Thessaloniki Agora History & Results
Since the first industry event in 2003 with Balkan Fund, until the full evolution of the Agora with Crossroads Cο-production Forum and Agora Works in Progress, many film projects have been presented in different development stages. The finished films have premiered in prestigious festivals and won various awards. We are committed to enlarging that list and continuing to support films from Southeastern Europe, the Balkan and Mediterranean countries. To this extent a new collaboration between Agora and Marché de Cannes gives further opportunity to films in progress (fiction and documentary) to be presented in the largest European Market through the Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes showcase.
- ADALBERT’S DREAM
by Gabriel Achim (Romania)
Reykjavik IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2009
Agora Works in Progress 2010 - AJAMI
by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani (Israel,Germany)
Cannes IFF – Directors’ Fortnight, Camera D’Or, Special Distinction
Thessaloniki IFF – Golden Alexander
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2005 - AMNESTY
by Bujar Alimani (Albania,Greece,France)
Berlin IFF – Forum
Montreal World Cinema FF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2008
Agora Works in Progress 2010 - APPROACH
by Tony Lykouressis (Greece)
Thessaloniki IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2016 - AS I OPEN MY EYES
by Layla Bouzid (France,Tunisia,Belgium,UAE)
Venice IFF – Venice Days
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2013 - AT HOME
by Athanasios Karanikolas (Greece,Germany)
Berlin IFF – Forum
Thessaloniki IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2013 - AURORA
by Cristi Puiu (Romania,France,Switzerland,Germany)
Cannes IFF – Un Certain Regard
Thessaloniki IFF
Balkan Works in Progress 2009 - AUTUMN
by Ozcan Alper (Turkey,Germany)
Locarno IFF - C.I.C.A.E. Award
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2007 - BARBARIANS
by Ivan Ikic (Serbia,Montenegro,Slovenia)
Karlovy Vary IFF – East of the West Competition
Thessaloniki IFF
Balkan Fund Award 2010
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2011 - BEYOND THE HILL
by Emin Alper (Turkey)
Berlin IFF – Forum
Istanbul IFF – Best Turkish Film
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2010
Agora Works in Progress 2011 - BOY EATING THE BIRD’S FOOD
by Ektoras Lygizos (Greece)
Karlovy Vary IFF – International Competition
Toronto IFF
Thessaloniki IFF – International Competition
Agora Works in Progress 2011 - THE CAKEMAKER
by Ofir Raul Graizer (Germany,Israel)
KVIFF – International Competition
Thessaloniki IFF – Out of Competition
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2013 - CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ (Endless)
by Cristian Nemescu (Romania)
Cannes ΙFF – Un Certain Regard Award
Thessaloniki IFF
Balkan Fund 2004
Balkan Works in Progress 2006 - CHARLESTON
by Andrei Cretulescu (Romania, France)
Locarno IFF – Competition
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2015
Agora Works in Progress 2016 (Graal Post-production Award Winner) - CHINATOWN–THE THREE SHELTERS
by Aliki Danezi-Knutsen (Greece, Cyprus)
Thessaloniki IFF
Athens IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2007
Works in Progress 2011 - CHLORINE
by Lamberto Sanfelice (Italy)
Sundance IFF
Berlin IFF – Generation 14plus
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2013 - DEAD HORSE
Nebula by Tarik Aktas ? (Turkey, France)
Locarno IFF – Prize for the Best Emerging Director
Thessaloniki IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2017 - DOGTOOTH
by Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece)
Cannes IFF – Un Certain Regard Award
Greek Works in Progress 2008 - DOLPHIN MAN
by Lefteris Charitos (Greece, France, Italy, Japan, Canada)
Tokyo IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes 2017 - EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY
by Radu Jude (Romania,Netherlands)
Berlin IFF – Forum
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2009 - FACTORY GIRL
by Mohamed Khan (Egypt, UAE)
Dubai IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2013 - FOREVER
by Margarita Manda (Greece)
IFFR
Cairo IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2013 - GRBAVICA (Esma’s Secret)
by Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Berlin ΙFF –Golden Bear
Thessaloniki IFF
Balkan Fund Award 2003 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY
by Christos Georgiou (Greece, Germany)
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2012
Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes 2017 - HEAVEN SENT
by Wissam Charaf (France, Lebanon)
Cannes IFF – ACID
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2011 - IMPRESSIONS OF A DROWNED MAN
by Kyros Papavassiliou (Cyprus,Greece,Slovenia)
IFFR – International Competition
Karlovy Vary IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2013 - INTERRUPTION
by Yorgos Zois (Greece, France, Croatia)
Venice IFF – Orizzonti
Thessaloniki IFF – International Competition
Balkan Fund 2010 - IN THIS LAND NOBODY KNEW HOW TO CRY
by George Panousopoulos (Greece)
Thessaloniki IFF
Montreal World FF,
Busan IFF
Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes Agora Works in Progress 2018
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2015 - J.A.C.E
by Menelaos Karamaghiolis (Greece,Portugal,FYROM,Turkey,Netherlands)
Tokyo IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Balkan Fund 2005
Agora Works in Progress 2010 - THE JAPANESE DOG
by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu (Romania)
San Sebastian IFF – New Directors
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2010
Agora Works in Progress 2012 - KING OF THE BELGIANS
by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (Belgium,Netherlands,Bulgaria)
Venice FF – Orizzonti
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum Award 2012 - LATE SEASON
by Danilo Caputo (Italy,Greece)
Karlovy Vary IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2012 - LOVE, THEFT AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS
by Muayad Alayan (Palestine) 2015
Berlin IFF – Panorama
Film Fest Gent
Vancouver IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2014 - LOVERBOY
by Catalin Mitulescu (Romania)
Cannes IFF – Un Certain Regard Award
Thessaloniki IFF
Balkan Fund Award 2006 - LUTON
by Michalis Konstantatos (Greece,Germany)
San Sebastian IFF – New Directors
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2010
Agora Works in Progress 2012 - MILK (Sut)
by Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey,France,Germany)
Venice IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2006 - THE MINER
by Hanna A.W. Slack (Slovenia,Croatia, Germany)
Warsaw IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2011
Agora Works in Progress 2016 - MOTHERLAND
by SenemTuzen (Turkey,Greece) 2015
Venice IFF – International Critics’ Week
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum Award 2012 - MUSTANG
by Deniz Gamze Erguven (France,Turkey,Germany)
Cannes IFF – Directors’ Fortnight
Toronto IFF
Karlovy Vary IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2012 - MY DOG KILLER
by Mira Fornay (Slovak Republic,Czech Republic)
IFFR – Tiger Award
Karlovy Vary IFF
Munich IFF – Cinema Vision Award
Thessaloniki IFF
Slovak Republic’s 2013 Oscar Entry
Agora Works in Progress 2012 – Honorary Mention - NAUSEA
by Zeki Demirkubuz (Turkey)
Sofia IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2014 - NECKTIE YOUTH
by Sibs Shongwe-La Mer (South Africa)
Berlin IFF– Panorama
Tribeca IFF
New Horizons IFF
London IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2014 - NEXT TO HER
by Asaf Korman (Israel)
Cannes IFF – Directors’ Fortnight
Thessaloniki IFF – International Competition
Agora Works in Progress – Graal Award 2013 - OCCIDENTAL
by Neil Beloufa (France)
Berlin FF – Forum
Thessaloniki IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2016 - THE ORDER OF THINGS
by Andrea Segre (Italy,France)
Venice Film Festival – Special Screening
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2014 - OUT IN THE DARK
by Michael Mayer (Israel,USA)
Toronto IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2011 - OUTBOUND
by Bogdan George Apetri (Romania)
Locarno IFF
Thessaloniki IFF – Golden Alexander
Balkan Works in Progress 2009 - PANDORA’S BOX
by Yesim Ustaoglu (Turkey,France,Germany,Belgium)
San Sebastian IFF – Golden & Silver Shell
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum Award 2006 - PARK
by Sofia Exarchou (Greece,Poland)
Toronto IFF
San Sebastian IFF – New Director’s Award
Thessaloniki IFF – International Competition
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2012 – CNC & Initiative Films Awards - POLYXENI
by Dora Masklavanou (Greece)
Thessaloniki IFF
Tetouan IFF – Best Film Award
Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes 2017 - PUNK’S NOT DEAD
by Vladimir Blazevski (FYROM,Serbia)
Karlovy Vary IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2010 - SEABURNERS
by Melisa Onel (Turkey)
Berlin IFF – Forum
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2011
Agora Works in Progress Award 2012 - SECRET INGREDIENT
by Gjorce Stavreski (FYROM, Greece)
Thessaloniki IFF – Balkan Survey Audience Award
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2017
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2014 - SEPTEMBER
by Penny Panayotopoulou (Greece,Germany)
Karlovy Vary IFF – Competition
Toronto IFF – City to City
Balkan Fund Award Winner 2010
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2011
Agora Works in Progress 2012 - STILL RIVER
by Angelos Frantzis (Greece, France, Latvia)
Thessaloniki IFF
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Istanbul IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2011
Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes Agora Works in Progress 2017 - THE SKY ABOVE US
by Marinus Groothof (Netherlands,Belgium,Serbia,Greece)
IIFFR
Belgrade IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2013 - SPELL REEL
by Filipa Cesar (Germany,Portugal,France,Guinea-Bissau)
Berlin IFF – Forum
MoMA
Agora Works in Progress 2016 - STANDING ASIDE, WATCHING
by Yorgos Servetas (Greece)
Toronto IFF – City to City
Thessaloniki IFF
Berlin IFF – Panorama
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2011 - STRATOS
by Yannis Economides (Greece,Germany,Cyprus)
Berlin IFF – International Competition
Karlovy Vary IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2013 - SUNTAN
by Argyris Papadimitropoulos (Greece,Germany)
IFF Rotterdam
SXSW
Thessaloniki IFF
Agora Works in Progress – Graal Award 2014 - THE SURFACE OF THINGS
by Nancy Biniadaki (Greece, Germany)
Thessaloniki IFF – International Competition
Agora Works in Progress 2016 - TALE 52
by Alexis Alexiou (Greece)
IFFR – Tiger Awards Competition
Thessaloniki IFF
Greek Works in Progress 2007 - THORN
by Gabriel Tzafka (Greece, Denmark)
CPH: PIX
Thessaloniki IFF – Out of Competition
Agora Works in Progress 2016 (Eurimages Lab Award winner) - TILVA ROSH
by Nikola Lezaic (Serbia)
Locarno IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2008 - TRAMONTANE
by Vatche Boulghourjian (Lebanon,France,Qatar,UAE)
Cannes IFF – Critics’ Week
Thessaloniki IFF
Crossroads Co-production Forum ARTE Prize 2014 - TROT
by Xacio Bano (Spain, Lithuania) 2018
Locarno IFF
San Sebastian IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2017 - UNFAIR WORLD
by FilipposTsitos (Greece,Germany)
San Sebastian Film Festival
Thessaloniki IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2010 - VIKTORIA
by Maya Vitkova (Bulgaria, Romania)
Sundance IFF – World Dramatic Competition
Karlovy Vary IFF
Thessaloniki IFF
Balkan Fund 2005 - THE WAITER
by Steve Krikris (Greece)
Thessaloniki IFF
Sofia IFF
Agora Works in Progress 2017
Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes Agora Works in Progress 2018 - WASTED YOUTH
by Argyris Papadimitropoulos and Jan Vogel (Greece)
IFFR
BAFICI
Agora Works in Progress 2010 - WHEN I SAW YOU
by Annemarie Jacir (Jordan,Palestine,Greece)
Toronto IFF
Abu Dhabi FF – Best Arab Film
Berlin IFF – NETPAC Best Asian Film Award
Thessaloniki IFF
Palestine’s 2013 Oscar Entry
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2008
Agora Works in Progress Award 2011 - WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME
by Hadar Morag (Israel,France)
Venice IFF –Orizzonti
Crossroads Co-production Forum 2011 - WILD DUCK
by Yannis Sakaridis (Greece)
Toronto IFF – City to City
Busan IFF – Flash Forward Competition
Thessaloniki IFF – International Competition
Agora Works in Progress 2012