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The >>Film Forward Competition Section includes ten films over 45 minutes, which experiment with the form and method of documentary filmmaking. The films will compete for the Golden Alexander award, which is accompanied by a €6,000 cash prize, and the Silver Alexander Award, which is accompanied by a €3,000 cash prize. This year, the >>Film Forward Competition Jury members are: Alexandra Katsarou, scriptwriter, playwright, and fiction writer; Tim Leyendekker, visual artist, cultural producer, and programmer; and Fabrizio Maltese, documentary filmmaker and award-winning photographer.

Twelve films of over 50 minutes in length, created by young filmmakers, will compete for the “Golden Alexander – Dimitri Eipides” and the Silver Alexander Award. The “Golden Alexander – Dimitri Eipides” award is accompanied by a €10,000 cash prize. The Silver Alexander Award is accompanied by a €4,000 cash prize. This year, the Newcomers Competition Jury members are: Ditte Haarløv Johnsen, documentary filmmaker and photographer; Katerina Kaklamani, screenwriter and script consultant for film and television; and Karen McMullen; ​​film curator and programmer.

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.