16/06/2023 - A total of 35 projects and eight trainees will participate in the workshops’ various sections, which will take place on the islands of the Southeast Aegean

A photo taken during last year's workshop

The European MFI Script 2 Film Workshops programme, organised by the Mediterranean Film Institute (MFI), is commencing once again this year on the Southeast Aegean islands. The MFI received a total of 150 applications from 244 talented professionals in the fields of writing, directing, producing and script editing. These applications were for participation in the film, series and documentary labs, as well as for trainer traineeships.

The organisers have now made their selection of 25 feature-length scripts, four TV-series scripts, six documentary projects and eight trainees without a project of their own, who will receive script-development and team coaching. All of the participants, along with the trainers, staff, guests and students attending the programme, will embark on a journey to the captivating volcanic island of Nisyros. This gathering will create a community of over 100 individuals, all dedicated to intensive work and mutual learning. The inaugural session of the 2023 MFI Script 2 Film Workshops is scheduled to take place entirely on location in Nisyros, from 23 June-6 July.

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The MFI Script 2 Film Workshops initiative is supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA programme. It is funded by the General Secretariat for the Aegean and Island Policy, the Municipalities of Nisyros and Rhodes, and the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ERT SA.

Here is the complete selection for the 2023 MFI Script 2 Film Workshops:

MFI Film LAB

A Long-awaited Vacation - Bogdan Theodor Olteanu, Adrian Nicolae, Ana Voicu (Romania)
Amor Fou - Isabel Fernández (Spain)
And Me Too - Sondos Shabayek (Egypt)
Aphrodite - Federico Peduzzi (Italy)
Armentarius - Roger Padilla, Paz Lázaro (Spain)
Asincronie - Giulia Pietrozzini, Gregorio Sassoli, Raffaello Vignoli (Italy)
Block Universe - Pavla Kotova, Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria)
Cheaper Than Stealing - Pedro Collantes de Terán, Paola Botrán, Victorio Alonso Berbel (Spain)
The Crash - Boiko Boyanov, Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)
The First Rain - Rami Alayan (Palestine)
Follow Me - Fabio Marson, Diego Cenetiempo, Andrea Magnani  (Italy)
The Gang - Marina Rodríguez Colás, Carol Rodríguez Colás, Maria Carla del Rio (Spain)
Green - Fokion Bogris (Greece)
I Matter - Alina Serban, Eva Todica (Romania)
Iván & Hadoum - Ian De la Rosa (Spain)
Never Again! - Serhat Karaaslan (Turkey)
Oblivion - Danielius Minkevičius, Kornelijus Stuckus, Ieva Norvilienė (Lithuania)
The Ones Left Behind - Savvas Stavrou, Dionysios Manganis (Cyprus)
The Planet Huachimamora - Oswaldo Díaz Medina (Germany)
Polynices - Alexandros Skouras (Greece)
Sants - Mikel Gurrea (Spain)
Shibboleth - Alexandra Matheou (Cyprus)
Sing Your Sorrows Away - Cristina Maria Ruiz (Costa Rica/Spain)
Times of Loneliness, Violence and Youth - Jiajie Yu Yan, Marta Cruañas (Spain)
Vater - Anna Morozova, Vladyslav Kryvoborodov (Ukraine)

MFI Series LAB

Apatrides - Antoine Bourse, Michel Bellier (Belgium/France)
Back in Your Day - Kristina Hristova (Bulgaria)
Dear Insects and Other Creepy Stories - Karla Lulić (Croatia)
Harem, Land of Goddesses - Marieta Petchanska (Bulgaria)

MFI Doc LAB

Beautiful Void - Andris Gauja, Elza Gauja (Latvia)
The Freedom of Fierro - Santiago Esteinou, Javier Campos (Mexico/USA)
Hotel Capo D’Istria - Alexandra Katsarou, Yolanda Markopoulou (Greece)
The Man with the Broken Arm - Thanassis Vassiliou, Christos Chrissopoulos (Greece)
Twilight of Democracy - Philippe Van Meerbeeck (Belgium)
World of Walls - Lucia Kašová, Farah Abou Kharroub, Matej Sotnik (Slovakia)   

Participants without a project (trainer trainees)

Elena Athanasiadou (Greece)
Doruntina Basha (Kosovo/North Macedonia)
Domenico Distilo (Germany/Italy)
Hermione Efstratiadou (Greece)
Xenia Puiggros (Spain)
Yianna Sarri (Greece)
Ioanna Valsamidou (Greece)
Errika Zacharopoulou (Greece)