Twenty-one Greek-speaking and six English-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 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (October 30th-November 9th, 2025).
Cold Waves
Podcasters: Ioli Apostolou, Evgenia, Maria Kalliontzi, Dimitris Kouvaras, Despina Pilou, Irena Popova, in collaboration with Arghyro Paouri. Participants: Aliki Angelidou, Michèle Baussant, Olivier Givre. Workshop Coordination: Alexandra Balandina, Olivier Givre, Arghyro Paouri. Production: “Radioscapes on Radio, Voice and Memory in the Cold War” International Spring School, through a collaboration between the French School at Athens, the Laboratory for Anthropological Research at Panteion University, and the French Institute of Greece. Script: Ioli Apostolou, Evgenia, Maria Kalliontzi, Dimitris Kouvaras, Despina Pilou, Irena Popova. Sound engineering: Ioli Apostolou, Evgenia, Maria Kalliontzi, Dimitris Kouvaras, Despina Pilou, Irena Popova, in collaboration with Arghyro Paouri. Sound editing: Arghyro Paouri. Language: English. Greece, 2025, 22΄
In this brief episode we explore the intertwined top-down and bottom-up power dynamic of radio during the broadly defined period of the Cold War focusing on radio emissions broadcasted in Greek.
Day Zero
Podcaster: Antigoni Iliadi. Production: No Production. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing-Narration: Antigoni Iliadi. Language: English. Greece, 2025, 25΄
Day Zero is the sound the world makes when it fractures. When it turns into an inhospitable tunnel, with no obvious exit. An alien being visits Earth in the distant future, when it has been deserted. It explores a fragment of it and walks around, until it discovers some old radio recording. It tries to mimic human intelligence, to understand the world that has been lost, but finds nothing standing, nothing alive. The planet has been ravaged; life has almost vanished, leaving only fragments behind, scattered remnants, traces of what once existed. Through this short wander, it realizes what was always missing: peace. Disheartened, it vanishes back into the universe, unable to communicate with nature, leaving behind a silence that screams the absence. When time ceases to exist, then the day is zero.
Diplomatic Bag
Podcaster: Kostis Tsiachas. Production: Techno Civic. Script-Sound editing: Kostis Tsiachas. Sound engineering: Joist Innovation Park. Original music: Dewdrop Delay (Space Catering Records), Kostis Tsiachas. Narration: Smaragda Chatzi, Kostis Tsiachas. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 29΄
The podcast Diplomatic Bag by Kostis Tsiachas is based on texts collected by the French diplomat Catherine Bernard Rissien. Lost since 2012 on Mount Hallasan, she left behind handwritten testimonies. Inside the bag, four stories are uncovered: a journey through Thessaly, a confession from Lebanon, a dreamlike encounter on the Oder River, and an allegory from Uruguay. All reflect the passage between radiance and shadow — the place where the truest stories are born.
Entities-Echoes of Self
Podcaster: Prodromos Tarasis. Production: Prodromos Tarasis. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing: Prodromos Tarasis. Original music: Subculture (band), Nikos Gionis, Giannis Giannoulis, Lefteris Stamatelopoulos. Narration: Panayiotis Terzakis, Georgia Tsangaraki. Cover photo: Christos Korovilas. Cover design: Lefteris Stamatelopoulos. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 21΄
Six figures live in repetitions. Symbolic objects: burger, razor, fan, violin, wardrobe, door. Daily amulets of their wounds, mirrors of childhood cracks, social burdens. Everything they touch speaks of what was never said.
Fish Stories; the Sea of Alexandroupolis
Podcaster: Chrysoula Kontaraki. Production: Chrysoula Kontaraki. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing-Narration: Chrysoula Kontaraki. Sound correction: Lazaros Vrysis, Ioannis Mpogiatzis. Production supervision: Elissavet Gina Georgiadou, Department of Journalism & Mass Communication AUTh. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 24΄
Fishermen of Alexandroupoli and their relatives recount to a fisherman’s granddaughter how they once lived with their boats, the nets, and the sea, and how much the city and their work have changed. Today, with the depletion of fish stocks, the profession is in decline; the few who remain keep memories and tradition alive.
From Separation to Orgasm
Podcaster: Alexandra Pagiataki. Script-Narration: Alexandra Pagiataki. Sound engineering-Sound editing-Original music: Nestor Kopsidas. Poster: Thomas Arsenis. Language: English. Greece, 2025, 22΄
A personal audio journey through pain, betrayal, and self-rediscovery. From the shock of separation and emotional abuse to the strength of healing and new beginnings. A podcast about courage, love, and the beauty of life reborn.
Human Fears
Podcaster: Thanassis Chalkias. Production: Christos Yapijakis. Script-Narration: Christos Yapijakis. Sound engineering: Sotiris Papadopoulos. Sound editing: Sotiris Papadopoulos, Kostas Vomvolos. Original music: Kostas Vomvolos. Performers: Gerasimos Gennatas, Yannis Ioannou, Antonis Antoniadis, Maria Thrasyvoulidi, Christos Sapountzis. Photo: Federico Abis. Cover design: Thanassis Chalkias. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 23΄
On a quiet afternoon, in his famous Garden, the great Greek philosopher Epicurus converses with friends and develops his philosophy on the dominant fears that torment man and the possibility of liberation from them. An interesting discussion that reveals how timely, useful and subversive Epicurean reflections remain.
I Was Truly There
Podcaster: Mediha Didem Türemen. Script-Sound editing: Mediha Didem Türemen. Language: English. Turkey, 2025, 20΄
A journey following memory: from Icarus’ wings to binding the Sun at Machu Picchu, from watching Earthrise on the Moon to wondering about truly being there. Through a timeless narrative, curiosity, and exploration, the podcast traces mythology and art, connecting childhood dreams to today while looking at the planet anew.
I Will Die on the Hottest Day of the Year Alone and the Last Person I Will Think About Will Be Andreas Papandreou
Podcaster: Maria Apostolakea. Production: Maria Apostolakea. Script-Sound engineering-Narration: Maria Apostolakea. Sound editing: Alexandra Verykokkou. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 21΄
In the midst of a merciless heat wave, Andreas Papandreou makes a woman reminisce about the time when he was still alive. Or maybe not. But maybe a little bit.
Landscapes Unaccessible: The Podcast
Podcaster: Lykourgos Porfyris. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing-Original music-Narration: Lykourgos Porfyris. Language: English. Greece-Norway, 2023, 22΄
Landscapes Unaccessible: The Podcast consists of spoken-word soundscapes. Porfyris contemplates landscapes, finding alternative ways to comment on issues of accessibility, hierarchy, and power structures. The work is a modified version of the pieces Songs of Chaos and Landscape Unaccessible, adapted so they can be presented as a podcast.
Life as a Beatle
Podcasters: Alexandros Diamantis Balaskas, Dominikos Diamantis Balaskas, Nikos Kamtsis, Ourania Gagastathi, Michalis Schinoplokakis. Production: Shake n’ Bake, Alexandros Diamantis Balaskas. Script: Alexandros Diamantis Balaskas, Dominikos Diamantis Balaskas, Nikos Kamtsis, Ourania Gagastathi, Michalis Schinoplokakis. Sound engineering-Sound editing: Dominikos Diamantis Balaskas. Original music: Michalis Schinoplokakis. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 22΄
Life as a beetle. No, we are not referring to the life of these charming insects belonging to the Coleoptera family. But to our own lives. Loneliness, love, death, loss, liberation, alienation, optimism, despair, and optimism again. Lyrics and sounds that accompany and describe moments of our life. The words and music of the Beatles. Five different moments, five different stories inspired by the lyrics of the Beatles that describe our lives.
MythPlays: Tales of Gods & Mortals
Podcaster: Dionysis Kokkotakis. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing-Narration: Dionysis Kokkotakis. Original music: Petros Tsepis, Tzeni Chionidi. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 23΄
The story of Prometheus comes alive through narration and music. From the Titanomachy to his punishment and liberation by Hercules, MythPlays: Tales of Gods & Mortals reimagines ancient myths in the style of radio theatre.
Nuclear Power Nap
Podcasters: Ioanna Lioutsia, Panos Tsamouras. Production: TAORMINA Non-profit Civil Partnership. Script: Ioanna Lioutsia. Sound engineering-Sound editing-Original music: Panos Tsamouras. Narration: Yannis Varvaresos, Marilena Liakopoulou, Ioanna Lioutsia, Triantafylli Lioutsia. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 21΄
A journey into the depths of coveted SLEEP. Like in dreams, sounds and words interweave, forming – at times – seemingly strange combinations. What happens within and around us during this most personal hour? What power might Sleep hold? Ultimately, who wants to sleep our Sleep?
Political Songs – Wolf Biermann & Thanos Mikroutsikos
Podcaster: Katerina Zachu. Production: Poliistories. Script-Narration: Katerina Zachu. Sound engineering-Sound editing: Menios Exioglou. Original music: Nikos Kapantzakis. Visual identity: Maita Chatziioannidou & loopo studio. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 22΄
The transition to democracy in Greece after the dictatorship (1967-1974) and the political songs. “The earth will turn red anyway”; unlikely collaborations at a time when everyone hoped that fascism was over and art would change the world. From Loizos and Kilaidonis to Theodorakis and Bakalakos. A West German troubadour — years before changing his political beliefs — moves to the German Democratic Republic, his songs are set to music by Thanos Mikroutsikos, and sung by Maria Dimitriadi.
Sacred Forests
Podcasters: Maria Tsouknaki, Konstantinos Kosta, Michalis Flouris. Production: Antanaklaseis Non-Profit Civil Partnership. Script-Narration: Maria Tsouknaki. Sound engineering: Loukas Lampoudis. Sound editing: Michalis Flouris. Original music: Konstantinos Kosta, Michalis Flouris. Original text: Vasilis Lampoglou. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 22΄
Erisychthon, king of Hubris, destroyer of the sacred forest, is lost by his own hands, while Sebastião Salgado, the man who planted trees, creates the sacred forest in the Valley of Sweet Water. The two sides of human nature, destruction and creation. Hubris and reverence.
Technology and older adults
Podcaster: Ioannis Petselis. Production: Volta stin Tripoli. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 23΄
A documentary podcast about the use of technology in old age. It features views on the use of mobile photos, the feelings and doubts associated with them since their first appearance. Children help older people adapt, and as technology advances, new concerns and expectations arise.
The Bread
Podcasters: Eleni Ntantzelo, Alexandra Theodoraki (co-creator), Dimitris Sakalis (co-creator). Script: Eleni Ntantzelo. Sound editing: Alexandra Theodoraki. Original music: Semina Gori. Narration: Eleni Ntantzelo, Dimitris Sakalis. Graphic design: Dimitris Sakalis. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 29΄
A young man, struggling financially, decides to leave Athens and spend his summer holidays in his village. How can a bread and a red bicycle turn out to be enough to trouble him and change him? A fiction podcast inspired by stories from Zevgolatio, Serres.
The Café of Your Heart
Podcaster: Artemis Gavriilidou. Script-Sound engineering: Artemis Gavriilidou. Sound editing-Original music: Theofano Tsentikopoulou. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 20΄
A personal, dreamlike episode that invites listeners to explore “The Café of Your Heart.” Through storytelling and vivid imagery, it creates a space of inspiration and self-discovery, where coffee becomes a metaphor for dreams, connections, love and the essence of human connection.
The City: Revolution
Podcasters: Vikki Price, Marcus Brown. Production: Marcus Brown, Sibyl Production Ltd. Script: Vikki Price. Sound engineering: Marcus Brown, Gareth Williams, Ben Harper. Sound editing-Narration: Marcus Brown. Language: English. UK, 2025, 30΄
A personal, dreamlike episode that invites listeners to explore “The Café of Your Heart.” Through storytelling and vivid imagery, it creates a space of inspiration and self-discovery, where coffee becomes a metaphor for dreams, connections, love and the essence of human connection.
The Dimension of Existence
Podcasters: Theodora Tsakiridi, Georgios Kamtziridis. Script: Theodora Tsakiridi. Sound engineering-Sound editing: Georgios Kamtziridis. Narration: Theodora Tsakiridi, Georgios Kamtziridis. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 21΄
A personal, dreamlike episode that invites listeners to explore “The Café of Your Heart.” Through storytelling and vivid imagery, it creates a space of inspiration and self-discovery, where coffee becomes a metaphor for dreams, connections, love and the essence of human connection.
The Eclipse of the Human
Podcaster: Alex Fassois. Production: Alex Fassois, Ideogramma Amargi. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing-Narration: Alex Fassois. Original music: ALEF Project. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 29΄
The life that comes and the life that will go, words that appear revealingly, experiences that testify to my gaze, small bloody lines, syllables lost in the dust of time that governs them. The eclipse of people also means the absence of bodies. It is the time when the Guardians of the self come.
The Empire of One Square Meter: Coffin Homes, Where People Learned to Live Hunched
Podcasters: Rafaela Martinez, Konstantinos Papantonis, Nikos Tsolis (Tsolimon). Production: Konstantinos Papantonis, Rafaela Martinez. Script: Rafaela Martinez, Konstantinos Papantonis. Sound engineering-Sound editing-Narration-Original music: Nikos Tsolis (Tsolimon). Research: Konstantinos Papantonis, Rafaela Martinez. Poster: Konstantinos Papantonis. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 20΄
A podcast about the Coffin Homes of Hong Kong, tracing the trajectory from the Opium War to today’s housing crisis. It highlights how poverty was reframed in aesthetic terms and transformed from design into a way of life. A phenomenon now re-emerging in the urban fabric of Europe and Greece.
The Man Who Sowed Hope
Podcaster: Giorgos Evgenikos. Production: Giorgos Evgenikos, “Paramythofono” Center for the Study and Dissemination of Myths and Folktales. Script: Giorgos Evgenikos. Sound engineering-Sound editing-Narration: Giorgos Evgenikos. Original music: Mara Kaisari. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 21΄
The man who sowed hope and saved more lives than anyone else in history, believed a single seed could change the world. Norman Borlaug gave bread and hope to millions, showing that for peace to exist, we must cultivate justice for security and fields to provide food for all.
The Night the General Fell
Podcaster: Dimitris Belbas. Script: Dimitris Belbas. Sound engineering-Sound editing-Narration: Prodromos Tarasis. Original music: Lefteris Stamatelopoulos. Maquette photo: Sisyphus Kane. Language: Greek. Greece-Singapore, 2025, 27΄
The impending death of one of the participants’ father finds a group of men delving into issues such as fear, success, age, and emotional expression. The General is gone...but how many generals are there within us?
The Teenager Who Read Kanafani
Podcaster: Panagiotis Thomas. Production: Empty Square, Yannis Karpouzis, Panagiotis Thomas. Script-Sound engineering-Narration: Panagiotis Thomas. Sound editing: Nikos Dalezios. Original music: Yorgos Triantafyllou. Graphic design: Spyros Gerasimos Vitoratos. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 24΄
A Palestinian teenager, Amir, recalls memories and fragments of life, holding as talismans a book by Ghassan Kanafani and a dried orange from Jaffa. Amid the ruins of genocide, his personal story transforms into collective memory and political testimony, where life and death meet on the back of a truck.
The Trial That Ate the Truth
Podcasters: Kleoniki Drougka, Thanasis Bililis. Production: Vraxeia, Thanasis Bililis. Script: Kleoniki Drougka. Sound engineering: Kostas Kontos, Yannis Mavridis. Sound editing: Kostas Kontos. Narration: Dimitris Tsilinikos, Maria Stylou. Original music: Thanasis Bililis. Additional crew: Albena Koutova, Dimitris Markopoulos. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 22΄
In a courtroom the perpetrator is tried for committing violence. The justice system acquits him. The victim is ordered to apologize. In the end, there is a feast, literally. The listener experiences the madness not as a mere spectator, but as a witness who is also part of the problem.
What if DNA Set Nations? Omar’s Story.
Podcaster: Glykeria Samolada. Production: Glykeria Samolada, genetic.gr. Script-Sound engineering-Sound editing-Narration-Original music: Glykeria Samolada. Language: Greek. Greece, 2025, 20΄
Omar is 25 years old and lives in Ramallah. One day, Omar finds a photograph. A man wearing a kippah! Omar discovers that scientists have known for years that Jews and Palestinians share common genetic roots! What if DNA wrote history? Would there be any room left for war?
