Staff

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT Akis Sakellariou
Vice President Katerina Bei
Members Themis Bazaka, Maria Kriara, Aris Panagiotidis, Penelope Valti
Legal Advisor Marianna Papadopoulou
Secretariat Maria Papasotiri

FESTIVAL STAFF
ARTISTIC DIRECTION
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Orestis Andreadakis
Head of Program Yorgos Krassakopoulos
Head of International Program Coordination Angeliki Petrou
Head of Tributes & Survey Expanded Dimitris Kerkinos
Head of Greek Film Festival / Nikos Grammatikos Tribute Eleni Androutsopoulou
International Program Associates Yannis Palavos, Yannis Smoilis, Nektarios Sakkas, Geli Mademli, Artemis Doukeli, Panos Achtsioglou, Leda Galanou, Alexandros Diakosavvas, Vassilis Servetas
Greek Film Festival / Nikos Grammatikos Tribute Associate Vasilis Terzopoulos
Greek Film Festival / Nikos Grammatikos Tribute Assistants Nikoletta Charou, Marina Notaraki
NextGen Program Angeliki Petrou, Maria Papasotiri, Irini Delidaki
Series Special Screenings program Nektarios Sakkas (coordination), Leda Galanou (program consultant)
Immersive / XR Program Lazaros Boudakidis (Immersive Program Manager – All Around Cinema), Nikos Varlas (coordination)
Podcast Section Dimitra Nikolopoulou (head), Tina Antonakou (coordination), Angeliki Stellaki, Vassilis Servetas

AGORA
Head Thanos Stavropoulos
Strategic Development Advisor Angeliki Vergou
General Coordination Rafaela Karagianni
Program Coordination Errika Zacharopoulou, Elena Gaitanarou, Dimitra Kapsala, Rafaela Karagianni
Associates Anna Chrysanthakopoulou, Rahil Samouil
Intern Agathe Viriot
Coordination – Crossroads Co-production Forum Errika Zacharopoulou
Coordination – AGORA Works in Progress Elena Gaitanarou
Advisory Committee – Crossroads Co-Production Forum Annamaria Aslanoglou,
Thibaut Braque
Advisory Committee – AGORA Works in Progress Zahra Benasri, Hermione Efstratiadou, Mitchell Harper, Zahra Benasri, Celine Roustan
Program Coordinator – Thessaloniki Locarno Industry Academy Konstantinos Aivaliotis
Program Coordinator – AGORA Short Film Lab Christina Liapi
Program Coordinators – AGORA Series Niki Xenou, Dimitra Kapsala
Coordination – AGORA Series Talents Dimitra Kapsala
FOCUS Sessions Coordination Rafaela Karagianni
AGORA Film Market Rafaela Karagianni, Anna Chrysanthakopoulou, Rahil Samouil, Agathe Viriot
AGORA Talks Rafaela Karagianni
Consulting Services and Networking Christina Liapi, Ermioni Efstratiadou, Rafaela Karagianni
AGORA Production Panagiotis Galios, Ourania Dimopoulou, Antonis Bouras, Vasileios Mitsos
AGORA Info Desk Anna Chrysanthakopoulou, Agathe Viriot
AGORA Mag – Editorial Vasileia Kalafati
AGORA Mag – Graphic Design Dimitra-Daisy Darioti
AGORA Extroversion Initiatives Angeliki Vergou, Elena Gaitanarou

THESSALONIKI CINEMA MUSEUM
Maria Papasotiri (head), Irini Delidaki, George Raptopoulos, Tasos Atmatzidis

JURIES
Pavlina Vosinaki (head), Panos Achtsioglou, Melin Karaoglanian, Ioanna Stamataki

ANNUAL ACTIVITY
Annual Activity Film Theater Program Panos Achtsioglou, Valentina Tsalambouni
Head of Building Infrastructure Danis Kokkinos
Technician Lazaros Seitanides

ARTISTIC DIRECTION COORDINATION
Alexandros Diakosavvas

PRESS, COMMUNICATION, PROMOTION & SPONSORSHIP OFFICE
Dimitra Nikolopoulou (head), Tina Antonakou, Angeliki Stellaki, Vassilis Servetas, Maria Pavlidi, Elisavet Pantazidou
Social Media Ifigeneia Konstantinidou (head), Iliana Kyritsi
Head of Marketing Natasha Pandi
Graphic Designer Menelaos Georgiou

PUBLIC RELATIONS
Tina Antonakou (head), Dimitris Apostolou, Vassiliki Georgisoudi

“FIRST SHOT” NEWSPAPER
Publishing Director Orestis Andreadakis
Editor-in-Chief Dimitra Nikolopoulou
Art Direction / Design / Layout Yannis Karlopoulos
Printing Pletsas | Kardari

HOSPITALITY
Stella Stavrinodaki (head), Sofia Timblalexi, Kiara Papadaki, Clelia Arbilia, Gianna Sarri
Guest Transportation Lefteris Kazantzidis
Travel Agencies GS Travel, Dion Tours & Red Elephant

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Lazaros Boudakidis (head), George Stounos, Anestis Sidiropoulos, Nikos Varlas, Ioannis Vafeiadis Balasis
Website Anestis Sidiropoulos, Ioannis Vafeiadis Balasis
Ticketing System Lazaros Boudakidis, Vangelis Valampous
Online Screening Platform Anestis Sidiropoulos

FESTIVAL VENUES
Venue Organization – Operations Danis Kokkinos, Iraklis Sakkalis
Technician Lazaros Seitanides
Head of Venues Panos Achtsioglou
Film Venue Coordination Nikos Alkaios Ladas
Head of Technical Support & Projection Engineering Akis Stavropoulos
Head of Audiovisuals Nikos Batekas
Film Traffic Andreas Thomopoulos
Digital Projection Coordinator Chrysa Paleochorinou

ADMINISTRATION
Head of Financial and Administrative Department Apostolos Papasotiriou
Assistant to the General Director Maria Naltsatziadou
Assistant to the Artistic Director Stella Karagiannidou
Human Resources Department Maria Tziola (head), Vasilis Ziogas, Eleni Giannoudi
Accounting Department Alexandra Soltatou, Theodora Kaftirani, Petros Koufounakis, Kalli Ganoudi, Christos Vlasakidis
Payroll Department Niki Chouliara (head), Maria Sapountzoglou
Legal Department Marianna Papadopoulou (legal advisor), Konstantinos Chouliaras, Vasiliki Aliberti

EVENT ORGANIZATION
Maria Polyviou (head), Yannis Fourkiotis
Masterclass Coordinator Leda Galanou, Artemis Doukeli
Festival Spots Coordination Yannis Fourkiotis, Christianna Mandrakou
Info Desks / Festival Shops Coordination Yannis Tiktopoulos
Production Organization Danis Kokkinos (head), Antigone Mixafenti
Audience Award Maria Tziola, Evdokia Ioannidou
Secretariat Dimitris Sannas, Stella Vlachomitrou, George Kontogoulidis
Runners Dimitris Vangelis, Kostas Dimitrakopoulos
European Program Consultants Alexis Fragkiadis, Eleni Androutsopoulou, Angeliki Vergou, Eleni Rammou, Théo Koutsaftis
Green Room George Vlisidis (head)

39th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS – NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT
Organization & Coordination Alexandros Diakosavvas (head), Gianna Sarri
Presented by Klelia Andriolatou, Joes Brauers
Produced by Media World Productions

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY TEAM
Head Maria Naltsatziadou
Advisor Ifigenia Taxopoulou
Associates Yannis Tiktopoulos, Anait Karaoglanian
Production Danis Kokkinos

VOLUNTEERING
Stella Karagiannidou (head), Niki Rousomani

PRINTS / PUBLICATIONS
Editorial Supervision (Non-Catalog, Special Editions) Orestis Andreadakis
Content Coordination Geli Mademli (A-Z, Non-Catalog, Special Edition), Vasileia Kalafati (Agora Mag)
Translations Rosemary Tzanaki, Maria-Milta Themeli, Apostolis Vassilopoulos, Kyriakos Karseras, Nerina Kioseoglou, Geli Mademli
Copy Editing Kostas Konstantinou (Non-Catalog), Lenia Mazaraki, Nerina Kioseoglou (Special Editions), Vasileia Kalafati (Agora Mag)
Design Supervision Yannis Karlopoulos
Publication Design Dimitra-Daisy Darioti (A-Z, Agora Mag), Karlopoulos & Associates [Yannis Karlopoulos, Virginia Christakos, Laios Papazoglou] (Special Editions, NonCatalog)
Printing En Typo – Kalogerogiannis (A-Z), Future Format (Special Editions), Pletsas | Kardari (Non-Catalog)
Artwork Sofia Rozaki
Adaptations Menelaos Georgiou

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