Thessaloniki Pitching Forum: March 9-13
Thessaloniki Pitching Forum is the co-producing and co-financing platform of the TiDF for creative and TV documentaries as well as documentaries for children and youth audiences. The participants will have the opportunity to discuss their projects, to receive feedback and advice during a two-day lab and prepare for pitching with the help of documentary professionals. Then, they pitch their projects to a panel of industry professionals and have one-on-one meetings with financiers, international decision makers and representatives of the international audiovisual sector.
This year’s selection features 14 projects from 15 countries and continues to support and amplify diverse voices that shed light on notions of identity, human rights, grief, companionship, romance, growing up, adulthood and war. In times of uncertainty, these 14 projects offer a creative reflection on our place in the world, courageously confronting often overlooked stories and injustices of modern reality.
Τhis year’s Thessaloniki Pitching Forum Projects are:
Director: Volkan Üce, Production: Emmy Oost - Cassette for timescapes,
Co-production: Samuel Feller - Magellan Films, Belgium
Director: Lefteris Charitos, Production: Stelios Cotionis - Foss Productions,
Writer: Katerina Bakogianni, Co-production: Alexis Varouxakis - Adrenaline Entertainment, Creative Producer & Content Development: Anna Nomikou, Associate Producer: Graziella Kanellou, Greece, USA
Director: Lucas Paleocrassas, Production: Rea Apostolides - Anemon,
Executive Production: Madeleine Avramoussis, Co-production: Maria Stevnback Westergren - Toolbox, Adam Leibovitz - Flach Film Productions, Greece, Denmark, France
Director: Michał Marczak, Production: Monika Braid - Braidmade Films,
Co-production: Gregor Streiber - inselfilm produktion, Executive producer: Karolina Marczak, Poland, Germany
Director: Alexa Bakony, Production: Gábor Osváth, Veronika Gál - Filmfabriq Ltd., Hungary
Director: Jan Jurczak & Eleanora Iadkouskaya, Production: Frieder Schlaich - Filmgalerie 451, Germany
Director: Anthoniy Hristov, Production: Svetla Turnin - Documentary Media Foundation, Bulgaria
Director: Doreida Xhogu, Production: Mina Dreki - MARNI FILMS, Greece
Director: Kinda Kurdi, Production: Kinda Kurdi - K² Visual Media, Co-production: Brian Hill - Century Films Ltd, Jordan, United Kingdom
Director: Kateryna Holovko, Marharyta Melnychuk, Production: Aliona Kachkan - TABOR LTD, Ukraine
Director: Hazal Hanquet, Production: Aslihan Altuğ, Anna Maria Aslanoğlu - Istos Film, Türkiye
Director: Ana Kvichidze, Production: Avtandil Khorava - Moonbow Production, Co-production: - Natalia Imaz - Parabellum films, Mariam Bitsadze - 17/07 Productions, Niko Mikadze - Murman Original Pictures, Georgia, Germany
Director: Nikos Pilos, Production: Dafni Kalafati - Filmiki Productions, Greece
Director: Ana Sofia Fonseca, Production: Daniella Rice, Ana Sofia Fonseca - Carrossel Produções, Portugal
Jury
Awards
Jury Awards
Independent Awards
Panel
David Amiel | France Télévisions - France
Kesmat Elsayed | SEERA FILMS - Germany
Lefteris Fylaktos | ERT Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation - Greece
Kilian Kiefel | Mediawan Rights - France
Nejra Kozaric | Al Jazeera Balkans - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Elisabeth Lehmann | Deutsche Welle - Germany
Jenny Luukkonen | Film i Väst - Sweden
Erkko Lyytinen | YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company - Finland
Alexandre Marionneau | ARTE France - France
Aurélien Marsais | Visions du Réel & International Film Festival Nyon - Switzerland
Eve Rawlings | Autlook Filmsales - Austria
Carmen Vicencio | American Documentary (AmDoc) & POV - US
Workshop Tutors
