66th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL // 30/10-9/11/2025
Submit your films to the Agora of the 66th Thessaloniki IFF
Agora, the industry section of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, supported by Creative Europe MEDIA, champions the cinema of tomorrow and supports films from Southeastern Europe, the Mediterranean, and Greece. As part of the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (30 October – 9 November 2025), Agora invites filmmakers to submit their projects to the Crossroads Co-Production Forum and Agora Works in Progress.
Countries that are eligible to submit are: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo*, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine.
Countries not mentioned in the above list can still apply if they are co-producing with a country within these regions or contain elements in the story that link them to these regions. Projects not coming from one of the above-mentioned countries who think that Agora is a good springboard for them, may still apply. All submitted projects will be reviewed and evaluated.
CROSSROADS CO-PRODUCTION FORUM
November 2 – 6, 2025
Submission deadline: June 20, 2025
The Crossroads Co-production Forum of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival specialises in discovering emerging talents from Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean regions. The application is open to experienced directors and producers as well as first-timers. The projects should be either produced or co-produced by a country within these regions or contain elements in the story that link them to these regions.
Recent titles include: Kyuka – Before Summer’s End - Kostis Charamoundanis (Cannes FF - ACID Cannes 2024), The Summer with Carmen - Zacharias Mavroeidis (Venice FF - Giornate degli Autori 2023), Blaga’s Lessons - Stephan Komandarev (Karlovy Vary IFF 2023), Inshallah a Boy - Amjad Al Rasheed (Cannes FF - Semaine de la Critique 2023), Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry - Elene Naveriani (Cannes FF - Quinzaine des Cinéastes 2023), 20.000 Species of Bees - Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (73rd Berlinale International Competition 2023 - Silver Berlin Bear/Best Leading Performance) and many more.
AGORA WORKS IN PROGRESS
November 2-6, 2025
Submission deadline: September 1, 2025
Films in the editing or post-production stage can submit to the Agora Works in Progress (November 2-6). Industry professionals from all over the world gather in Thessaloniki to watch the upcoming films from Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean regions.
The Agora Works in Progress hosts sessions reserved exclusively for the industry accredited guests. They will be presented to sales agents, distributors, producers and festival programmers. In this way, the professionals have access to films from the countries of the region just before completion.
Recent titles include: Meat - Dimitris Nakos (Toronto IFF 2024), Medium by Christina Ioakeimidi (Sarajevo FF 2023), The Sea and its Waves - Liana & Renaud (Cannes FF - ACID Cannes 2023), Have you Seen This Woman? - Dušan Zorić, Matija Gluščević (Venice FF - International Film Critics’ Week), Pelikan - Filip Heraković (Tallinn Black Nights FF), How Is Katia? - Christina Tynkevych (Locarno FF - Cineasti del Presente 2022 - Special Jury Prize, Best Actress), Rock Bottom Riser - Fern Silva (Berlinale Encounters 2021 - Special Mention), Mother Lode - Matteo Tortone (Venice FF - Venice Critics Week 2021), Moon, 66 Questions - Jacqueline Lentzou (Berlinale Encounters 2021), Sweat - Magnus von Horn (Cannes FF - Cannes Label 2020) and many more.
UPCOMING CALLS:
THESSALONIKI LOCARNO INDUSTRY ACADEMY
November 1-6, 2025
Applications will be available from July 14, 2025
Application deadline: August 18, 2025
The Locarno Film Festival and the Thessaloniki International Film Festival are organizing the Industry Academy, a joint initiative aiming to give a significant boost to the careers of new film professionals. It is a training program created to help young professionals of the cinema industry –sales agents, distributors and new media professionals– to extend their experience and networking in the fields of international sales, marketing, distribution and programming.
AGORA FILM MARKET
October 31-December 31, 2025
Applications will be available from July 22, 2025
Submission deadline: October 15, 2025
The Agora Film Market promotes the majority of the feature films participating in the official sections of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. The Film Market includes additional titles from the countries that Agora focuses on giving them the opportunity to find their way to other international film festivals, sales agents and distributors. Also, the Film Market includes a selection of Greek films produced within the past two years.
For more information on this year’s AGORA please visit https://www.filmfestival.gr/en/professionals/tiff-agora or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
