28th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
5 MARCH → 15 MARCH 2026
Thirteen Greek-speaking podcasts are lining up at the Nexus subsection of the Festival’s Podcast Section.
All podcasts taking part in the Nexus subsection are available for hearing at the Festival’s website throughout the entire duration of the 28th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March 5th-March 15th, 2026).

Podcaster: Nikolaos Aletras. Production: Nikolaos Aletras. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing-Narration: Nikolaos Aletras. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 21΄
Artificial Intelligence is transforming cinema. From screenwriting and pre-production to visual effects and editing, AI is introducing new creative tools. Nikolaos Aletras explores the present and future of AI-assisted filmmaking, examining the opportunities, challenges, and ethical dimensions of this technological revolution.

Podcasters: Varvara Aggeli, Vasilis Kyriakoulis, Stavroula Poulimeni, Giorgos Tsantikos. Production: Heinrich Böll Foundation - Thessaloniki Office, Michalis Goudis. Production Manager: Giorgos Melissourgos. Script: Varvara Aggeli, Vasilis Kyriakoulis, Stavroula Poulimeni, Giorgos Tsantikos. Sound engineering-Sound editing: Menelaos Exioglou. Narration: Evgenia Chatzigeorgiou. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 30΄
In Thessaloniki and Ioannina, efforts have been made in recent years to create technology parks, accompanied by promises of thousands of jobs, technological development and social well-being. The reality, however, is different. Both technology parks (not yet established) seem to follow the logic of real estate rather than that of research, innovation and social benefit.

Podcaster: Dimitris Argyriou. Production: Dimitris Argyrou, NewBorn Filmproduction, V-Museum Corfu. Script: Dimitris Argyriou. Sound engineering-Narration: Alex Joseph. Sound editing: Dimitris Argyriou. Original music: Mihalis Palaiologou. Language: English. Greece, 2025, 20΄
From Greek mythology and the legendary Phaeacians who aided Ulysses, to its role in Ancient Greece, Roman rule, Venetian dominance, wars with the Ottoman Empire, and its modern history; this is the story of Corfu, Poseidon's Island.

Podcaster: Anastasios Nikolopoulos. Script-Sound editing-Narration: Anastasios Nikolopoulos. Cover design: Evangelos Margaritis. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 23΄
An enigmatic postcard invites detective Iago to the Dalí Museum for one final tour. When a masterpiece vanishes before his very eyes, the mystery gives way to a surreal labyrinth, leaving only one ultimate question: Art or Logic?

Podcaster: Vasia Aletra. Production: Vasia Aletra. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing-Original music-Narration: Vasia Aletra. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 20΄
A podcast about those love stories that never faded, they just remained unfulfilled. Loves that feel like ghosts: they haunt our dreams, our cities, our glances, but we no longer touch them. Inspired by the films Past Lives, In the Mood for Love, and Cheap Smokes, this podcast gives sound to small, real stories shaped by melancholy and nostalgia.

Podcaster: Gina Georgiadou. Production: Gina Georgiadou. Sound engineering: Gina Georgiadou, Phevos Theodoridis. Sound editing-Narration-Mastering: Gina Georgiadou. Central figure: Marika Thoidou-Athanasiou. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 23΄
I met Marika Thoidou-Athanasiou in 2022. At 90, a sculptor and skilled cyclist, she lived alone in Armenochori, Florina, tending her home, garden, and small sculpture museum. She said she was “born at 52” when she began sculpting. She passed away in 2025, leaving works full of forms and stories.

Podcasters: Evgenia Karazioti, Afroditi Kerameos, Phaedra Stylianou. Production: MouSouTou Productions by Dream On-Line. Script-Narration: Evgenia Karazioti, Afroditi Kerameos, Phaedra Stylianou. Sound engineering: Afroditi Kerameos. Sound editing: Phaedra Stylianou. Original music: Iakovos Konitopoulos, Nikolaos Platon. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 28΄
How can a dog, acting as a co-therapist, become a bridge of communication for preschool children on the autism spectrum, children who often have difficulty expressing emotions, trusting, and connecting? In this podcast, we will talk about animal therapy through the story of Koi, a co-therapist dog. The story of his name, as well as his journey as a co-therapist, seem to be inspired by the Japanese expression “Koi No Yokan”.

Podcaster: Chrysa Pantazi. Production: Maria Baziakou. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing-Original music-Narration: Chrysa Pantazi. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 20΄
Four Greek soundscapes emphasizing wind and water are accompanied by short poetic references from the collection Iovolos (2010).

Podcasters: Theodora Tsakiridi, George Kamtziridis. Script-Narration: Theodora Tsakiridi. Sound engineering-Sound editing-Original music: George Kamtziridis. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 20΄
What is poetry? How does it reflect people’s thoughts and dreams? How is it perceived by those who view the world rationally, paraphrasing poets, dreams, verses, and images? And finally, what do poets themselves say about poetry?

Podcaster: Tasos Theofilatos. Production: AudioWorks. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing-Original music: Tasos Theofilatos. Performers: Eirini Ioannou Papaneofytou, Thanos Grivas. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 21΄
Still Point - Three Movements in Time is a three-part project of augmented acoustic reality, reaching into the core of human existence, composed exclusively from excerpts of T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets.

Podcaster: Alex Fassois. Production: Ideogramma Amargi. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing-Original music: Alex Fassois. Narration: Tassos Falcos, Alex Fassois. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 26΄
Tassos Falkos: an approach on the thinking and poetry of the Greek philosopher and poet of our days.

Podcaster: Sofia Zafeiriou. Script-Sound editing-Original music-Narration: Sofia Zafeiriou. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 20΄
An audio essay about the colonial logging of Mount Vermio and its contemporary transformation into an energy infrastructure. Moving between archives, oral memory, and practices of listening, the work examines extraction, war, and digital capitalism, approaching the mountain as an acoustic portal.

Podcaster: Katerina Giannisi. Script: Based on the testimonies by Afroditi Anastasopoulou, Evangelia Zagaliki, Michail Zagalikis. Sound editing: Katerina Giannisi. Original music: Vangelis Tsimos. Narration: Katerina Giannisi, Afroditi Anastasopoulou, Evangelia Zagaliki, Michail Zagalikis. Special thanks: Thekla Tselepi, Thanasis Lazaridis, Pantelis Kapsalis, Nikoleta Tzirita-Zacharatou, Spyros Papavasiliou. Language: Greek. Greece, 2026, 24΄
Thodoras — as we humans named him — arrived in March 2021. He sang, danced, ate our food, and pooped everywhere. He lifted our spirits! His escape was a profound loss. What would he say to us if he were to return? Which stories do we tell about those we love?