Many film industry professionals in Greece are concerned about the dysfunctional Hellenic Cinema and Audiovisual Centre (EKKOMED). This national institution, which administers the country’s cash rebate system, has not paid out anything since March 2024. Nearly 2,000 members of the Greek audiovisual sector signed an open letter calling for reform and the payment of outstanding …
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Romanian actress Maria Popistașu and screenwriter Alexandru Baciu are in the final stages of post-production for their directorial debut, Y. This feature-length drama follows Olga, her father and her two sisters, living in comfort thanks to the fortune made by their grandmother, Ileana, a former lawyer. Her sudden death disrupts the family’s well-being, especially for …
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The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TIDF) closed on March 16th. Before the awards ceremony, Deputy Culture Minister Iason Fotilas praised the festival’s work and the importance of documentaries: “Documentaries don’t just depict images,” he said, “they guide us to see beyond them. They allow us to perceive the world more consciously, to listen to …
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Agora, the industry section of the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TIDF), has named the 14 projects which will take part in the Pitching Forum, to be held from March 7th to 15th. Created in 1999, Agora is a major event for producing and financing international documentary projects from Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. …
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Between October 18th and 20th the Istanbul Sinematek organised open-air screenings to show-case the award-winning films of the 8th Beyond Borders Festival During the three days 12 international documentaries were shown, with the event opened by one of them, Penelope McDonald’s feature Audrey Napanangka. David Deri’s A Tale of Four Minorities was also screened. The …
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The 20th Agora Crossroads Co-production Forum will be held in Thessaloniki from November 3rd to 7th as part of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (October 31st to November 10th). AGORA presents 15 film projects from 17 countries in South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean region. The forum is designed to foster networking, co-production and creative collaboration …
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The 26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March 7th to 17th), complete with 250 international documentaries, has announced its award winners. There were 12 documentaries in the international section, competing for three awards. The prestigious Golden Alexander went to My Stolen Planet by director Farahnaz Sharifi and the Silver Alexander to Lidia Duda’s Forest. The jury …
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