24th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL // 10-20/3/2022
Submissions open for the podcast section of the 24th TDF
-- We would like to inform you that the submission window for the Podcast section of the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival is extended to Wednesday, January 26 2022, at 5pm, due to delays generated by the health and safety measures imposed for the containment of the pandemic. --
Initiating a new collaboration that offers a substantial scholarship, the Podcast section of the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival is happy to invite podcasters from Greece and abroad to submit their works.
Thessaloniki Festival was one of the first festivals on a worldwide scale that included podcasts into its program. This year, besides the Best Podcast Award, accompanied by a cash prize of 2,000 euros, TIFF, in collaboration with the ENS Louis Lumière and the French Institute of Greece, bestows the scholarship prize “ENS Louis Lumière – French Institute of Greece Award for Young Audio Documentary Creators”. The award’s winner will have the chance to attend the 6-week English-speaking Sound Documentary International Summer Programme hosted by ENS Louis Lumière and addressed to young professionals of the audiovisual field (creators of blogs, podcasts or any other audio project).
The Podcast section of the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival is divided into two sub-sections: the Competition section and the Out of Competition section. The podcasts selected to take part will be showcased at the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which will be held in March 10-20, 2022. The podcasts submitted must celebrate their world premiere at the 24th TDF and can be either Greek-speaking or English-speaking.
The Podcast section of the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival is open for:
All podcasts must have a duration between 20 and 30 minutes.
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This year, for the first time, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, in collaboration with the École Supérieure Louis Lumière and the French Institute of Greece, offers the prize-scholarship ENS Louis Lumière-French Institute of Greece Award for Young Audio Documentary Creators taking part at the Podcast section of the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. The winner will have the chance to participate at the Sound Documentary International Summer Programme, an international programme addressed to young professionals of the audiovisual field (authors of blogs, podcast or any other sound project). The 6-week, English-speaking programme will be held from July 11 to August 19 2022, in France. The jury bestowing the award will be comprised of acclaimed professionals of the field, selected by the ENS Louis Lumière and the French Institute of Greece. For more info on the programme, click HERE. The candidates for the ENS Louis Lumière-French Institute of Greece Award must meet the following conditions: • Have an age of 25-35 years old • Reside permanently in Greece • Be fluent in English
Eligible for the prize-scholarship are the podcasters taking part both at the Podcast Competition section and the Podcast Out of Competition section of the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. |
All podcasts must be submitted before the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival by Wednesday January 19, 2022.
