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NOVEMBER 2-6

Presentation: November 3

Physical Meetings: November 3-5

AGORA Awards: November 5

Online Meetings: November 7

Introducing them to a network of financiers, co-producers and leading industry specialists from all over the world, during a 4-day event in Thessaloniki.

This year, AGORA has selected 14 promising film projects from 16 countries across Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region, in various stages of development.

The lineup presents projects from emerging and established filmmakers that tell powerful stories with a twist. Detective stories, exciting science fiction universes, complex and heartwarming family bonds, blood sucking relationships, absurd comedies, gripping social commentary, bank heists, lone explorers and tourist resorts - all come together to form a dynamic selection which promises to move and intrigue the industry audience.

Crossroads Co-production Forum #TIFF66

CROSSROADS CO-PRODUCTION FORUM PROJECTS

THE DICTATOR'S DREAMS

Director: Erenik Beqiri, Production: Dritan Huqi - On Film Production, Albania

A GIRL NAMED ZEUS

Director: Nikos Dayandas, Production: Konstantinos Κoukoulis - PLANKTON,

Co-production: pompom, Yafka Greece, Croatia

GIRL OF WIND

Director: Moufida Fedhila, Production: Mehdi Hmili - Dogma Films, Tunisia

GOODBYE FOR NOW

Director: Kasım Ördek, Production: Fahriye Ismayilova - Parda Film Production,

Co-production: Jules Grange - Kidam Production, Die Gesellschaft DGS, Turkey, France, Germany

IN GOOD FAITH

Director: Anna Wowra, Production: Tomáš Pertold, Julie Soffer - Perfilm,

Co-production: Dagmara Piasecka - Green Rat, Czech Republic, Poland

MIDPOINT Institute project selection

LA FORMA ANIMAL

Director: Isa Luengo, Sofia Esteve, Production: Laura Rubirola - Nocturna Pictures,

Carlotta Schiavon, Eva Murgui - Vayolet Films, Spain

THE LEAVES HANG TREMBLING

Director: Stefan Djordjević, Production: Dragana Jovović - Non-Aligned Films,

Co-production: Vanja Jambrović - Restart, Serbia, Croatia

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ION G.

Director: Andreea Cristina Bortun, Production: Gabi Suciu - Atelier de Film, Romania

Sofia Meetings project selection

PIRATELAND

Director: Stavros Petropoulos, Production: Leonidas Konstantarakos - Alaska Films,

Co-production: Stephane Marschal - Yukunkun Productions, Greece, France

QUIET LAKE

Director: Tonislav Hristov, Production: Kaarle Aho & Kai Nordberg - Making Movies

Co-production: Andrea Stanoeva, Tonislav Hristov - Soul Food, Erika Malmgren, Annika Hellström - Cinenic Film, Finland, Bulgaria, Sweden

ROBBING BEIRUT

Director: Katia Jarjoura, Production: Michel Zana - Blue Train Films,

Co-production: Elisa Pirir - STÆR Films, Jana Wehbe - The Attic, France, Norway, Lebanon

THE TIDE HEARS THEM BUT THEY NO LONGER HAVE A VOICE

Director: Yiannis Veslemes, Production: Nicholas Alavanos - FILMIKI, Greece

THE UNMOVING HANDS

Director: Víctor Diago, Production: Andrés Mellinas - Diacrònic, Co-production: Boogaloo, Spain

Mediterranean Film Institute project selection

WHO KILLED THE PIGEONS

Director: Stratis Chatzielenoudas, Production: Spyros Skandalos - Assumed Position Films, Greece


CROSSROADS CO-PRODUCTION FORUM JURY

Frank Hoeve | Producer, BALDR Film - The Netherlands

Uljana Kim | Producer, Studio Uljana Kim - Lithuania

Andreas Zoupanos Kritikos | Producer & Chief Operating Officer, Faliro House - Greece

ARTE KINO INTERNATIONAL AWARD JUROR

Mathilde Hersant | Head οf Finance, ARTE France Cinéma - France

CROSSROADS CO-PRODUCTION FORUM TUTOR & MODERATOR

Amanda Livanou | Producer, Neda Film - Greece


CROSSROADS CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARDS

JURY AWARDS

  • Two Thirty-Five (2|35) Award
    Post-production image services
  • CNC Award - Centre national du cinema et de l’image animée
    €8.000 for script development
  • ArteKino International Award
    €6.000
  • Finos Film Award
    €3.000 to a Greek project
  • Producers’ Network - Marché du Film Award
    Free accreditation
  • MIDPOINT Consulting Award
    An in-depth online script consultancy with one of the MIDPOINT Institute experts

INDEPENDENT AWARDS

  • Onassis Film Award
    €10.000 to a Greek project participating in the AGORA
    (Crossroads Co-production Forum or AGORA Works in Progress)
  • Greener Screen Consultancy Award
    Sustainability script and production consultancy to one project
  • Sofia Meetings of the Sofia IFF Award
    Project selection
  • Mediterranean Film Institute - George Kalogeropoulos Award
    Script 2 Film Workshops scholarship
  • THESSALONIKI EAVE Marketing Workshop Scholarship 2026
    Scholarship to one participant powered by Thessaloniki International Film Festival

SPONSORS

Ministry of culture
Vouli
Ministry of Tourism
COSMOTE
Aegean
Alphabank
Fischer
Jameson
Savvikos

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