Athens, which hosts The Owl Workshop & Industry Days, is transformed into a notation constituent for satellite cinema and tv for 4 days. The event, which is being held for the 4th twelvemonth this twelvemonth by the Athens Film Office of the Municipality of Athens successful collaboration with the Athens Development Agency, returns much dynamic than ever, giving a level to caller creators and bringing starring professionals from the audiovisual manufacture to the city.
In a statement, the Mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas, notes: “Athens is evolving into a halfway of creation, unfastened to caller ideas and planetary collaborations. With The Owl Workshop & Industry Days, we springiness abstraction to talents to develop, we make connection channels with the planetary marketplace and we amusement that our metropolis tin big movie and tv stories with planetary appeal. As the Municipality of Athens, we put successful initiatives that enactment young creators and unfastened up horizons for our city.”
For his part, the CEO of Development Athens, Ioannis Georgizas, emphasizes:
“The Owl is not conscionable a publication workshop, but a level that gives impetus to creators and, astatine the aforesaid time, highlights Athens arsenic an perfect destination for movie and tv productions. By supporting the Athens Film Office, we put successful actions that permission a important imprint connected the metropolis and unfastened caller paths for the home audiovisual industry.”
The Owl Workshop successful the “heart” of Athens from October 4 to 7
At the 4th “The Owl” Workshop, which volition instrumentality spot this twelvemonth astatine the Electra Rhythm Athens Hotel, connected Ermou Street, a full of 16 nonrecreational screenwriters from astir the satellite volition enactment successful an intensive scriptwriting program. In this, they volition person the accidental to person guidance from planetary mentors (one-to-one mentoring with experienced nonrecreational screenwriters), instrumentality portion successful masterclasses and conscionable with starring Greek and planetary movie and tv professionals.
Among the mentors who basal retired successful this year's lawsuit are: Larry Bass - CEO, Founder & Executive Producer Shinawil, Tracy Brimm - Head of Film and Television, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, Brendan Fitzgerald - CEO, Secuoya Studios, Gustavo Gontijo - Executive Producer, Development, O2 filmes, Meg Thomson - EVP Worldwide Content, Globalgate Entertainment.
The Owl Industry Days
On October 6th and 7th, the “heart” of the lawsuit “beats” astatine the iconic Aigli Zappeion, with the two-day Industry Days held successful collaboration with the Hellenic Center for Cinema, Audiovisual Media and Creativity (EKKOMED). This is simply a starring planetary gathering of creators, producers, financiers and decision-makers, which includes pitching events, panels, speeches and immoderate peculiar matchmaking sessions aimed astatine caller collaborations.
At the aforesaid time, wrong the model of the Industry Days, this twelvemonth 2 masterclasses volition beryllium held which volition beryllium unfastened to the nationalist taxable to registration (free admission).
Details:
October 6, 17:30 – 18:30
Masterclass with Michael Colleary: From Success to Mastery of Storytelling
Award-winning screenwriter and shaper Michael Colleary (Face/Off, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Professionals) shares 3 decades of acquisition successful Hollywood, revealing secrets astir the creation of storytelling, the challenges of the originative way and the strategies of a agelong vocation successful movie and television.
October 7, 19:00 – 20:30m
Masterclass with Arty Papageorgiou
Screenwriter and manager Arty Papageorgiou (The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, The Sorrows, The Hunt for Gollum) presents his ain attack to storytelling, quality improvement and world-building, done animation and unrecorded enactment works. The masterclass is organized successful collaboration with ASIFA, the Hellenic Animation Association.
About the Athens Film Office
The Athens Film Office of the Municipality of Athens was established with the purpose of facilitating audiovisual productions that take the metropolis arsenic a filming location. It provides applicable enactment and guidance astatine each signifier of production, from uncovering locations and filming permits to networking with section partners. Through actions specified arsenic The Owl, the Athens Film Office strengthens Athens’ planetary presence, attracts concern and contributes to the improvement of the home originative industry. To date, it has contributed to the filming of much than 200 audiovisual productions.
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