28th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
5 MARCH → 15 MARCH 2026
TIDF28 AGORA Docs in Progress
The AGORA Docs in Progress program remains the main event in the region for directors and producers from Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean regions to present their documentary films to buyers, co-producers, festival representatives and sales agents at the stage just before completion.
MARCH 8 - 12
Dates: March 8-12
Presentation: March 10
Physical Meetings: March 9 -11
Awards: March 11
Online Meetings: March 13
This year’s AGORA Docs in Progress selection presents 10 documentary films in post-production from 11 countries. Drawing from rich personal and collective stories and archives, the selection explores urgent social inquiries of memory, preservation, resistance, queerness, family bonds, human-nature interdependence, music radio production, psychedelic therapy and more.
AGORA DOCS IN PROGRESS FILMS
4PM TO 5PM - OUT OF COMPETITION -
Director: Yorgos Teltzidis, Production: Onassis Culture - Christos Sarris (creative producer), Vassilis Panagiotakopoulos (producer),Greece
AIPOS
Director: Christos Adrianopoulos, Production: Antigoni Kapaka - Alipnoos S.A, Co-production: Despina Mouzaki - Breaking Wave Productions, Greece, Cyprus
ANATOLIA
Director: Jeanne Nouchi, Production: Maud Berbille - MB17 Films, France
CAREFUL WHERE YOU TREAD
Director: Smaro Papaevangelou, Production: Iro Aidoni, Mina Dreki - Marni Films, Greece
IMMORTAL FLOWERS
Director: Brian Logvinsky, Production: Harrison Jaffee - Catharsis Pictures, Co-production: Eugene Rachkovsky - Tabor Production, USA, Ukraine
K.
Director: Panagiotis Papafragkos, Production: Panagiotis Papafragkos, Stelios Mavrodontis - Dog Star Films, Co-production: Ondřej Zima - Film Kolektiv, Leenke Ripmeester - Eye Filmmuseum-Amsterdam , Greece, Czech Republic, Netherlands
LANDWARDS
Director: Rama Ayasra, Production: Asmahan Bkerat, Jordan
MATI 2307
Director: Marianna Kakaounaki, Production: Marianna Kakaounaki - Energeiaki Mesimvria, Greece
OUR SEEDS (WT)
Director: Erhan Arik, Production: Meryem Yavuz - Horovel Films, Co-production: Rea Apostolides - Anemon Productions, Manuel Rees - Paradoks Filmproduktion, Türkiye, Greece, Germany
STRATUM
Directors: Daniel Kötter, Marko Grba Singh, Production: Jelena Angelovski - Obol Film, Co-production: Eroll Bilibani, Veton Nurkollari - DokuFest, Serbia, Kosovo*
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
AGORA DOCS IN PROGRESS JURY
Anja Dziersk | Sales agent & Festival manager, Rise And Shine World Sales - Germany
Ahmed Shawky | Film Critic, FIPRESCI & Head of CineGouna Funding, El Gouna Film Festival - Egypt
Ada Solomon | Producer, MicroFILM - Romania
AGORA DOCS IN PROGRESS TUTOR
Zeynep Güzel | Filmmaker, Consultant – Germany
AGORA DOCS IN PROGRESS AWARDS
JURY AWARDS
Two Thirty-Five (2|35) Award
Post-production services
Neaniko Plano Subtitling Award
Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center - Creative Greece Award
€ 3.000 to a Greek project
IMPRONTA FILMS Guidance Award
Tailored consultancy sessions on festival strategy, marketing, promotion and more
INDEPENDENT AWARDS
Onassis Film Award
€ 5.000 to a Greek project participating in the AGORA
(Thessaloniki Pitching Forum or AGORA Docs in Progress).
