Staff

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT Akis Sakellariou
Vice president Katerina Bei
Members Themis Bazaka, Maria Kriara, Synthia Sapika, Penelope Valti, Spyros Vougias
Legal Advisor Marianna Papadopoulou
Secretariat Maria Papasotiri

FESTIVAL STAFF
GENERAL DIRECTOR Elise Jalladeau

ARTISTIC DIRECTION
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Orestis Andreadakis
Head of Program Yorgos Krassakopoulos
International Program Coordination Angeliki Petrou
Head of Tributes & Survey Expanded Dimitris Kerkinos
Plot Twist, Beyond the Sixth Sense: Myriam Ben Salah
Head of Greek Film Festival / Yorgos Tsemberopoulos Tribute Eleni Androutsopoulou
International Program Associates Yannis Palavos, Yannis Smoilis, Nektarios Sakkas, Geli Mademli, Artemis Doukeli, Panos Achtsioglou, Leda Galanou, Alexandros Diakosavvas, Vassilis Servetas, Yorgos Papadimitriou
Program Intern Janka Tasi
Greek Film Festival / Yorgos Tsemberopoulos Tribute Associate Vasilis Terzopoulos
Greek Film Festival / Yorgos Tsemberopoulos Tribute Assistant Nikoletta Charou
Coordination of Greek Actors Awards Stella Harami
NextGen Program Angeliki Petrou, Maria Papasotiri, Irini Delidaki
Special Screenings Series Program Nektarios Sakkas (coordination), Stella Karagiannidou (associate)
Immersive / XR Program Lazaros Boudakidis (Immersive Program Manager – All Around Cinema), Nikos Varlas (coordination)
Podcast Section Dimitra Nikolopoulou (head), Tina Antonakou (coordination), Angeliki Stellaki, Yorgos Papadimitriou, Vassilis Servetas, Charis Pagonidou

AGORA
Head Angeliki Vergou
Manager Thanos Stavropoulos
Coordination Errika Zacharopoulou, Elena Gaitanarou
Associates Dimitra Kapsala, Rafaela Karagianni
Coordination – Crossroads Co-production Forum Errika Zacharopoulou
Advisory Committee – Crossroads Co-Production Forum Myriam Sassine, Thibaut Braque
Coordination – AGORA Works in Progress Elena Gaitanarou
Committee – AGORA Works in Progress Angeliki Vergou, Thanos Stavropoulos, Elena Gaitanarou, Eleni Androutsopoulou, Zahra Benasri, Celine Roustan, Dimitris Kerkinos, Nikoletta Charou, Yannis Palavos, Yannis Smoilis, Nektarios Sakkas, Artemis Doukeli, Dimitra Kapsala, Errika Zacharopoulou, Rafaela Karagianni
Program Coordinator – Thessaloniki Locarno Industry Academy Konstantinos Aivaliotis
Program Coordinator – AGORA Short Film Lab Christina Liapi
Program Coordinators – AGORA Series Niki Xenou, Dimitra Kapsala
AGORA Film Market Rafaela Karagianni, Anna Chrysanthakopoulou
AGORA Talks Thanos Stavropoulos
Consulting Services and Networking Christina Liapi, Ermioni Efstratiadou, Rafaela Karagianni
AGORA Production Nikos Bozanis, Panagiotis Galios, Konstantini Semkou, Antonis Bouras
AGORA Production Services: FRENEL
AGORA Info Desk Anna Chrysanthakopoulou
AGORA Mag – Editor Vasileia Kalafati
AGORA Mag – Graphic Design Dimitra-Daisy Darioti
AGORA Extroversion Initiatives Niki Xenou (Coordination), Katarina Tomkova, Yorgos Tsourgiannis, Konstantina Stavrianou (Special Advisors)

FESTIVAL MAIN EXHIBITION
Curation Nadja Argyropoulou / Orestis Andreadakis
Coordination / Production Alexandros Diakosavvas

THESSALONIKI CINEMA MUSEUM
Maria Papasotiri (head), Irini Delidaki, George Raptopoulos, Tasos Atmatzidis
Intern Konstantinos Mavrikos

JURIES
Pavlina Vosinaki (head), Panos Achtsioglou, Stella Vlachomitrou

ANNUAL ACTIVITY
Annual Activity Venues Program Panos Achtsioglou, Valentina Tsalambouni

Artistic Direction Coordination Alexandros Diakosavvas

PRESS, COMMUNICATION, PROMOTION & SPONSORSHIP OFFICE
Dimitra Nikolopoulou (head), Tina Antonakou, Angeliki Stellaki, George Papadimitriou, Haris Pagonidou, Vasilis Servetas
Social Media Ifigenia Konstantinidou (head), Iliana Kyritsi
Head of Marketing Natassa Pandi
Graphic Designer Menelaos Georgiou

PUBLIC RELATIONS
Tina Antonakou (head), Dimitris Apostolou, Vasiliki Georgisoudi, Olga Kariki, Penny Tsolakidou

“FIRST SHOT” NEWSPAPER
Publishing Director Orestis Andreadakis
Editor-in-Chief Dimitra Nikolopoulou
Copy Editor Yorgos Papadimitriou
Creative Director Yannis Karlopoulos

HOSPITALITY
Stella Stavrinodaki (head), Sofia Timblalexi, Kiara Papadaki, Katerina Gnafaki, Clelia Arbilia
Guest Transportation Lefteris Kazantzidis
Travel Agencies GS Travel, Dion Tours & Red Elephant

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Lazaros Boudakidis (head), George Stounos, Anestis Sidiropoulos, Nikos Varlas, Ioannis Vafeiadis-Balasis
Website Anestis Sidiropoulos, Ioannis Vafeiadis-Balasis
Ticketing System Lazaros Boudakidis, Vangelis Valampous
Online Screening Platform Anestis Sidiropoulos

FESTIVAL VENUES
Venues Supervision Danis Kokkinos, Iraklis Sakkalis
Technician Lazaros Seitanides
Head of Venues Niki Chouliara
Film Venues Nikos Alkaios Ladas
Head of Technical Support & Projection Engineering Akis Stavropoulos
Head of Audiovisuals Nikos Batekas
Film Traffic Andreas Thomopoulos
Digital Projection Coordinator Chrysa Paleochorinou

ADMINISTRATION
Head of Financial and Administrative Department Apostolos Papasotiriou
Assistant to the General Director Maria Naltsatziadou
Assistant to the Artistic Director Stella Karagiannidou
Head of Human Resources Maria Tziola (head), Vasilis Ziogas
Accounting Department Alexandra Soltatou, Theodora Kaftirani, Petros Koufounakis, Kalli Ganoudi, Christos Vlasakidis
Payroll Department Niki Chouliara (head), Maria Sapountzoglou
Legal Department Marianna Papadopoulou (legal advisor), Konstantinos Chouliaras, Vasiliki Aliberti

EVENT ORGANIZATION
Maria Polyviou (head), Yannis Fourkiotis, Leoni Kirkini
Masterclass Coordinator Leda Galanou
Festival Spots Coordination Yannis Fourkiotis, Leoni Kirkini
Info Desk / Festival Shop Coordination Yannis Tiktopoulos
Production Organization Danis Kokkinos (head), Antigone Mixafenti
Audience Award Maria Tziola, Evdokia Ioannidou
Secretariat Eleni Giannoudi, Dimitris Sannas, Stella Vlachomitrou
Runners Dimitris Vangelis, Kostas Dimitrakopoulos
European Program Consultants Alexis Fragkiadis, Eleni Androutsopoulou, Eleni Rammou, Angeliki Vergou, Théo Koutsaftis
Green Room George Vlisidis (head)

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY TEAM
Coordinator – Head Maria Naltsatziadou
Advisor Ifigenia Taxopoulou
Production Konstantinos Velenis

VOLUNTEERING
Stella Karagiannidou (head), Niki Rousomani

SUBTITLING
Neaniko Plano Subtitles

PRINTS / PUBLICATIONS
Editorial Supervision (Νon Catalog, Special Edition) Orestis Andreadakis
Content Coordination Geli Mademli (A-Z, Non Catalog, Special Edition), Vasileia Kalafati (Agora Mag)
Assistant Coordinator Varvara Savvidi
Translations Rosemary Tzanaki, Maria-Milta Themeli, Apostolis Vassilopoulos, Varvara Savvidi, Kyriakos Karseras, Yorgos Papadimitriou
Copy Editing Kostas Konstantinou (Non Catalog), Lenia Mazaraki, Nerina Kioseoglou (Special Edition), Vasileia Kalafati (AGORA Mag)
Design Supervision Yannis Karlopoulos
Publication design Dimitra-Daisy Darioti (A-Z, Agora Mag), Karlopoulos & Associates [Yannis Karlopoulos, Virginia Christakos, Laios Papazoglou] (Special Edition, Non-Catalog)
Printing Printfair (A-Z, Agora Mag), Future Format (Special Edition), Pletsas | Kardari (Non-Catalog)
Artwork Stefanos Rokos
Graphic Design / Adaptations Menelaos Georgiou