Eight film projects that are currently in post-production have been included in the 2022 Thessaloniki Agora’s Works in Progress section. Said projects hail from Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Turkey, and this year, the event will unspool both physically in Thessaloniki and online.

The titles will be showcased to the invited film-industry professionals. Works in Progress hosts screenings that are exclusively intended for Agora’s accredited guests, and the films will thus be presented to the producers, sales agents, distributors and festival representatives that will attend the 63^rd edition of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. This way, the aforementioned professionals will be given the chance to be the first to single out interesting movies from the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans that have entered the very last stage before their completion.

In addition, the projects’ teams will be in with a chance of winning one of the Agora Works in Progress post-production awards: image post-production services by Authorwave, a Music and Sound Award by music company MuSou, sound-mixing services by 119 Marvila Studios, VFX services by Yafka, the Onassis Cinema Award, a Marketing Award sponsored by Asterisk*, and the ERT Agora Works in Progress Award, which will go to a Greek project.

The winners will be selected by the international jury, comprising Agathe Corbin, acquisitions manager at Urban Sales (France); Lenka Tyrpakova, programmer at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic); and Greek producer Konstantinos Vassilaros (of StudioBauhaus).

The selected works in progress are as follows:

I’m Here, I’m Fine - Emine Emel Balci (Turkey/Germany)
Producer: Dilek Aydin (Heimatlos Films)
Co-producers: Derya Turkmen, Jens Meurer (Egoli & Tossell Pictures)

Medium [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Christina Ioakeimidi
scheda film] - Christina Ioakeimidi (Greece/Bulgaria)
Producers: Louizos Aslanidis, Yorgos Noussias (Ekso Productions)
Co-producer: Veselka Kiryakova (Red Carpet Films)

Observing [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Janez Burger
scheda film] - Janez Burger (Slovenia/Italy/North Macedonia/Croatia)
Producers: Miha Černec, Jozko Rutar, Nina Robnik (Staragara Production)
Co-producers: Igor Prinčič (Transmedia Production), Robert Jazadziski (Kaval Film), Boris T Matic (Propeler Film)

Polydroso - Alexandros Voulgaris (Greece)
Producers: Nicholas Alavanos, Christina Stavropoulou (Filmiki Productions)

The Sea and its Waves [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Liana & Renaud (France/Lebanon)
Producer: Mathieu Mullier-Griffiths (Kafard Films)

Silence of Sirens - Gazmend Nela (Kosovo/Switzerland)
Producers: Arben Shala (Frame), Valon Bajgora, Yll Uka (Ikonë Studio), Britta Rindelaub, Thomas Reichlin (Alva Film)
Co-producers: Tomi Salkovski (Skopje Film Studio), Paskal Semini (AlbaSky Film)

The Summer With Carmen [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Zacharias Mavroeidis
scheda film] - Zacharias Mavroeidis (Greece)
Producer: Ioanna Bolomyti (Atalante Productions SA)

Sweet Sorrow - Kosta Djordjević (Serbia/Croatia)
Producer: Milos Ivanović (Kinematografska kuća)
Co-producer: Ivana Marinić-Kragić (Marinis Media)