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Within the framework of the 27th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, a special open hearing of the first episode of the podcast BiPolar Opposites took place on Saturday, March 15th at the Green Room within Olympion theater. The podcast was researched, written, and narrated by Valia Dimitrakopoulou, with sound mixing, sound design, and original music by Daphne Tsiouni. It was created following an open call issued by the non-profit journalistic organization iMEdD and the Thessaloniki Film Festival. The audio documentary BiPolar Opposites dives into the universe of bipolar disorder, aiming to demystify and destigmatize it through personal testimonies and interviews with experts. 

The special screening of the short documentary L'éclairage revient / Waves of Light, in collaboration with the Public Power Corporation (PPC), took place on Thursday, March 13th, in the packed John Cassavetes theater, in the presence of the creators Pantelis Kalogerakis, Michalis Kalogerakis and Panagiotis Andrianou, as part of the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival. 

On Thursday morning, March 13th at the Pavlos Zannas theater, the audience of the 27th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival had the opportunity to attend a fascinating masterclass, delivered by the remarkable filmmaker and photographer Lauren Greenfield, this year’s distinguished guest. The discussion was held on the occasion of the creator’s new documentary series Social Studies (2024), an innovative social experiment exploring the impact of social media on the first generation of digital natives, today’s adolescents. Lauren Greenfield spoke about her new project, its relation to her previous works, as well as her path and her progress as an artist.

The Agora Talking Heads event “XR Unlocked: An Introduction to New Realities in Production” took place on Wednesday March 12th at Pavlos Zannas theater, as part of the Agora of the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival. On the occasion of the new AGORA XR Lab initiative, launched this year at the Festival’s Agora, the discussion focused on the production of Extended Reality (XR) films.

On March 12th, at MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, the Agora Talk titled "Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Why Investigative Docs Matter More Than Ever" took place, exploring why in an era of rapid information dissemination, with scarce fact-checking mechanisms, investigative documentaries are more urgent and necessary than ever.