Crossroads Catalogue 2009
Crossroads Catalogue 2009
Crossroads Catalogue 2009
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In addition, Agora, the film market of the Festival, will present during <strong>Crossroads</strong> the Works in Progress screeningsto all industry guests.This year we selected 17 projects from Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Romania, Slovenia, Spain,Syria and Turkey. All selected projects will be presented with experienced producers and directors to defendtheir artistic vision and are all eligible for the <strong>Crossroads</strong> Award.In previous years, the awards went to Yesim Ustaoglu’s project Pandora’s Box in 2006 (Golden and Silver Shellfor Best Film and Best Actress, San Sebastian International Film Festival 2008), Nadav Lapid’s Le Policier in 2007(presented later at l’Atelier du Cinéma, Cannes IFF 2008 and currently under production). Last year’s winnersIglika Triffonova’s False Witness and Yannis Sakaridis’ America Square are aiming to shoot in 2010.This year’s Thessaloniki International Film Festival will host 2 <strong>Crossroads</strong> films: Ajami (Israel, <strong>Crossroads</strong> 2005)selected in the International Competition and Kino Caravan (Romania, <strong>Crossroads</strong> 2007) selected in the BalkanSurvey section.Thank you all for being part of this 5th edition of <strong>Crossroads</strong> and for making the Thessaloniki International FilmFestival your rendez-vous for the next years!Despina MouzakiThessaloniki International Film Festival DirectorMarie-Pierre Macia<strong>Crossroads</strong> Artistic Directorand the <strong>Crossroads</strong> Team
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