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.
Submit your film to the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival by May 31st, 2025 and take advantage of the discount early-bird fee. The Festival will take place from October 30 to November 9,...
The Thessaloniki Film Festival continues its efforts for the greater extroversion of Greek cinema and its promotion abroad. After successful actions in Cannes, Sarajevo, Locarno film festivals,...
The Festival called it a wrap with a touching farewell to Yannis Boutaris – Joshua Oppenheimer presented his film The End in the closing ceremony of 65th TIFF.
The lights of the Olympion are dim,...
The iconic comedy of Greek cinema Miss Director (1964) by Dinos Dimopoulos, scored by the legendary and recently deceased conductor and composer Mimis Plessas, was screened on Saturday, November 9th at...
Amidst a warm and touching ambiance, with the filmmakers and the heroes of their films taking center stage, the awards of the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival were bestowed on Sunday...
The honorary Golden Alexander award was bestowed to Panos H. Koutras for his overall contribution to cinema, with the ceremony taking place at the Olympion theater, on Friday, November 8th. The...
On Saturday, November 9th, Vangelis Serdaris' emblematic crime film Robbery in Athens (1969) was screened at Olympion theatre in terms of universal accessibility, in collaboration with the Greek...
At the packed Pavlos Zannas theater, on Friday morning, November 8th, the audience of the Thessaloniki Film Festival had the opportunity to attend a unique masterclass about the art of casting...
On Friday, November 8th, Panos H. Koutras delivered a masterclass titled “Queer Before It Was Cool,” which explored queer identity in his cinema, within the framework of the “Iconic Talks powered by...
The discussion titled “The Invasion of Panos H. Koutras in Greek Cinema” took place on Thursday morning, November 7th, at the Pavlos Zannas theater, kicking off the all-day event dedicated to Panos...
Evanthia Reboutsika and Tassos Boulmetis delivered a masterclass titled “The Director's Sound and the Composer's Vision” on Tuesday, November 5th, in the framework of the Meet the Future action of...
On Thursday November 7th, the audience had the opportunity to enjoy five rare short films by Panos H. Koutras, which had never been screened in Greece. The screening and the discussion that followed took...
On Wednesday November 6th, a discussion with bestselling author Victoria Hislop, the Agora ambassador of the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, took place at the Green Room of the...
The members of the Mermaid Jury of the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival are Sofia Rozaki, visual artist; Gordon Spragg, PR and marketing consultant for independent cinema (WOLF...
Suzana Perić’s masterclass titled “The Journey of Music in a Film” was held on Wednesday, November 5th, within the framework of the Thessaloniki Film Festival’s Meet the Future action. This year’s...
A special screening of Michael Premo’s film Homegrown took place on Tuesday, November 5th, at the Tonia Marketaki theater, on the day of the most crucial presidential election in the United States...
On Monday, November 4th, Greek composer Nikos Kypourgos delivered a masterclass titled: “Thoughts on Music in Cinema", within the framework of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival’s Meet the...
The Agora of the 65th Thessaloniki Film Festival bestowed its awards at a special event held on Wednesday, November 6th, at Warehouse C, attended by Victoria Hislop, this year's Agora ambassador.
Within the context of the Agora Talks of the 65th Thessaloniki Film Festival, a discussion titled “A powerful perspective” was held on Wednesday November 6th at the MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of...
The members of the International Competition Jury are: Denis Côté, filmmaker; Sara Driver, filmmaker and producer; and Konstantinos Kontovrakis, producer.
