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‘Highways of Hope,’ ‘Bugboy,’ ‘My Aunties,’ ‘Magma’ Among Winners at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival’s Agora Awards
Agora, the industry section of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, announced its awards Wednesday.
The ERT – Thessaloniki Pitching Forum Award for a Greek project, accompanied by a cash prize of 2,000 euros, was given to “Mama Klorin,” directed by Doreida Xhogu, and produced by Mina Dreki of Marni Films in Greece. The Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center – Creative Greece Award, accompanied with 3,000 euros, went to “Home Court,” directed by Elpida Nikou and Rodrigo Hernandez, and produced by Yuri Averof and Rea Apostolides of Anemon Productions. The award was for “bringing an unexpected, unorthodox, and often disarmingly humorous angle on the ongoing war in Ukraine, one focused on the divergent perspectives of the residents of occupied Crimea, exploring the eye-opening influences of superstition on one hand and Russian propaganda on the other.”
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