Every year, television filmmakers around the world are invited to submit programmes by the national coordinators in various countries. The programmes that make it through this round are then sent to the Shop Stewards, an International Selection Committee. They meet for ten days each February to review hundreds of submissions. The Shop Stewards end up choosing between 80 to 100 of the best programmes to screen at the upcoming Input conference.

Programme submission for Input 2008 is now closed.