Crossroads Co-production Forum aims at a strong selection of projects in development from the countries of Southeastern Europe, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean region, giving producers and directors the opportunity to present their ideas to a number of potential financial partners, receive feedback and grow their professional network. This year’s Agora Crossroads Co-production Forum presents 14 projects from Greece, Cyprus, Spain, France, Italy, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia, Romania and Ukraine.
Here are the TIFF63 Agora Crossroads Co-production Forum’s projects:
Director/Scriptwriter: Iris Baglanea, Producer: Ioanna Bolomyti - Atalante Productions SA, Greece
Director/Scriptwriter: Thanos Samaras, Producer: Romanna Lobach - AKRAN Creative Company, Greece
Director: Imanol Rayo, Scriptwriters: Imanol Rayo, Carlos Bassas, Nerea Loiola, Producer: Iker Ganuza - Lamia Producciones, Spain
Director/Scriptwriter: Stavros Pamballis, Producer: Marinos Charalambous - Boycott Films, Co-producers: Joyce Pierpoline - Pierpoline Films, Inc., Bernhard Pucher - Iron Box Films, Cyprus, United Kingdom
Director/Scriptwriter: Kostas Gerampinis, Producer: Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos - PLAYS2PLACE, Greece
Director/Scriptwriter: Wissam Charaf, Producer: Charlotte Vincent, Katia Khazak - Aurora Films, Co-producer: Marco Valeiro Fusco - Intramovies, Pierre Sarraf - Né à Beyrouth films, France, Italy, Lebanon
Director/Scriptwriter: Amerissa Basta, Co-writer: Dimitris Nakos, Producer: Ioanna Soultani - Soul Productions, Dimitris Nakos, Co-producer: Dejan Krajcevski - Krug Film, Panos Bisdas - Authorwave, Greece, North Macedonia
Director/Scriptwriter: Aron Horvath, Producer: Andraž Jerič - Temporama, Jerca Jerič, Slovenia
Director/Scriptwriter: Siegrid Alnoy, Producer: Xénia Maingot - Eaux Vives Productions, France
Director/Scriptwriter: Martina Buchelová, Producer: Michaela Kaliská, Erika Paulinská - NINJA Films, Co-Producer: Julie Žáčková - Unit and Sofa Prague, Slovakia, Czechia
Director: Tudor Jurgiu, Scriptwriter: Anca Buja, Producer: Bogdan Craciun - Libra Film, Co-producer: Konstantina Stavrianou - Graal S.A, Romania, Greece
Director/Scriptwriter: Daniel Bolda, Producer: Nicholas Alavanos - Filmiki Productions, Greece
Director: Anna Morozova, Scriptwriter: Anna Chernivtsi, Anna Morozova, Producer: Kyrylo Nechmonia - Mir&Co Production, Ukraine
Directors/Scriptwriters: Alexandru Baciu, Maria Popistașu,Producer: Anamaria Antoci - Tangaj Production, Romania
CROSSROADS CO-PRODUCTION FORUM - JURY
Alessandro Amato | Producer, CEO - dispàrte - Italy
Christina Pelekani | Marketing & Distribution Consultant, Co-founder of Endorphin Film Sales - Greece
Myriam Sassine | Film Producer, Abbout Productions & Beirut DC, Beirut Cinema Platform - Lebanon
Arte Kino Prize International Juror
Annamaria Lodato | Head of International Relations - ARTE France, France
CROSSROADS CO-PRODUCTION FORUM - TUTOR
Amanda Livanou | Producer, Neda Film - Greece
CROSSROADS CO-PRODUCTION FORUM - AWARDS
Two Thirty-Five (2|35) Award
Post-production (image and sound)
Onassis Cinema Award
10.000 euro to a Greek project participating in the Agora
(Crossroads Co-production Forum and Works in Progress)
CNC - Centre national du cinema et de l’image animée
8.000 euro for script development
ArteKino International Prize
6.000 euro
Finos Film
3.000 euro to a Greek project
The Producers’ Network of the Cannes FF
Free accreditation
Sofia Meetings of the Sofia IFF
Project selection
Mediterranean Film Institute
Script2Film Workshops scholarship
Initiative Film
Consultation to one Greek project
EAVE
Marketing Workshop Scholarship