AGORA Works in Progress: November 3-7
The AGORA Works in Progress selects projects in post-production stage, which have a link to the Mediterranean regions and Southeastern Europe, and presents them to sales agents, distributors, producers, streaming platforms and festival programmers with the objective to raise finishing funds, secure sales agents, festival premieres and book meetings with potential partners.
This year’s AGORA Works in Progress lineup includes nine films from fifteen countries across Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region currently in post-production. It showcases a diverse range of storytelling, with four debut films and five works from seasoned directors. The selected films challenge traditional cinematic forms, reinventing familiar narrative paths and presenting original, fascinating stories. Audiences can expect a variety of films that are entertaining, adventurous and suspenseful, intertwining films rooted in political and realistic themes with those that incorporate genre elements. Each film is articulated through a strong, contemporary cinematic language, promising to captivate viewers with innovative approaches and fresh perspectives on filmmaking.
AGORA Works in Progress Films:
Directors / Scriptwriters: Stergios Dinopoulos, Krysianna Papadakis, Production: Emily Sky Hickin - PUCCI Productions, Stergios Dinopoulos, Krysianna Papadakis, Arsinoi Pilou, Thanasis Michalopoulos - Pameligo Collective
Greece, United Kingdom
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
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
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 Jacimovic - Videa Production
Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro
Director / Scriptwriter: Ali Vatansever, Production: Selin Vatansever Tezcan, Oya Özden Özdemir - Terminal Film, Aytun Aktan Bahçeci - Aktan Görsel Sanatlar, Co-production: Antigoni Rota - Foss Productions
Turkey, Greece
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
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 & Herzegovina, Italy, Kosovo*
Director / Scriptwriter: Giorgos Georgopoulos, Production: Stefanos Koutsardakis - Chaotic Good Productions, Co-production: Christos V. Konstantakopoulos - Faliro House Productions, Fenia Cossovitsa - Blonde Audiovisual Productions
Greece
Director / Scriptwriter: Alexandros Voulgaris (The Boy), Production: Nicholas Alavanos, Christina Stavropoulou - Filmiki Productions
Greece
AGORA Works in Progress Jury
Daniela Cölle | Managing Director & Acquisitions, Pluto Film - Germany
Zacharias Mavroeidis | Filmmaker & Screenwriter - Greece
Andrei Tănăsescu | Film programmer / Member of the Giornate degli Autori selection committee, Venice IFF - Italy
AGORA Works in Progress Tutor & Moderator
Hakim Mao | Filmmaker & Consultant - France
AGORA Works in Progress Awards
Jury Awards
Independent Awards
* 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.
