66th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
31 OCTOBER → 9 NOVEMBER 2025

1:1 Industry Meetings
15.00 - 17.00
Warehouse C, ground floor.
Meetings are booked upon availability through the Meeting Planner tab via the Eventival Visitor Page. Walk-ins are also possible.
Ask Me Anything is a service designed for festival and industry guests, providing one-on-one consultancy sessions on crucial and informative industry topics such as: festival strategy, film financing, distribution, international sales and marketing, support from the MEDIA program, professional development, climate storytelling and sustainability in film production, diversity and inclusion, intimacy coordination, audience development and engagement strategy, and much more. Meetings are booked upon availability through the Meeting Planner tab via the Eventival Visitor Page. Walk-ins are also possible.
November 2 & 3
Anne Christine Knoth
Eurimages - Council of Europe | Project Manager
Let’s talk about: Eurimages
Eleni Chrysopoulou
Thessaly Film Office | Region of Thessaly - Film Officer
Let’s talk about: Thessaly Film Office - Locations and services
November 3
Alexia De Vito
MIA | Film Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum Manager
Fondazione Cinema per Roma | Head of Special Projects
Let’s talk about: MIA | International Audiovisual Market
Yorgos Angelopoulos
Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF) | Artistic Director
Let’s talk about: Short films, script development and pitching opportunities by DISFF
Soňa Morgenthalová
MIDPOINT Institute | Program Coordinator
Let’s talk about: Training, script & project development
Zsuzsi Bankuti
Locarno Film Festival - Head of Open Doors
Let’s talk about: Festival, market, lab strategy, distribution, sales, mental health, leadership in the film industry
November 3 & 4
Alisha Hasan
Helsinki Film Lab | Founder
Let’s talk about: Transmedia, gaming, IP adaptation
Teresa Hoefert De Turegano
Medienboard Berlin-brandenburg Gmbh | Film Funding Executive
Let’s talk about: Public film funding, Germany, Europe
November 3, 4, 5
Niki Théron
Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair) | Senior Manager International Projects & Film
Let’s talk about: IP scouting & Book-to-Screen
Angeliki-Lina Milonaki
Head of Film Office-Central Macedonia
Journalist, film historian/ Phd in Film Studies
Let’s talk about: Filming in Central Macedonia
Georgia Paizi
Intimacy Coordinator
Let’s talk about: Intimacy, Nudity & the Politics of Desire in Film & TV
November 3 & 5
Maegene Fabias
ACE Producers | Events & Springboard Manager
Let’s talk about: ACE Producers programmes
November 4 & 5
Anna Kasimati
Head of Creative Europe MEDIA Desk
Let’s talk about: Funding opportunities from MEDIA program
November 5
Asja Krsmanović Imamović
Sarajevo Film Festival | Head of CineLink
Let’s talk about: Co-Production Markets, Festivals
Carolina Demopoulos
Oxbelly | Manager, Screenwriters & Episodic Writers Program
Let’s talk about: Oxbelly's Programs
Fatih Abay
European Film Academy | Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Film Advanced | Industry Consultant, Facilitator and Coach
Let’s talk about: European Film Academy membership and Awarding Procedures, Diversity and Inclusion, Accessibility and Networking
Sarah Van Den Hoogen
EAVE | Project Manager (Producers Workshop & EAVE+)
Let’s talk about: Producers training at EAVE
November 5 & 6
Emma Doxiadi
Founder | Everybodies
Filmmaker
Let’s talk about: Sustainable filming initiatives in Greece
Leda Dialyna
Mediterranean Film Institute | General Coordinator
Let’s talk about: MFI's script development lab for fiction, series and doc projects