The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival presents an International Competition Section. Twelve films of over 70 minutes in length compete for the Golden Alexander and the Silver Alexander Award. The Golden Alexander award is accompanied by a €12,000 cash prize. The Silver Alexander Award is accompanied by a €5,000 cash prize. This year, the International Competition Jury members are: Rea Apostolides, producer and co-founder of CineDoc network; Alin Tasciyan (film critic, Deputy Secretary of FIPRESCI); and Jeffrey Winter, co-executive director at The Film Collaborative.

The discussion titled "A brave new virtual world" was hosted as part of the Agora Talks of the 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival. 

The awards of the 25th TiDF's Agora were bestowed on Wednesday March 8th.

The discussion titled “iMEdD Talk: The intersection of journalistic investigation and documentary filmmaking” as part of the Agora Talks of the 25th TiDF was held on March 8th. 

The 25th TiDF's Agora hosted its masterclass titled “Untangling the Global Landscape - Filmmaking in 2023” with Philippa Kowarsky as the main speaker.

Within the framework of the 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival's Agora Talks, the discussion titled "Equity & Entitlement in Documentary Storytelling - A distant dream?" was held on Tuesday March 7th. 

Nikolaus Geyrhalter, honorary guest of the 25th TiDF, delivered a masterclass under the title "Reality as a work of art", speaking about his work and the genre of documentary.

Austrian iconic documentary filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter was bestowed with an honorary Golden Alexander by the 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.