Agora, the industry section of the Thessaloniki Film Festival, has revealed the selection for its Works in Progress section. Nine films from 15 countries in Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region will be showcased in the program, which runs Nov. 3-7.
The section focuses on films in the post-production stage that have a connection to the Mediterranean region and Southeastern Europe. These projects are presented to key players in the industry, including sales agents, distributors, producers, streaming platforms and festival programmers. The aim is to help these films secure finishing funds, attract sales agents, schedule festival premieres, and establish crucial partnerships.
This year’s lineup includes four debut films and five works from seasoned directors.
The Agora Works in Progress Awards include the Authorwave Post-Production Award, with creative image post services as the prize; 119 Marvila Studios Award, with sound mixing services for the winner; the Onassis Film Award, with €10,000 going to a Greek project; and the ERT Agora Works in Progress Award, with €2,000 going to a Greek project.
Films that have participated in previous editions of the Agora Works in Progress include Dimitris Nakos’ “Meat,” which was at Toronto this year, Zacharias Mavroeidis’ “The Summer With Carmen,” which was in Venice Days last year, and Christina Ioakeimidi’s “Medium,” which was at Sarajevo last year.
“Otter”
Courtesy of Thessaloniki Film Festival
Selected Agora Works in Progress Films 2024:
BEARCAVE
Directors/scriptwriters: Stergios Dinopoulos, Krysianna Papadakis
Production: Emily Sky Hickin – Pucci Productions, Stergios Dinopoulos, Krysianna Papadakis, Arsinoi Pilou, Thanasis Michalopoulos – Pameligo Collective
Greece, U.K.
CINEMA JAZIREH
(In collaboration with Sofia Meetings)
Director/scriptwriter: Gözde Kural
Production: Gözde Kural – Toz Film Production, Milad Khosravi – Seven Springs Pictures, Bulut Reyhanoğlu – Koskos Film, Svetla Tsotsorkova – Front Film
Turkey, Iran, Bulgaria, Romania
DIRTY LAND
Director/scriptwriter: Luis Campos
Production: Luis Campos, Ana Almeida – Matiné
Co-production: Luigi Chimienti, Alessandro Amato – Dispàrte, Mario Patrocínio – Bro Cinema, Humberto Rocha, Pedro Medeiros – Um Segundo Filmes, Marta Lima – Agente a Norte, Nuno Tavares – Anticyclone Productions
Portugal, Italy
LIFE IN A BEAT
Director: Amerissa Basta
Scriptwriters: Amerissa Basta, Dimitris Nakos
Production: Ioanna Soultani, Dimitris Nakos – Soul Productions
Co-production: Despina Mouzaki – Breaking Wave Productions, Ivan Tonev – Ars Digital, Dejan Krajcevski-Krug Film, Marko Jaćimović – Videa Production
Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro
LIFELIKE
Director/scriptwriter: Ali Vatansever
Production: Selin Vatansever Tezcan – Terminal Film
Co-production: Antigoni Rota-Foss Productions
Turkey, Greece
MY FATHER’S SHOES
Director: Hristo Simeonov
Scriptwriters: Petar Krumov, Hristo Simeonov
Production: Katya Trichkova – Contrast Films
Co-production: Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Jérôme Nunes – Films de Force Majeure
Bulgaria, France
OTTER
Director: Srđan Vuletić
Scriptwriter: Stefan Bošković
Production: Ivan Đurović – Artikulacija Film
Co-production: Katarina Prpić – 365 Films, Ishak Jalimam – Realstage, Daniele Segre – Redibis Film, Fatmir Spahiu – Buka Production
Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Kosovo
PATTY IS SUCH A GIRLY NAME
Director/scriptwriter: Giorgos Georgopoulos
Production: Stefanos Koutsardakis – Chaotic Good Productions
Co-production: Christos V. Konstantakopoulos – Faliro House Productions, Fenia Cossovitsa – Blonde Productions
Greece
THEY COME OUT OF MARGO
Director/scriptwriter: Alexandros Voulgaris (“The Boy”)
Production: Nicholas Alavanos, Christina Stavropoulou – Filmiki Productions
Greece
