The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century, a leading European Documentary Festival, in March 2014 celebrates its 17th edition and will host its main thematic sections: Recordings of Memory, Portraits-Human Journeys, Stories to Tell, Habitat, Music and Dance, Views of the World, Society, Arts, Greek Panorama, as well as tributes to documentary filmmakers and National Cinemas. The Festival’s side events will host exhibitions, masterclasses, round table discussions, publications, concerts and parties will also be organized. Tributes will be held to two renowned documentary filmmakers. The main objectives and expected results of the 17th Edition are to maintain the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival’s position as the prominent documentary event in Greece; to consolidate its position as a top European documentary festival; to promote its Doc Market as the most important one for the Balkans and the South eastern Europe area and to expand its influence into the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean. Also, the organization of its institutional library where its 16-year film archives will be digitalized, be properly categorized and easily accessible, in the hopes of offering the public free access for educational purposes in the future. The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century aims to become a reference point for the documentary of the wider Southeastern European and Eastern Mediterranean region, working to meet the needs of an internationalized documentary audience.