Fridrik Thor Fridriksson Views of the New French Cinema 37ο Festival – 1996 Bernardo Bertolucci Grigoris Grigoriou Lucian Pintilie 3x3: Jan Svěrák, Sergei Bodrov, Carlo Mazzacurati Peter Greenaway American Independents 36th Festival – 1995 Krzysztof Kieślowski Nanni Moretti Frida Liapa Michael Cacoyannis Treasures of Iranian Cinema Mohsen Makhmalbaf American Independents Cine Documenta Sergei Eisenstein 35th Festival – 1994 Nagisa Oshima Yorgos Tzavelas Tonia Marketaki Russian Cinema Charles Burnett Michael Haneke Rainer Werner Fassbinder Sergei Parajanov 34th Festival – 1993 David Cronenberg Hal Hartley Jules Dassin Alexis Damianos Pavlos Zannas Festival sections The Thessaloniki International Film Festival comprises the following sections: International Competition section, screening the first or second film by emerging directors from around the world. “Meet the Neighbors” International Competition section, screening films from the region spanning from Southeast Europe to the Middle East. Virtual Reality (VR) International Competition section. “Open Horizons” program, a selection of cutting-edge and avant-garde independent films. Greek Film Festival, a showcase of the year’s Greek film production. “Balkan Survey”, monitoring contemporary trends of Balkan cinema. “Youth screen”, featuring special screenings for schoolchildren and youths. TIFF’s line-up further includes Out-of-Competition films, special screenings and “Carte Blanche” special programs. Agora TIFF's "Agora" was launched in 2005, establishing a productive and unique form of helping and introducing professionals visiting Thessaloniki from Southeast Europe, the Mediterranean region and the rest of the world to the industry professionals, consultants, tutors, and potential collaborators invited to the festival. The Agora includes the following activities: Agora Film Market The Agora Film Market promotes the majority of the feature films participating in the official sections of the Festival. Additionally, more titles from the countries that the Agora focuses on are presented, even if they are not part of the festival’s main program. In this way, they will have the opportunity to find their way to other international film festivals, sales agents and distributors. The Agora Film Market also includes previous films by the Crossroads participants and a selection of Greek films produced within the last year. Crossroads Co-Production Forum Crossroads chooses projects based on the quality of the script, the creative team and the likelihood of their being produced. Crossroads aims to support the producers of feature-length film projects that are linked to Central Europe, the Mediterranean or Balkan countries. Agora Works in Progress This industry activity gives the opportunity to selected sales agents, distributors, and festival programmers from all over the