Always buzzing with film professionals mining their way through the massive viewing lists in order to pile up as many watched titles as possible during the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, the Agora’s video library is a popularity contest in itself: its top-ten list is a fail-proof harbinger of interest from distributors, journalists, agents and producers alike.

Athina Rachel Tsangari’s London winner Chevalier [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], one of the most-discussed films of the entire festival, topped the viewing lists before going on to win the Audience Award for a film in the Greek Panorama (ex-aequo with Constantine Giannaris’ Spring Awakening [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], which was not available in the video library), distantly followed by Giorgos Gkikapeppas’ International Competition entry Silent, which was tapped as best of show by the FIPRESCI jury.

Third place was secured by Yorgos Zois’ Venice-screened Interruption [+lire aussi :
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interview : Yorgos Zois
fiche film], which held the second slot reserved for local titles in the International Competition section, but failed to impress any of the voting bodies. Rams [+lire aussi :
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interview : Grimur Hakonarson
fiche film], on the other hand, which added Thessaloniki’s top gong to its Un Certain Regard Award, ended up in fourth place, followed by Mustang [+lire aussi :
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interview : Deniz Gamze Ergüven
fiche film], the Balkan Survey’s Audience Award winner.

Slots six to nine were occupied by local titles Smac, Blind Sun [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] (FIPRESCI winner for the Greek Panorama section), The Cypress Deep Down and Symptom, while the Berlinale-awarded 600 Miles, which went on to win the Best Director Award for Gabriel Ripstein, rounded off the top ten.