Thessaloniki Crossroads to reach parity in the co-production forum and numerous women's projects in the Work in Progress.
On November 10th eleven films at post-production stage will be presented online to the invited industry professionals. The projects will show an up to 8-min clip and will be competing for the prestigious Eurimages Lab Award of maximum support 50.000 euro for an Innovative and daring film, the Graal post-production Award and the MuSou Music & Sound Award, awards which, both in services and cash, sum up to more than €100.000.
We are delighted to see EWA members Belmin Söylemez, Nefes Polat, Ana Lazarevic, Christina Tynkevych, Olha Matat in the Works in Progress selection of films from Southeastern Europe, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean region, which will take place online, during the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (November 5-15, 2020).
Work in Progress at 61st TIFF
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Director: Vasilis Douvlis, Producer: Panagiotis Kakavias, Co-production: ERT, GFC, GreeceCYCLING WITH ZOLI THE TURK
Director: Szabolcs Tolnai, Producer: Szabolcs Tolnai -Atalanta, Serbia
THE GAME
Director: Ana Lazarevic, Producer: Pavle Stefanovic- NiKrivaNiDuzna, Serbia | USA
CYCLING WITH ZOLI THE TURK
Director: Szabolcs Tolnai, Producer: Szabolcs Tolnai -Atalanta, Serbia
HOW’S KATIA?
Director: Christina Tynkevych, Producer: Olha Matat – Evos Film, Ukraine
MIRROR MIRROR
Director: Belmin Söylemez, Producer: Hasmet Topaloglu – Filmbüfe Productions, Turkey
MUSA
Director: Nikos Nikolopoulos, Producers: Nikos Nikolopoulos, Artemis Zervou, Greece
PRIME TIME
Director: Jakub Piątek, Producer: Jakub Razowski- Watchout Studio, Co-production: TVN
Poland
ROCK BOTTOM RISER
Director-Producer: Fern Silva, Portugal | USA
SNOW AND THE BEAR
Director: Selcen Ergun, Producer: Nefes Polat- Nefes Films, Co-production: Michael Eckelt - Riva Film, Set Sail Films, Turkey | Germany | Serbia
TRACKING SATYRS
Directors: Maciej Mądracki, Michał Mądracki, Gilles Lepore, Producer: Beata Rzeźniczek- Madants, Co-production: Pierre-Alain Meier - Prince Film, Poland | Switzerland
WITHOUT
Director: Luka Papić, Producer: Srdja Vuco- Ranc production, Non-Aligned Film, Serbia
Crossroads Co-production Forum – 61st TIFF
17 projects will be pitched during the co-production forum, featuring strong female characters of all ages. We're delighted to mention that half of the projects are helmed by women.
We're proud to see many EWA members in the selection, such as Tonia Mishiali, Stelana Kliris, Estibaliz Urresola, Lara Izagirre, Fenia Cossovitsa, Fani Skartouli including the participant in the mentoring programme Aleksandra Kostina .
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
Director: Estibaliz Urresola, Producer: Lara Izagirre – Gariza Films, Spain
ANNA!
Director: Marco Amenta, Producer: Simonetta Amenta – Eurofilm, Co-producer: Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre - Mact Productions, Italy | France
AS GOD WILLS
Director: Mari Gulbiani, Producer: Kate Kalandarishvili – Midifilm, Georgia
BIRTHDAY
Director: Lara Zeidan, Producers: Séverine Tibi, Anaïs Calmels - Sevana Films, Lebanon | France In collaboration with the Mediterranean Film Institute
HELLO
Director: Stephan Komandarev, Producers: Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova - Argo Film, Co-producers: Eike Goreczka - 42film, Elie Meirovitz - EZ Films,
Bulgaria | France | Germany In collaboration with Sofia Meetings
I’M HERE, I’M FINE
Director: Emine Emel Balci, Producer: Dilek Aydin – Heimatlos Films, Turkey
KRIEGSAUSGABE
Director: Tarık Aktaş, Producer: Güneş Şekeroğlu – Hay Film, Turkey
KYUKA - JOURNEYING TO THE MOON THROUGH THE ENDLESS SEA
Director: Kostis Charamountanis, Producer: Danae Spathara – Heretic, Greece
MEDIUM
Director: Christina Ioakeimidi, Producer: Louizos Aslanidis – EKSO Productions,Greece
NALA AND STELLA
Director: Tonia Mishiali, Producers: Tonia Mishiali, Anna Różalska, Stelana Kliris - Bark Like A Cat Films, Co-production: Match&Spark, Cyprus | Poland
ONCE UPON A TIME IN TRIPOLI
Director: Abdullah Al-Ghaly, Producer: Miftah Saeid - Cyrene Productions / Hassala Films, Libya | Egypt
PATTY IS SUCH A GIRLY NAME
Director: Giorgos Georgopoulos, Producers: Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Fenia Cossovitsa, Fani Skartouli - Faliro House Productions - Blonde Audiovisual Productions, Greece
RETIRO
Director: Elina Fessa, Production: Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos - PLAYS2PLACE, Greece
THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN
Director: Zacharias Mavroeidis, Producer: Panos Papahadzis, Dimitris Tsakaleas (Associate Producer) – Argonauts Productions, Greece
TAKOTSUBO
Director: Miki Polonski, Producer: Shira Hochman - MINA Films, Co-producer: Janja Kralj - Kinoelektron, Israel | France
THEY COME OUT OF MARGO
Director: Alexandros Voulgaris, Producer: Eleni Bertes – LOGLINE, Greece
VACUUM
Director: Yelizaveta Smith, Producer: Aleksandra Kostina - Bosonfilm, Ukraine In collaboration with MIDPOINT Institute