Balkans Beyond Borders

Round table: Film Festivals programming and selection processes

On Sunday 9th we had the opportunity to discuss how festivals develop their programme and content and what opportunities they create for filmmakers to participate in. Our speakers 🎤Lidija Mojsovska (North Macedonia) festival producer from Drim Festival, 🎤Bengi Semerci, (Turkey) director of International Crime and Punishment Film Festival and 🎤Dimitris Argyriou, (Greece) director and distributor of Newborn Short Film Agency shared their experience providing useful information of what a programme represents for a festival, the interconnection with the audience, the place and the festival identity, the type of awards etc.

🎤Vasiliki Maltasoglou (Greece) director of Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival was moderating the discussion.

The audience consisting of filmmakers and film festival representatives had a fruitful discussion with the speakers getting useful insights for their further development.