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NOVEMBER 8-12

Presentation: November 9

Physical Meetings: November 9-11

AGORA Awards: November 11

Online Meetings: November 13

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 15 countries across Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region, in various stages of development.

The lineup presents projects from emerging and established filmmakers, which highlight contemporary themes such as representation, manhood and human connection while also bringing forward contemporary takes on folk stories, vampires and the complex reality of growing up.

Crossroads Co-production Forum #TIFF67

CROSSROADS CO-PRODUCTION FORUM PROJECTS

THE ARAB OF YOUR DREAMS

Director: Patrick Tass, Production: Annabella Nezri - Kwassa Films, Belgium
Mediterranean Film Institute project.

BOYS OF SUMMER

Director: Emilios Avraam, Production: Marinos Charalambous, Tonia Mishiali - Boycott Films Ltd, Cyprus

FUORISTAGIONE

Director: Isabella Rinaldi, Production: Joana de Freitas Ginori - Ulalà Film & Co., Italy

IN THOSE DARKEST NIGHTS

Director: Gözde Kural, Producer: Titus Kreyenberg - unafilm, Germany, Türkiye
Sofia Meetings project

KOUKITSA

Director: Christina Koutsospyrou, Aran Hughes, Production: Jacob Moe - Archipelago Network, Greece

LAVA LOVE

Director: Steve Krikris, Production: Nicholas Alavanos, Stelios Mavrodontis - Filmiki, Co-production: Zik Zak Filmworks - Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, Greece, Iceland

A PAIR OF SHOES IN THE DARK CORNER OF THE MOON

Director: Ayman El Amir, Production: Nada Riyadh - Felucca Films, Egypt

PETROLI

Director: Gemma Blasco, Production: Mireia Graell Vivancos - Ringo Media, Spain

RELIGION OF NIGHT WALKS

Director: Nikola Ležaić, Production: Siniša Juričić - Nukleus film, Co-production: Jelena Mitrovič - Baš Čelik, Miriam Nørgaard - Growing Stories, Croatia, Serbia, Denmark

TETTIX

Director: Stella Serefoglou, Production: Alexandros Tiliopoulos - OPEN BORDERS PRODUCTIONS, Co-production: Zorana Musikic, May Odeh - MAYANA Films, Greece, Germany

THE LAST ANGEL OF BEIRUT

Director: Valentin Noujaïm, Production: Manon Messiant - Iliade et films, France

THEY BLOOM AT DAWN

Director: Angela Dimeska, Production: Ognen Antov - Dream Factory, North Macedonia
MIDPOINT Institute project

THIS IS NOT A SET

Director: Yumna Marwan, Production: Rula Nasser - Imaginarium Films, Jordan

A TOUCH OF PARADISE

Director: Houcem Slouli, Production: Sarra Ben Hassen - Instinct bleu, Tunisia


CROSSROADS CO-PRODUCTION FORUM JURY

Ioanna Bolomyti | Producer and Founder, Atalante Productions SA - Greece

Fred Burle | Producer, One Two Films - Germany

Linda Mutawi | Producer, Fikra - Sweden

ARTE KINO INTERNATIONAL AWARD JUROR

Remi Burah | CEO, 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

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