During the 37th General Assembly on 6 November 2024 in Thessaloniki, coinciding with the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, SEE Cinema Network unveiled a total funding of €72,000 for its 2024 Funding Round candidates. The selected projects were announced officially during the Agora Awards of the Festival.
Each awarded project will receive 9000€ in funding for its development purposes.
The selected projects are:
ALBANIA
AFTER DARK
Director: Erenik Beqiri
Producer: On Film Production
Albania / Greece / France / Italy / Denmark
BULGARIA
CONTRE JOUR
Director: Antonia Milcheva
Producer: Contrast Films
Bulgaria / Romania
CYPRUS
YIANNIS
Director: Kyros Papavassiliou
Producer: Drytree Films Ltd
Cyprus / Greece / Romania
GREECE
WAKE
Director: Thelyia Petraki
Producer: Out of the Box Films
Greece / Cyprus / Serbia
KOSOVO
VESTIGE
Director: Rita Krasniqi
Producer: Kot Productions
Kosovo / North Macedonia / France
MONTENEGRO
SOBE
Director: Pavle Simonović
Producer: Protos Film
Montenegro / Serbia
NORTH MACEDONIA
I DISAGREE
Director: Kristijan Risteski
Producer: Focus Pocus Films
North Macedonia / Cyprus / France
ROMANIA
EDELWEISS
Directors: Adriana Racasan, Tudor Giurgiu
Producer: Point Film
Romania / Cyprus
In a commitment to transparency and in line with European statistical recording standards, SEE Cinema Network will also announce gender percentages for main contributors — namely, directors, producers and scriptwriters. In the latest financings, women’s participation stands at an impressive 43% of the total contributors, an increased percentage of 44% from last year.
Our Network congratulates all the recipients and wishes good luck and many more exciting achievements for each supported project.