Crossroads Catalogue 2009

Welcome to the 5th edition of the Crossroads Co-production Forum!Crossroads was launched with great success in November 2005 by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival,as a way to bring together films in development that contain a link to the Mediterranean and Balkan regionswith renowned industry experts, buyers, distributors, financiers and sales agents.Crossroads is a unique opportunity for the participants from our region to find partners and co-producers. It isquite an experience to discuss and present their projects with an opportunity to “test” them while they are stillin development and to gain valuable feedback that will help in all next stages of production. Crossroads createsmany occasions for official and unofficial meetings in the convivial atmosphere of the Thessaloniki InternationalFilm Festival.This year, Crossroads is very proud to announce the establishment of a new collaboration with Producers’Network in Cannes. The producer of the winning project in Crossroads 2009, will be awarded with a free accreditationto Producers’ Network at the Cannes Film Festival 2010.We also initiated collaboration with the Mediterranean Film Institute (MFI) and its advanced script and projectdevelopment program MFI SCRIPT 2 FILM WORKSHOPS. The program is a specialized training initiative operatingunder the umbrella of the MEDIA Programme of the EU. Each year a project developed through MFI SCRIPT2 FILM WORKSHOPS will be selected to participate in Crossroads and be presented to its panel of experts,whereas the MFI will be giving a scholarship to a Crossroads film project to participate and be developed in itsWorkshops.Last but not least, last year’s successful partnership with Sofia Meetings of the Sofia Film Festival, is flourishingwith the award winning projects from both ends being presented in each other’s Forums. This gives the projectsthe time to develop and the opportunity to prove to their potential partners the quality of their work.