Basil Tsiokos

Basil Tsiokos is a documentary programmer for film festivals. He is currently a senior programmer for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival.[1]

Career

Tsiokos attended Stanford University for college, graduating in 1995.[2]

Tsiokos had originally intended to become an academic in film studies, but out of school he interned at NewFest film festival and was elevated to become director within two years.[2] He eventually stayed with NewFest for 12 years,[3] before starting work at Doc NYC, where he worked from 2010 until 2021. During that time, Doc NYC became the largest documentary film festival in the U.S.[2]

In 2021, Tsiokos took a full-time position as senior programmer at Sundance Film Festival, where he had previously worked as a screener and consultant.[2] He has said the team curates with an emphasis on discovery, with an effort to showcase films that have not sold for distribution yet.[4]

He has also written for IndieWire[3] and worked as a film program director for the Nantucket Film Festival.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Carey, Matthew (2025-01-22). "Sundance Documentary Programmers On This Year's Standouts Including "Mystery" Film About A World Famous Photograph – Doc Talk Podcast". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  2. ^ a b c d Zhou, Grace (2024-09-23). "Q&A: How Basil Tisokos '95 picks the Sundance films". The Stanford Daily. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  3. ^ a b Indiewire (2008-11-20). "FIRST PERSON | Basil Tsiokos: The Challenging State of Film Fests Today". IndieWire. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  4. ^ Weaver, Sydney (2023-12-06). "The Sundance Film Festival releases the 2024 lineup". KPCW | Listen Like a Local. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  5. ^ Chang, Jasmin (2014-04-30). "Basil Tsiokos promoted to Director of Programming and Deborah Rudolph hired as Director of Development". DOC NYC. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  6. ^ Rowley, Frankie. "Ken Burns, climate change and building scaling: What's on at the Nantucket Film Festival". Cape Cod Times. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
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