The submission deadline has been extended until the 15th of May.
As a member of the organising committee, I am delighted to share the official announcement of the 1st International Digital Storytelling Festival, hosted in Zakynthos, Greece, from the 27th to the 29th of September 2024.
You can dowload the announcement from the Festival website.
With the aim of raising discussions about important themes affecting us all, we invite digital storytellers to take part in this festival and to submit stories in relation to the following themes:
- Culture
- Education
- Environment
- Health
- Science and Research
- Society
Ten digital stories will be selected for each theme to be screened during the Festival. These stories will be selected by the relevant Festival Committee (an international team including Digital Storytelling experts, Theme experts, and Artists) using the principles of inclusion regarding age, gender, geographical region, and language. Moreover, the relevant Festival Committee for each theme will select a representative focal digital story to be screened at the end of the festival to attract attention to a global issue in relation to the theme. This story will also be granted the Festival Award for this theme. During the Festival, the screening of these stories will be accompanied by a theme-focussed discussion panel.
I will be part of the jury for the theme ‘Environment’.
Antonia Liguori / Participatory Storytelling 