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Thessaloniki’s Industry Head on How Collaboration, Evolution Make Festival’s Agora Program Vital Stop for European Docmakers
As the festival celebrates its 26th edition, its industry arm continues to evolve as it keeps pace with a rapidly changing documentary landscape.
A perennial highlight of the industry program is the Agora’s co-production and co-financing forum, which takes place March 11 and will present 12 projects in development by documentary filmmakers from Southeastern Europe, the Middle East and the Black Sea region. Last year, Thessaloniki introduced a collaboration with counterparts at Locarno, Tallinn Black Nights, Rotterdam and Karlovy Vary, called Launchpad, which aims to nurture budding film professionals. While Vergou insists that Thessaloniki and its European counterparts “need to stay independent and agile in order to adapt whenever the landscape changes,” she also stresses how collaboration is integral to the Greek festival’s DNA.
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