Submissions for the Podcast Section of the 27th TIDF are now open!

The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival is happy to invite podcasters from Greece and abroad to submit their works at the Podcast Section of the 27th TIDF (06-16/03/2025). 

The Podcast section of the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival includes:

The podcasts selected for the Podcast Section will be presented during the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March 6-16, 2025) online at the Festival’s platform.

Greek-speaking and English-speaking podcasts are eligible for submission, provided that they celebrate their world premiere at the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival and are not uploaded on any public or subscription platforms up until the end of the Festival (March 16th, 2025). The deadline for submission of podcasts is Monday January 13th, 2025. 

The Podcast Section of the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival is open to: 

All podcasts should have a duration of 20-30 minutes. 

The “Nexus” sub-section hosts podcasts that explore our links to the world, our ties with one another, the patterns of motifs of our everyday lives. 

For yet another year, the Festival is teaming up with the ENS Louis Lumière and the French Institute of Greece, granting the ENS Louis Lumière-French Institute of Greece Award for Upcoming Audio Documentary Creator to one of the participants in the Podcast Section of the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival and the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival. The recipient of the award will have the chance to attend the six-week Sound Documentary International Summer Programme hosted by ENS Louis Lumière, addressed to young and upcoming professionals of the audiovisual field (creators of blogs, podcasts or any other audio project).  The six-week programme, carried out in English, will be hosted in France, in summer 2025, whereas the exact dates will be announced in the near future. The jury that will bestow the award will be composed of top-notch professionals of the field, handpicked by ENS Louis Lumière and the French Institute of Greece. 

All candidates for the ENS Louis Lumière-French Institute of Greece Award for Upcoming Audio Documentary Creator must meet the following criteria:

- Aged 25-35

- Permanent residents of Greece

- Fluent speakers of the English language

All podcasters taking part in the Podcast Competition or the “Nexus” sub-section of the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival and the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival are eligible for the scholarship award. 

All candidates must submit the respective application form, available on the Festival’s website, and submit it along with the necessary justification documents.

The Award will be bestowed at the awards’ ceremony of the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival. 

The Terms & Conditions and the application form are available on the Festival’s website, in the following link: https://form.jotform.com/filmfestivalgr/podcast-submission-tidf27