History & Results
Discover AGORA supported titles selected at this year’s Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival:
Newcomers Competition
LO
dir. Thanassis Vassiliou, StudioBauhaus, Les films de l’AubeSauvage, ERT (Greece, France)
Thessaloniki Pitching Forum 2023, AGORA Docs in Progress
2024
QUEENS OF JOY
dir. Olga Gibelinda, Malanka Studios, Les Steppes Productions, Films & Chips (Ukraine, France, Czech Republic)
Thessaloniki Pitching Forum 2023
SUPER PARADISE
dir. Steve Krikris, Filmiki, Unafilm, ERT, WDR/ARTE, Greek Film Centre, EKOME (Greece, Germany)
Thessaloniki Pitching Forum 2022, AGORA Docs in Progress 2024
Film Forward Competition
DEATH PLAN FOR A DOG AND A MAN
dir. Christos Karakepelis, Homemade Films, Greek Film Centre, Ministry of Culture (Greece)
AGORA Docs in Progress 2023
THE ONE WHO HOPES
dir. Stratis Chatzielenoudas, Moving Rooster Productions, Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center - Creative Greece, Frenel (Greece)
AGORA Docs in Progress 2020
Open Horizons
CUM AS YOU ARE
dir. Marta Bakri, Angula DCV (Greece, Spain)
AGORA Lab 2023
HONEYDEW
dir. Marco Bergonzi, Michael Petrolini, Indyca, Rai Cinema, Raw Sight (Italy)
Thessaloniki Pitching Forum 2022
MUMS
dir. Ariadna Seuba Serra, Polar Star Films, Intactes Films, 3CAT (Spain)
Thessaloniki Pitching Forum 2022
RETURN TO HOMELAND
dir. Chryssa Tzelepi, Akis Kersanidis, Anemicinema, Prosenghisi LTD, ERT, Greek Film Centre (Greece)
AGORA Lab 2023
TRUE TO OUR INNER DAEMON
dir. Tassos Gkoletsos, Das Paradiso Films, Mao Productions, Theatro Anapoda, ERT (Greece)
AGORA Lab 2022
TiDF AGORA was established together with the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival [TDF], in 1999. AGORA first, was mostly a Doc Market presenting Balkan documentaries and professionals. Very quickly it was established as an international market for documentary films, the third largest documentary Market in Europe with a very successful Pitching Forum organized then by EDN (European Documentary Network) between 2001-2019. The AGORA Docs in Progress was launched in 2012, focusing on the countries of Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region. Over the years AGORA evolved into a significant spring industry event for documentaries presenting additional industry activities such as AGORA Talks, match-making services and Doc Counseling, the AGORA Lab and Meet the Future. In 2020, the AGORA team took over the organization of the Thessaloniki Pitching Forum, redirecting its focus on projects form Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region, in order to actively support the regional documentary community and bind all development activities towards the same goal: to spotlight stories from the wider neighborhood and support a/v works from LCC. The projects and films that have participated in TiDF AGORA and its various programs have gone on to travel to festivals across the world while many have found theatrical as well as TV and VOD distribution across regions.
Completed films that have participated in TiDF AGORA are:
