28th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
5 MARCH → 15 MARCH 2026
ΑGORA BOOST
The AGORA Boost (March 8-12) is a closed workshop that offers tailor-made consultation and training sessions to filmmakers based in Greece. Greek and international professionals provide guidance to participating directors and producers currently in different stages of development or production.
MARCH 8 - 12
The final selection includes three documentaries which are selected from the pool of applications of the Thessaloniki Pitching Forum and the AGORA Docs in Progress, as well as one participating in partnership with the Greek Documentary Association - Hellas Doc. This year’s documentary projects explore intimacy and resistance across vastly different terrains: from underground music communities fighting gentrification, to deeply personal family histories shaped by migration, memory loss, and technological reconstruction. The selection also spans iconic political love stories and intimate portraits of everyday labor, showing how personal lives intersect with larger historical and social forces.
AGORA BOOST PROJECTS
HEARING NOISE
Director: Eirini Chatzi, Production: Eirini Chatzi, Co-production: Maria Dakanali - Art Yard Productions, Greece
MAKASI
Director: Danai Maria Samara, Production: Spiros Betsis - NOT A PROJECT, Greece
In partnership with the Greek Documentary Association - Hellas Doc
MOVING STILL
Director: Ioanna Tsoucala, Production: Elias Katsoufis - Hiccup Film, Greece
ORIANA & ALEKOS: CROSSFIRE OF LOVE
Director: Maria Giannouli, Production: Chronis Pechlivanidis - Onos Productions, Greece
AGORA BOOST CONSULTANTS
Konstantinos Aivaliotis | AGORA Boost Coordinator, Assistant Professor (University of the Aegean), Producer & Festival Director (Ethnofest) - Greece
Arkaitz Basterra | Investor’s Committee member, Moby Dick Film Capital - Spain
Zeynep Güzel | Filmmaker, Consultant - Germany
Ieva Ūbele | Creative Producer, Baltic Balkan Productions - Latvia
AWARDS
Paradiddle Pictures Guidance Award
For distribution, festivals, outreach and impact.
Crew United Prize
A 5-year free Premium membership subscription on Crew United, the leading online networking platform connecting audiovisual professionals in Europe.
