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Within the context of the Agora Talks of the 65th Thessaloniki Film Festival, the discussion titled  “Audiovisual Producers' Association of Greece presents Creative Greece 2.0 - Innovating Solutions for Lasting Challenges” was held on Sunday November 3rd at MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography. The panelists were: Fenia Cossovitsa, producer and founder of Blonde S.A. and SAPOE President, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, producer and SAPOE General Secretary and Walid Said, portfolio manager in Head Gear Films. 

On Saturday, November 2nd, the opening of the main exhibition of the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, We, the Monster, took place at the MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts. The exhibition is inspired by the grand tribute of this year’s edition “We, the Monster”. The Festival commissioned two up-and-coming visual artists, Malvina Panagiotidi and David Sampethai, to create artworks in constant dialogue with each other, but also with the 22 films that will be screened as part of the Festival’s grand tribute. 

A press conference with Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes took place on November 2nd, on the occasion of the screening of their latest film The Return, an innovative film adaptation of the last rhapsody from Homer's Odyssey. The panel also featured the film’s director, Uberto Pasolini, as well as its co-producer, Konstantinos Kontovrakis.

The discussion “Agora Series Case study - Kabul European Series Co-Production in Action” was held on Saturday November 2nd, at MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, within the framework of the Agora Talks of the 65th TIFF. On the occasion of the new drama series Kabul, producers Fabienne Servan Schreiber (Cinétévé) and executive producer Sandrine Paquot met with Faye Tsitipi, Head of Strategic Analysis and Productions at COSMOTE TV.

The discussion “IP as a Tool for Fostering Innovation & Social Change” was held within the framework of the Agora Talks of the 65th TIFF, on Saturday November 2nd, at MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, in collaboration with MIDPOINT Institute. The speakers were Emilie Blézat (CEO, Producer, IP Creator - Dark Riviera) and Hyppe Salmi (Executive producer - Yle Drama). The event was prefaced by Anita Pócsová (Program Coordinator Junior - MIDPOINT Institute), and moderated by Zac Ntim (Journalist, Deadline).