Official selection to CIAK Screenwriting Workshop - Greece

Lights, camera, action!

My producing partner Karen Sidney and I were chosen to attend these workshops with our script “The Last Padre’ Karen went to the first two and I attended the 3rd workshop in Corfu. It was an amazing time with 15 people chosen to participate in this workshop from all over the world. We were the only ones chose from NZ.

CIAK Screenwriting Workshop

The Ionian University, Project Partner of CIAK Project, organized the 3 workshops that each were 1 week in duration but were held September 6 - 12, Ioaninnia - University of Ioannina premises. Bari (October 2019) and Corfu (November 2019). During these workshops, 15 ascendant cinema screenwriters attended intensive courses gaining personal supervision towards the development of their scripts.

The artistic director of this educational event is the worldwide famous, award-winning director Alexander Avranas. Under his supervision, highly experienced tutors (Spyros Verykios – Ionian University Assistant Professor and the awarded writers/directors Dimitrios Giatzouzakis and Stavros Pampalis) taught and supervised the workshop participants, helping and guiding them.

The CIAK project, for around 900.000 euro aims to promote the territory of the involved regions through initiatives linked to the cinema and audiovisual sector. The valorisation of the natural and cultural heritage through short movies, documentaries, fiction, animations about the common story of Italy and Greece will improve the touristic attractiveness of the area by supporting a cross-border community composed of the creative industry operators in Greece and Puglia Region in Italy), Regions of Ionian Islands, Western Greece and Epirus Apulia Film Commission Foundation is the lead beneficiary of this project in cooperation with four greek partners, the Region of Epirus, the Region of Ionian Islands, the Region of Western Greece and the Ionian University – Research Committee. Associated partner is Puglia Region Department for Economy of Culture, Tourism and Valorization of Territory.

Ionian University is a CIAK project partner, represented by the Department of Audiovisual Arts – Faculty of Music and Audiovisual Arts, that is responsible for the organization of a number of planned educational activities, as well as of theme-specific festivals.

Ionian University, Dept. of Audiovisual Arts, audiovisual@ionio.gr, tel.: +302661087860 Regione Puglia –Communication Officer Interreg V-A Greece-Italy Programme
Carmela Sfregola +39 3493916007 c.sfregola@greece-italy.eu; press@greece-italy.eu

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