Drama Pitching Lab
Category
PITCHING & INDUSTRY
Dates
08/09/2026 - 14/09/2026
City
Drama, Greece
Email
Website
Edition
12
Final submission deadline
2025-04-30
Submission/Registration Fee
No
Event Description
As part of the in house Educational Platform DRAMA LAB, every year the Drama International Film Festival organizes a Pitching Lab Workshop and a Pitching Forum, to provide pitching techniques to directors/producers. Young filmmakers, scriptwriters, and producers from all over the world will participate in training sessions and learn how to present their project to producers and secure potential funding.
Moreover, the workshop aims to provide participants with the basic knowledge and working tools useful for developing an original idea into a script and furthermore towards realizing an authentic short film of any genre (fiction, animation, doc e.t.c.). At the end of the workshop participants are given the opportunity to present their ideas during the Pitching Forum Session, to a group of experts, producers and festival directors (5΄ presentation time).
Members of the Forum Committee will quiz each participant after their presentation, asking them critical questions about their project. (5’ Q&A ).
Participants are also given the opportunity to arrange one to one meetings with potential financiers to help them raise funds for their project.
2025 Event Coverage
2025 Call for Entries (Archive)
- Logline (max. 40 words)
- Synopsis (max. 200 words)
- Director’s note (min. 300 words)
- Director’s, producer’s and scriptwriter’s CV (max. 200 words each)
- Director’s, producers and scriptwriter’s contact details (if applicable)
- Genre, duration (approx.), production country/ies
- *Script with max. duration 20’ (for fiction projects) or film treatment with max. duration 30’ (for documentaries). The script can be a first draft. Animation projects are accepted in both categories
Additional materials (if available)
- Audiovisual material in support of the project (i.e. moodboard, teaser, shooting locations, cast etc.)
- Links from director’s filmography
Physical presence in the city of Drama is mandatory throughout the duration of the workshop, as well as participation in two (2) online sessions that will take place before the Festival.
Awards:
- Cash prizes are awarded for at least two (2) of the participating projects.
- Send all the submission materials using this form
- Rules and Regulations
- Registration is free of charge
- Deadline: 30 April 2025
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2020 Event Coverage
Selected Projects:
1. LAUGHTER CLUB, Llewellyn Michael Bates, Screenwriter & Producer – AUSTRALIA
2. BAJO EL ÁRBOL, Gisela Carbajal Rodríguez / Felix Klee, Screenwriter / Director – MEXICO / GERMANY
3. THE CAGE WITHIN A CAGE, Onur Kök, Director – TURKEY
4. ART, NUCLEAR ENERGY AND A LOVE OF BUGS, Friederike Lorenz, Screenwriter & Director – GERMANY
5. MY GRANDMOTHER’S SISTER, Eleni Kavouki / Maria Tzortzatou, Screenwriter / Director – GREECE
6. THE VERY BIZARRE STORY OF AN UNOFFICIAL FAMILY, Salamis Ayşegül Şentuğ / FehmiÖztürk, Screenwriter / Director – CYPRUS
7. SIPHONOPHORE, Samuel Sultana / Stephanie Sant, Screenwriter / Director – FRANCE / MALTA
8. MAGDALENA HAUZEN:DIE UNBEWEGLICHE ZEIT, Yannis Karpouzis, Screenwriter & Director – GREECE
9. A GENTLE MOTH, Eric Peh Ha, Screenwriter & Director – CHINA
10. HONEYMOON, Alkis Papastathopoulos, Screenwriter / Director – GREECE
11. THE WALKING WAY, Vangelis Liberopoulos, Screenwriter & Director GREECE
12. THE BLACK BOX, Christos Asteriou / Konstantinos Fragkoulis, Screenwriter & Director – GREECE
13. CLOUDY WATER, Iakovos Panagopoulos / Konstantinos Karakostas, Screenwriter / Director – GREECE
14. DEEP END, Vera Pirogova, Screenwriter / Director – RUSSIA
15. THE TENDER SHOP, Eirini Karagkiozidou, Screenwriter / Director – GREECE
2019 Event Coverage
Awards:
– Finos Film PLA to Anngelica-Marie Eshesimua and Matthew Allen for the project “The Broken Key” (USA).
– Greek Film Center PLA to Marta Gonzalez De La Vega for the project “The Valdomeros” (Spain).
– Authorwave PLA prize for Post Production Services (DCP) by Authorwave. to Kaki Wong for the project “The Wild Child” (Hong-Kong/China).
NB: 2026 Event Dates are tentative
Event Dates
- From 08/09/2026 to 14/09/2026
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