Little Islands Festival is a audio-visual arts summer festival that originates from Sikinos and aspires to connect more and more small Greek islands. An open space for meeting, interaction and creative thinking that connects the island culture with the digital culture and the power of new media, allowing both artist and visitors to experience the Aegean architecture and history in a new way.

Through the festival, we seek to act as a link between the little islands and contemporary creation to support artists that explore new places and ways of expression, while at the same time highlighting the tangible and intangible cultural heritage, uniqueness and strength of seaside communities around the world.

We want to be part of the place but also part of the trip, just like every small island does. So every year we choose a new story to tell, a new path to discover, a new beginning to connect with people and emotions.

In collaboration with artists we strengthen the creative community, encourage the exchange of ideas and knowledge, and actively support the interaction between place, artist and visitors.

Our program hosts a wide range of works on digital media, such as: 3D mapping projections, interactive installations, Virtual Reality projects, A/V performances, video art, animation, short films, documentaries and workshops.

LIF not only encourages each visitor to learn something about the place but it also motivates him to follow a path discovering it experientially. A little square, an alley, a courtyard of a Byzantine church may reveal another dimension with sounds and images, which transforms the walk into an interactive experience.

The LIF is ultimately a modern, collective feast for the eyes that recreates the public space and creates new landscapes in old places.

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CREATIVE ISLANDS AND NEW MEDIA

Behind Little Islands Festival, under the distinctive title “Creative Islands” is a non-profit organization based in Syros with its main scope consisting in organizing events, seminars, open talks, workshops & festivals.

The main core of all of our activities is the promotion of experiential education in the fields of contemporary culture, research, technology and art while strengthening decentralized artistic creation, as well as the promotion of the European and international cultural heritage (tangible and intangible).


Participants in the category of screenings will have 50% discounted costs for accommodation and ferry tickets from Piraeus port to Sikinos island and back.

Participants in the live acts and workshops categories will receive support:

Airfare costs up to 200 euros per person
Accommodation costs
Ferry ticket costs
Coverage of technical equipment
In any applications to secure additional funding

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Indicative Guidelines for Submission

FilmFreeway doesn't provide tailored application forms for the specific categories of the Little Islands Festival. Nonetheless, it allows festivals to craft and incorporate their categories to facilitate these kinds of submissions.

For entries in categories such as Audiovisual Performance, 3D Projection Mapping, Live Performance (including storytelling, dance, puppetry, etc.), Live Music or Interactive Installation, the 'Film/Video' option is recommended. Applicants are encouraged to submit a video that either highlights selected excerpts or showcases the entirety of the project intended for presentation at the festival.

For submissions related to Site-Specific Art, Workshops the 'Script' option is the one to go for. Submitters are advised to upload a document detailing the project proposal or presentation.

For the Mixed Reality Environments category, please choose the project type "VR/XR/Immersive."

Note: For submissions within categories like Audiovisual Performance, 3D Projection Mapping, Live Performances, or Interactive Installation, if a preview video of your work is not available, you may choose the project type "Script". In this option, please upload a document that contains an analytical description of your project proposal or presentation.

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I hereby state that I own the copyright of the submitted work. By sending the present application online, I accept the terms and conditions and I give the festival the right to:

Present the submitted work within the events of LIF Festival 2024 and/or future editions, presentations and curating.

Present information about the submitted work (summary, trailer, credits, etc) on the festival’s website www.littleislandsfest.com

Publish stills and pictures of the submitted work in the festival’s leaflets and posters, its website and the press.

Publish the texts attached in the application form (cv, brief presentation etc.) in the festival’s leaflets, its website, its social network pages and the press and keep the submitted work in the festival’s record (non-profit use).

Send films that have been released up to 4 years before the date of the festival event.

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  • Matteo Occhipinti

    Sharing our work with such a passionate and welcoming community has been a true privilege. We were thrilled to be a part of this unforgettable experience.

    October 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you for your participation! and for giving the LIF community the opportunity to experience the beautiful work you create!

  • Lou Sumray

    I was delighted to have TAKEAWAY selected , unfortunately I wasn't able to attend but I'd love to go next year as this Festival has so much to offer, in a beautiful environment with stimulating conversations and a great programme with good communication and caring responses. Well done Little islands Festival, long may you flourish.

    September 2023
  • Yiannis Spiliopoulos

    Congratulations for the perfect organization. A film festival in Sikino that all filmmakers like.

    September 2023
  • Vivian Papageorgiou

    I didn't have the chance to attend the festival in person but the communication was perfect. I hope I will have the chance to participate in the future and this time visit the island and enjoy the screenings and the installations

    September 2022
  • Michalis Mathioudakis

    A friendly and sweet festival in a small hospitable greek island. It is important such festivals to exist so as to communicate multiple forms of art to small distant islands and their people.Thanks for the exprerience. We had a very nice time.

    August 2022