The first residency program in Greece dedicated to short film screenwriting is officially here! From April 14 to 21, seven emerging filmmakers will participate in the new residency program of the Drama International Short Film Festival, which will be hosted in  Granitis Lodge at the Granitis mountain village, to write the screenplays for their next short films.

The DISFF Residency is an initiative dedicated exclusively to the short film as an autonomous artistic form and one of the very few international residency programs for short film screenwriting. In its first year, the program is carried out with the support of the Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center (EKKOMED) and is part of the activities coordinated by the organization in preparation for the 39th European Film Awards ceremony in 2027, to be held in Athens.

The Drama International Film Festival, a long-standing member of the European Film Academy’s Short Film Network, has secured the participation of two award-winning filmmakers recognized by the Academy, Una Gunjak and Bogdan Mureșanu, who, together with the Festival’s Artistic Director, Yorgos Angelopoulos, and the head of the Short Film Hub, Antigone Papantoni, will mentor the participants.

The DISFF Residency is organized with the support of the Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center (EKKOMED), M. Foundation (Bodouroglou AMKE) and the Creative Europe MEDIA Desk.

Following an open call for submissions and after a large number of high-quality film projects were submitted, the following six projects by the seven screenwriters listed below were selected: