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Seventeen projects were presented in the Crossroads Co-Production Forum of the 61st TIFF’s Agora, taking place online this year (November 10 – 13). This year, the Greek participations are more than ever, while almost half of the projects are by women directors.
Eleven films participate in the Works in Progress section by the 61st TIFF’s Agora (November 10 – 13, 2020), which takes place online. The films in the editing or post-production stage, among them two Greek films, were pitched and presented on November 10 to the industry professionals.
The very first in a row of online meetings, open to the public, hosting directors of both competition sections, International Competition and Meet the Neighbors, as well as directors of the Greek films 61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival program, was held on Monday 9th of November, at 17:00, on the Festival’s YouTube channel.
The 61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival hosts a series of exhibitions and visual events in the heart of the public space. Art works, installations, and video mapping take center stage at the streets, the squares and the Port of Thessaloniki, within the framework of 61st TIFF’s main concept “Intimacy: a Modern Tyranny”, inspired by Richard Sennett’s book The Fall of Public Man, and out of the need to re-appropriate public space. On account of the pandemic, we were driven to consume art privately; therefore, it is necessary for art to recapture its place in the public space.
The 61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival’s initiative Meet the Future focuses on eight up-and-coming cinematographers from Greece.
We would all meet at Olympion theatre, on the opening night of the 61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival. However, our plans have changed due to the coronavirus pandemic conditions. Therefore, we have decided, as a token gesture, to give life to the theatre, hosting a closed-door screening of the opening film, with no audience.
