LET ME BREATHE

T h o m a s S i d e r i s is an investigative journalist and director.
He is working at Greek Broadcasting Corporation. His name was in the short list for 2 years in a row (2018 and 2019) for the PRIX EUROPA PRIZE, a special EU prize for the best journalist in Europe.

He is a member of the International Press Institute.

He has been honored with TORCH AWARD in USA (human rights advocasy via his films, Pennsylvania, May 2021).

He has been honored with Journalists and Writers Foundation Award (New York, September 2019).

He has been honored with Athanasios Botsis Journalism Foundation Award (Athens, January 2018).
He has been honored with Albert Schweitzer International Organization Award (Vienna, September 2017).

He has been honored with more than 20 awards at film festivals around the world for his films.

He studied Political Sciences and Public Administration at the Law School of the University of Athens and specialized in the mass media.

He has a postgraduate diploma in Human and Social Geography on the subject "Human Geography, Space Development and Design" by the University of the Aegean.

He is a PhD candidate in Human and Social Geography by the Harokopio University of Athens. His research field is about the human body in space, the human “landscapes” and the fluid temporary habitable spaces and the fluid identities.

He is a member of International Academy of Social Sciences (Florida, USA).

The films:

LET ME BREATHE', 73 min, USA, 2021
• TORCH AWARD, USA, 2021
• ICAN HANNA International Film Festival Award, Pennsylvania, USA, 2021
• AWARD OF DISTINCTION Huntington Beach Cultural Showcase, Florida, USA, 2021
• Official selection (FINALIST) in the ICANLAX International Documentary Festival, LOS ANGELES, USA (September 24-26, 2021)
• Official selection (NOMINEE) Kautik International Film Festival, India, December 2020
• Official selection of Antiracism Weeks, Germany, 2021
• Official selection (NOMINEE) International Film Festival of Detective Films and Television programs on Law-Enforcement themes DetectiveFEST, Russia, 2021

THE MUDDY RIVER OF BAASIM, 74 min, USA, 2020
• GOLD AWARD, IERAPETRA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL AND AWARDS, GREECE, 2021
• AUDIENCE AWARD, IERAPETRA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL AND AWARDS, GREECE, 2021
• OFFICIAL SELECTION THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, GREECE, 2021
• Official selection (FINALIST) in the 1st Festival of Human Rights of Catalonia (Festival de Cinema i Drets Humans de Catalunya) (April 2021)
• Official SELECTION of Antiracism Weeks, Germany, 2021
• OFFICIAL SELECTION AND SEMI FINALIST SOUTH EAST REGIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, USA, 2020
• OFFICIAL SELECTION AND SEMI FINALIST AFRICA FILM FOR IMPACT FESTIVAL, NIGERIA, 2020

EXODUS, 30 min, GREECE, 2021
• HONORABLE MENTION 10th Athens International Digital Film Festival
• HONORABLE MENTION 5th SLEMENI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• OFFICIAL SELECTION, 4th Bahari International Film Festival, Indonesia, September 2021
• OFFICIAL PARTICIPATION, Annual Competition, Asian Broadcasting Union

A PRISON OF SILENCE, 68:25 min, GREECE, 2021
• OFFICIAL SELECTION, 1st 1st Grito Queer International Film Festival, Sao Paolo, Brazil, October, 2021

THE NOOSE, 103 min, GREECE-USA-TURKEY-GERMANY, 2018
• SILVER AWARD INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL OF IERAPETRA 2018
• HONORARY DISTINCTION BOTSI JOURNALISM FOUNDATION, 2018
• OFFICIAL SELECTION INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL OF THESSALONIKI, GREECE, 2018
• SPECIAL MENTION JOURNALISTS AND WRITERS FOUNDATION NEW YORK, 2019
• SPECIAL MENTION AMERICAN TURKISH FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION, USA, 2019
• SPECIAL MENTION COUNTY OF FAIRFAX, USA, 2019
• SPECIAL MENTION DIALOGUE PLATFORM, BRUSSELS, 2019
• *OFFICIAL SELECTION FILM FOR PEACE, TORONTO, CANADA, 2020
• OFFICIAL SELECTION ATHENS INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2020

LIKE THE SEAGULLS OVER THE GOLDEN HORN, 74 min, GREECE, 2020
• SPECIAL MENTION LONDON GREEK FILM FESTIVAL, 2020
• SPECIAL AWARD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF IERAPETRA, 2020
• AWARD FOR PROTOTYPE MUSIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF IERAPETRA, 2020
• HONORARY DISTINCTION, 9th ATHENS INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2020
• OFFICIAL SELECTION AND FINALIST ATHENS INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2020
• OFFICIAL SELECTION AND FINALIST AEGEAN DOCS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, 2020

LETTER FROM THE PONDUS, ERT PRODUCTION, 75 min, GREECE, 2019
• OFFICIAL SELECTION INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL OF IERAPETRA, 2019
• OFFICIAL SELECTION INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL OF CHALKIDA, 2019

St POLYKARPOY STREET (VOTANIKOS), 56 min, GREECE, 2018
• OFFICIAL SELECTION INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL OF IERAPETRA, 2019
• OFFICIAL SELECTION INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL OF CHALKIDA, 2019