Thessaloniki’s Agora Works in Progress Program Unveils Lineup

Agora, the industry sidebar to Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival, has revealed its selection for the Agora Works in Progress program.

From Nov. 2 to 6, eight films in the post-production stage from Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region will be presented to sales agents, distributors, producers, streaming platforms, and festival programmers.

The aim is to help these films secure finishing funds, attract sales agents, secure festival premieres, and establish partnerships.

The program will culminate in the Agora Works in Progress Awards.

The jury awards are 119 Marvila Studios Award (sound mixing services); Authorwave Post-Production Award (Creative Image Post Services); and ERT AGORA Works in Progress Award (€2,000 to a Greek project).

There is also an independent award: the Onassis Film Award (€10,000 to a Greek project participating in Agora’s Crossroads Co-Production Forum or Agora Works in Progress.)

Selected Agora Works in Progress films:

BLACK MONEY FOR WHITE NIGHTS
Directors: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Production: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Abraxas Film, Co-production: Irini Vougioukalou, Konstantina Stavrianou, Graal Films
Bulgaria, Greece

THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES
Director: Thanasis Neofotistos, Production: Ioanna Bolomyti, Argonauts Productions S.A, Co-production: Atalante Productions S.A., YE Films Ltd., Sektor Film, Studio Corvus, Sense Production, Luna Film, Willa, Astrakan Films & Cold Iron Pictures
Greece, Cyprus, North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, U.S.

LAST CALL
Director: Sherif Francis, Production: Dionyssis Samiotis, Tanweer Productions, Co-production: Kostas Lambropoulos, Greece

THE LION AT MY BACK
Director: Tonia Mishiali, Production: Tonia Mishiali, Bark like a cat films, Co-production: Katarzyna Ozga, Nicolas Steil, Iris Productions, Marinos Charalambous, Vladimiros Subotić, Avaton Films
Cyprus, Luxembourg, Greece

PROMISED SPACES
Director: Ivan Marković, Production: Jasmina Sijercić-Bocalupo Films, Co-production: Zsofi Lili Kovacs, Fiskultura Films, Jelena Radenković, Big Time Production, Daniel Mattes, Anti-Archive
France, Germany, Serbia, Cambodia

TONIGHT IS FOREVER
Director: Fernando Souza, Production: Quentin Laurent, Les Films de l’Oeil Sauvage, Co-production: Lucas Senecaut, L’Oeil Vif Films, Mina Moteki, Kowatanda Films, Fernando Souza, Dichosos los Ojos
France, Japan, Spain

TRIP TO JERUSALEM
Director: Michel Zarazir, Gaby Zarazir, Production: Gaby Zarazir, Michel Zarazir, Madame le Tapis
Lebanon

WAYS TO GET RID OF SOME FREEDOM
Director: Chrisanthos Margonis, Production: Eleni Kossyfidou, Blackbird Productions, Co-production: Marinos Charalambous, Boycott Films, Greece, Cyprus