Basil Tsiokos is a Senior Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival, with a specialization in nonfiction features. He was previously the longtime Director of Programming for DOC NYC and the Nantucket Film Festival, and before that served as the Artistic and Executive Director of NewFest: The New York LGBT Film Festival. He has regularly served on the feature nominations committees for the Cinema Eye Honors and the International Documentary Association's IDA Awards, as well as on the advisory board for the SXSW Film Festival. He was formerly a regular contributor to IndieWire, and since 2010 has written extensively about documentaries on his blog what (not) to doc.
From Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
