros Boudakidis, Rafaella Karagianni
AGORA Boost Konstantinos Aivaliotis, Dimitra Kapsala
Doc Counseling Dimitra Kapsala
AGORA Talks Thanos Stavropoulos
AGORA Doc Market Errika Zacharopoulou, Rafaella Karagianni
AGORA Networking Christina Liapi, Ermioni Efstratiadou, Rafaella Karagianni
AGORA Production Nikos Bozanis, Konstantini Semkou, Panagiotis Gallios
AGORA Info Desk Anna Chrysanthakopoulou
AGORA Catalog Editor Lilly Papagianni
Graphic Designer Dimitra-Daisy Darioti
Intern Zoe Petridi
Collaborators DAE Documentary Association of Europe AGORA Outreach Program Niki Xenou (Coordinator), Katarina Tomkova, Yorgos Tsourgiannis (Expert Advisors)

PRESS, COMMUNICATION OUTREACH & SPONSORSHIPS OFFICE
Dimitra Nikolopoulou (Head), Tina Antonakou, Angeliki Stellaki, Yorgos Papadimitriou, Vassilis Servetas, Haris Pagonidou
Social Media Consultant Ifigeneia Konstantinidou (Head), Iliana Kyritsi
Intern Dimitris Yachnis
Head of Marketing Natasha Pandi
Graphic Designer Menelaos Georgiou
Public Relations Tina Antonakou (Head), Dimitris Apostolou, Vasiliki Georgisoudi, Penny Tsolakidou

“FIRST SHOT” MAGAZINE
Principal Editor Orestis Andreadakis
Editor-in-Chief Dimitra Nikolopoulou
Desk Editor Yorgos Papadimitriou
Issue Collaborators Giorgos Drivas
Art Direction / Design / Layout Yannis Karlopoulos
Printing K. Pletsas – Z. Kardari
Visual Identity Dimitris Anastasiou
Adaptations Menelaos Georgiou

HOSPITALITY
Stella Stavrinodaki (Head), Sofia Tiblalexi, Kiara Papadaki, Katerina Gnafaki
Guests Traffic Lefteris Kazantzidis
Travel Agencies GS Travel, Dion Tours & Red Elephant

IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Lazaros Boudakidis (Head), Yorgos Stounos, Anestis Sidiropoulos, Nikos Varlas
Website / Online Screening Platform Coordination Anestis Sidiropoulos
Ticketing Policy Lazaros Boudakidis, Vangelis Valambοus

FESTIVAL VENUES
Production Manager / Venues Operation Danis Kokkinos
Production Assistant Iraklis Sakkalis
Technician Lazaros Seitanidis
Cinema Hall Manager Niki Chouliara
Cinema Hall Coordinator Danae Kyriakou
Head of A/V Akis Stavropoulos
A/V Coordination Nikos Batekas
Film Traffic Andreas Thomopoulos
Digital Projection Coordinator Chrysoula Palaiochorinou

ADMINISTRATION
Head of Financial & Administrative Department Apostolos Papassotiriou
Human Resources Maria Tziola
General Director’s Assistant Maria Naltsatziadou
Artistic Director’s Assistant Stella Karagiannidou
Financial Department/Accounting Kalli Ganoudi, Alexandra Soltatou, Theodora Kaftirani, Petros Koufounakis, Christos Vlasakidis
Payroll and Financial Transactions Department Niki Houliara (Head), Maria Sapountzoglou
Legal Department Marianna Papadopoulou (Legal Advisor), Konstantinos Chouliaras, Vassiliki Aliberti

EVENTS ORGANIZATION
Maria Poliviou (Head), Yannis Fourkiotis, Leoni Kirkini
Festival Spots Coordination Yannis Fourkiotis, Leoni Kirkini
Info Desks / Festival Shops Coordination Yannis Tiktopoulos
Masterclasses Coordination Leda Galanou

PRODUCTION ORGANISATION
Danis Kokkinos (Head), Antigone Mixafenti, Iraklis Sakkalis
Audience Award Maria Tziola, Evdokia Ioannidou
Secretariat Eleni Giannoudi, Dimitris Sannas, Stella Vlachomitrou
Assistants/Runners Kostas Dimitrakopoulos, Dimitris Vangelis
European Programs Consultants Alexis Franghiadis, Eleni Androutsopoulou, Angeliki Vergou, Eleni Rammou, Théo Koutsaftis

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY TEAM
Coordinator – Manager Maria Naltsatziadou
Consultant Ifigeneia Taxopoulou
Production Danis Kokkinos, Konstantinos Velenis
Collaborator Emma Doxiadi

VOLUNTEERING
Volunteers’ Coordination Stella Karagiannidou (Head), Niki Rousomani

ANNUAL ACTIVITY
Venues/Programming Panos Achtsioglou, Tellos Filis, Valentina Tsalampouni
Thessaloniki Cinema Museum Maria Papasotiri (head), Yorgos Raptopoulos, Eirini Delidaki, Lazaros Gerofotis
Green Room Yorgos Vlysidis

SUBTITLING
Neaniko Plano Subtitles

PUBLICATIONS
Editor Orestis Andreadakis
Coordination Geli Mademli
Translations Rosemary Tzanaki, Kyriacos Karseras, Athanasia Makri, Apostolos Vasilopoulos, Maria-Milta Themeli, Yorgos Papadimitriou, Geli Mademli
Copy Editing / Proofreading Kostas Konstantinou (Non Catalog), Lenia Mazaraki, Nerina Kioseoglou (Special Edition)
A-Z assistant Niki Katsantoni

PUBLICATIONS DESIGN
Karlopoulos & Associates (Special Edition, Non-Catalog), Dimitra-Daisy Darioti (A–Z, AGORA Mag)
Printing Fotolio S.A. (Non Catalog), Future Format (Special Edition), EN TYPO – Kalogerogiannis Graphic Arts (A–Z, AGORA Mag)

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Purchase the publications and merchandise of the 60th Thessaloniki International Film Festival from the Festival’s Shops. CineΚάρταF-GOLD card holders are entitled to a 50% discount on books, while CineΚάρταF card holders are entitled to a 30% discount.

Festival Shops

• Box at Aristotelous Square
• Pier (entrance of Warehouse C)
• Thessaloniki Cinema Museum

60th TIFF Non-Catalogue
Price: 7€

60th TIFF Official Catalogue
Price: 2€

60th TIFF Screening Schedule
Price: 0,50€

60th TIFF T-shirt
Available in 3 colors (black, white, grey)
Sizes: S, M, L, XL
Price: 8,00€

60th TIFF Children’s T-shirt
Price: 6,00€

60th TIFF Tote Bag
Price: 7€

“Festival” Comic Sack
Price: 5€

Collector’s bag Limited Edition – made of recycled material from previous festival editions
Price: 25 €

Collector’s wallet Limited Edition – made of recycled material from previous festival editions
Price: 10 €

Notebook Α6
Available in 2 designs (60ο TIFF & “Festival” comic)
Price: 4€

Notebook Α5
Available in 2 designs (60ο TIFF & “Festival” comic)
Price: 5€

Botte
Price: 7€

Bamboo Cup
Price: 7€

Limited edition silkprint
Price: 25€

Children’s Gift Set
Price: 5€

60th TIFF Magnet
Price: 2€

Shedia x TIFF*
Earrings made of recycled material from previous festival editions
Price: 9€
Pin material from previous festival editions (available in two designs)
Price: 5,5€
Letter Magnets
Price: 2€

*all profits go to Non-Profit Organization Shedia

Friday 1/11

12:00: LUX Prize Press Conference (Warehouse C) 

Saturday 2/11

12:00: Joanna Hogg Press Conference (Thessaloniki Museum of Photography)

17:00: Open Discussion with Mark Webber and Robert Beavers within the framework of the tribute “Towards the Temenos: Gregory Markopoulos and Robert Beavers (MOMus – Experimental Center for the Arts)

Monday 4/11

11:00: Albert Serra Masterclass (Pavlos Zannas theater)

Tuesday 5/11

12:00: Masterclass by illustrator John Mavroudis Masterclass (Thessaloniki Museum of Photography)

Wednesday 6/11

12:00 Presentation of the photography book by Michael Galinsky (Thessaloniki Museum of Photography)

15:00-16:30: EU&Me Discussion: Cinema and the European Union (Thessaloniki Museum of Photography)

Thursday 7/11

12:00-14:00: John Waters Masterclass (John Cassavetes theater)

Friday 8/11

11:00: Masterclass by screenwriter - producer Mike Werb (Pavlos Zannas theater)

13:00: EKOME Press Conference (Thessaloniki Museum of Photography)

Saturday 9/11

11:00-13:00 Masterclass by cinematographer Giorgos Arvanitis (Pavlos Zannas theater)

2 - 11 March 2018 ​

The 20th anniversary edition of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival promises a fascinating journey in the world of documentary. Stay tuned!​