Pitching Lab 2003

46th Drama International Short Film Festival
4 – 10 September 2023

10 years Drama Pitching Lab / Forum

CALL FOR ENTRIES

New deadline 10^th May 2023

46^th DRAMA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

4 – 10 SEPTEMBER 2023

WHAT IS IT?

As part of the in house Educational Platform DRAMA LAB, every year the Drama International Film Festival organises 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.).

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.

TRAINING VIDEOS

In the following link you can find four training videos by the Head of the programme Barbara Dukas and Pitching Lab instructors Georgina Kakoudaki, Stathis Paraskevopoulos and John Stephens, explaining the significance of pitching an idea for a film, a glimpse of the workshops that are going to take place the Drama Film Festival Pitching Lab.

SUBMISSIONS

Project Submission (exclusively in the English language) until Wednesday 10^th of May 2023 +GR 12.00 by email at pitching@dramafilmfestival.gr

THE APPLICATION

Required

Synopsis up to 200 words
Project description up to 500 words ( a logline of up to 50 words should be included)
CVs of the project creative team (author/writer, director & producer) up to 200 words each.

Optional

Audiovisual material at the discretion of each candidate e. photos, small teaser, music, color palette, location material, casting and more generally anything that can help in understanding the idea behind the project.
A complete script is not necessary at this stage

All information and requirements must be included in a single pdf file named after the title of the project.

Who can apply?

The workshop is open to all aspiring directors, producers and/or screenwriters from all over the world. The workshop will be held entirely in English.

Selection

A selection committee composed by members of the Educational Team of DISFF will select ten projects.

Additional attention will be paid to international projects that will select Greece as part of the project or for the location of their shooting.

The selected projects will be announced by Monday the 8^th of May 2023.

Where and When?

The workshop includes 3 on-line sessions (mandatory), in dates and times that will be announced, and will take place in the interim between the 28^th of August 2023 and the 4^th of September 2023, and a three-day workshop (in person), during the Drama International Short Film Festival from 6 to 8 of September 2023. The participants presence at the workshop and forum is mandatory.

Participation will occur following the health protocols in force at the time of the workshop. These protocols will be communicated to the participants before the beginning of the workshop.

Μore specifically

PITCHING LAB

PITCHING Workshop for short film projects (short fiction or animation up to 20΄/documentaries up to 30′), (6^th to 8^th of September 2023)

PITCHING FORUM

The Pitching Forum will be held on Saturday the 9^th of September 2023 with the participation of financiers, producers, festival directors and other experts.

Presentation time for each project 5΄

Q&A time 5 ‘

Registration and costs.

Registration is free of charge. The deadline for registration is Wednesday the 10^th of May 2023 +GR 12:00

Awards:

Finos Film- Cash prize
GFC – Cash prize contribution in the production

Mentorship Awards

Development/script doctoring sessions in selected projects

Additional information
Email: pitching@dramafilmfestival.gr

Pitching Lab 2022

45th Drama International Short Film Festival
5 – 11 September 2022

We are very pleased that the Pitching Lab received numerous projects (fiction, animation and doc) this year, and, as has been the case in recent years, the rapporteurs had a very difficult time choosing the final projects that will participate in the three-day Workshop and the Pitching Forum.

This year, the main features of all the projects from all corners of the world that has suffered after two years of pandemic, are the anxiety for survival, the spread of an implicit violence, identity and gender issues, the rights of excluded groups, living with an illness or disability, tolerance of diversity, and the coming of age, in a colourful and unpredictable planet.

From Peru and Nepal, to Kazakhstan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Portugal and Finland, our souls were filled with the images that young filmmakers want to narrate. All these unknown original subjects that we never realized that exist in different corners of the Earth, have made us richer. Unfortunately, among this explosion of colours and ideas, we could only choose 16 of the 117 proposals that were sent to us, yearning for communication and creation.

The Greek creators, with their plurality of projects, ambitious productions and a wide variety of themes, won a special place this year.

The Pitching Forum, in response to the Greek market needs, will try through the shortlisted projects to assist the selected Greek projects that will participate in the Lab this year to communicate with other festivals and forums abroad, contributing to the extroversion and the encouragement of co-producers.

For this reason, in addition to the projects that will come to Drama, the Forum will choose 5 more Greek projects that will be able to participate in a development workshop, which will take place within the framework of the two-day “Drama Festival in Athens” September 17-18 , in the Greek Film Archive. We will announce details soon as well as the schedule of our new workshop, which we hope will become a small institution- “landmark in Athens” for the Pitching Lab and Forum.

BARBARA DOUKA
DISFF Educational Program Manager

Booklet of Pitching Lab 2022

War Hero by Perttu Inkilä, Scriptwriter & Director -FICTION, FINLAND
#bagets rider FREE HD by Lester Cristal, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, THE PHILIPPINES
The weight of Air by Carlos Ormeño Palma, Director & Producer –FICTION, PERU
All Souls Day by Amanda Costa de Sousa, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, HUNGARY
Aftermath by Dino Jacovides, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, UK
ATHENS WILL BURN by Panos Kordas, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, GREECE
Summer of Goodbyes by Minsho Limbu, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, NEPAL
Back to Paternal Home by Thanasis Megalopoulos and Stratis Chatzielenoudas, Scriptwriters & Directors –ANIMATION, GREECE
Tavern of Shadows by İlyas Soner Yıldırım, Scriptwriter, Director & Producer –FICTION, TURKEY
Good Friday by Loukia Tzortzopoulou, Scriptwriter & Director –ANIMATION, GREECE
One Wayby Antonis Boubas, Scriptwriter –FICTION, GREECE
The Beast Who Walks Like a man by Marina Siotou and Zoe Sigalou, Scriptwriters & Nikos Kolioukos – Director –FICTION, GREECE
Three Comma Fourteen by Joana Nogueira and Patrícia Rodrigues, Scriptwriters & Directors -ANIMATION, PORTUGAL
Hag / Didimokorfo by Achilleas Gatsopoulos, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, GERMANY / GREECE
Impromptu by Maya Vitkova-Kosev, Scriptwriter, Director & Producer -FICTION, BULGARIA
Cleaning Day by Alexandros Romanos Lizardos, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, GREECE

The Girl and the Well by Anngelica-Marie Eshesimua, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, U.S.A. (Out of competition). The winner of the Pitching LAB 2019 (Finos Film award) on the occasion of her coming to the screening in the DISFF tribute of Pitching LAB films, will participate as an audience out of competition.

Special Screening PITCHING TRIBUTE

The PITCHING LAB, in its 9 years of operation, has received over 800 projects, literally from the four corners of the earth. Over 100 Greek and international participants have been trained and competed in Drama, while so far 25 short films with a variety of themes, genres and ideas, which we have chosen to present in this special tribute, have been completed.

We happily await even more projects that are in the filming and post-production stage, which will grow the multinational circle of the PITCHING LAB and, in their own way, will encourage filmmakers from all over the world to share their dreams.

Mastering the Art of Pitching is a necessary process on the journey to seeing your initial idea transformed into a movie. There are no quick fixes that define a great pitch, but there is a definite path that leads to successfully communicating the crux of your idea and story.

Barbara Dukas – Pitching Lab conductor

9th Drama Pitching Lab / Forum

9^thedition this year for Drama Pitching Lab and Forum, as part of the 45th Drama Short Film Festival – DISFF (5 – 11 September 2022).

What is it?

In the context of the Educational Platform DRAMA LAB, every year the Drama International Film Festival organises a Pitching Lab Workshop and a Pitching Forum, to provide pitching techniques to directors / producers.

Young filmmakers and producers from all over the world will participate in training sessions and learn how to present a 5 minute pitch for their project to producers and secure potential funding.

Moreover, the workshop aims to aims to provide participants with the basic knowledge and working tools useful for developing an original idea to a script and further to realize an authentic short film of any genre (fiction, animation, doc e.t.c.).

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 individual meetings with potential financiers to help them raise funds for their project.

PITCHING LAB

4-day PITCHING Workshop for projects (short fiction or animation up to 20΄/documentaries up to 30′) (6-9 September 2022)

Courses include: sessions on Dramaturgy, Development, Structure, Logline, Synopsis, Pitching Document content and presentation essentials.

PITCHING FORUM

The Pitching Forum will be held on line, on Saturday 10 September 2022 with the participation of financiers, producers, festival directors and other experts.

Presentation time for each project 5΄

Q&A time 5 ‘

Finos Film – Cash prize.
GFC – Cash prize contribution in the production.

Mentorship Awards

Development / script doctoring sessions in selected projects

More information about previous Pitching Lab editions, awards, as well as booklets with selected projects from previous years can be found on our website.

Booklet of Pitching Lab 2014 - 2022

Drama Pitching Lab

In the context of the Educational Platform DRAMA TALENT LAB, the International Film Festival in Drama organises a Pitching Lab Workshop to provide pitching techniques to directors / producers.

Pitching Forum

Young filmmakers and producers from all over the world will participate in training sessions and learn how to present a 5 minute pitch, for their project to producers and secure potential funding.

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. 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 individual meetings with potential financiers to help them raise funds for their project.

Pitching Lab ‘Welcome and guidelines’ 2020

Sami Arpa – From short films to a tool that can democratize the movie industry – 2020

Venia Vergou – What does the Hellenic Film Commission has to offer? – 2020

3 min excerpt from a Pitching lab session – 2020

PITCHING LAB AWARDS – 2020

Drama Pitching Lab Awards (PLA)

Finos Film – Cash prize.
GFC – Cash prize contribution in the production.

Mentorship Awards

Development / script doctoring sessions in selected projects.

Awards from 2014

2014 37th Drama Short Film Festival:
– Finos Film PLA to Eleonora Veninova for the project “Fighting for death”( North Macedonia).

2015 38th Drama Short Film Festival:
– Finos Film PLA to Manolis Mavris for the project “After you” (Greece).

2016 39th Drama Short Film Festival:
– Finos Film PLA to Sifis Mainas for the project “Superstition” (Greece).
– Greek Film Center PLA to Konstantinos Antonopoulos for the project “Postcards from the end of the world” (Greece).
– Greek Film Center PLA to Bruno Shirley for the project “La grotte de Marie Jeanne” (‘An Excavation of us’) (Haiti France).

2017 40th Drama Short Film Festival:
– Finos Film PLA to Aris Kaplanidis for the project “From the balcony” (Greece).
– Greek Film Center PLA to Omer Capoglu for the project “Who shall we kill tonight” (Turkey).

2018 41st Drama Short Film Festival:
– Finos Film PLA to Thanos Psichogios for the project “SCAR” (Greece).
– Greek Film Center PLA to Michael Kam for the project “Nursery Rhyme” (Singapore).

2019 42nd Drama Short Film Festival:
– 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).

2020 43^rd Drama Short Film Festival
– Finos Film PLA to Gisele Carbajal Rodriguez & Felix Klee for the project “Bajo el arbol” (“Underneath the Tree”) (Mexico / Germany)
– Authorwave PLA prize for Post Production Services (DCP) by Authorwave to Iakovos Panagopoulos for the project “Cloudy Water” (Greece) – GREECE.

2021 44^th Drama Short Film Festival:
– Finos Film PLA to Asmaa Gamal for the project “My Dream to Fly” (Egypt).
– Greek Film Center PLA to Tathagata Ghosh for the project “Footprints” (India).

PITCHING LAB IN NUMBERS:

More than 900 submissions

Over 90 project presentations

Over 10 movies completed

Over 6 projects in pre- or post production

TUTORS:

Barbara Dukas – Director, Conductor of Pitching Lab

Georgina Kakoudaki – Dramaturg, Director

Stathis Paraskevopoulos – Script and Media Consultant

John Stephens – Screenwriter, Script editor

GUEST TUTORS:

Agata Darlasi – Script Teacher and Consultant

Alexandra Boussiou – Producer

Tony Watts – CEO, The Festivals Channel Ltd., international film and festival professional

MASTERCLASSES:

Bobby Roth – Director

Andrew Horton – Script Professor, Writer

Although in the 9th edition of Drama Pitching Lab, a large number of projects that have been previously selected to participate, have since been completed and won awards at international festivals. Many of our participants have continued their journey after Drama and participated in other international pitching forums and festivals.

Movies that started as projects from PITCHING LAB

“Fighting for Death” by Eleonora Velinova (Izmir International Short Film Festival, Izmir, Turkey, 2016 – Golden Cat Award for second best international film / Drama International Film Festival, Drama, Greece, 2016 (Official selection, Special Award for Best Male Acting) / Balkan Food and Wine Festival, Albania, 2017 – Best Comedy / Macedonian Film Festival Toronto, Canada, 2017 – Best Short Film / ODA Tetovo International Film Festival, 2017 – Best Editing Award / Mediterranean Short Film Festival Tangier, Morocco, 2017 – Special Mention by the Jury / Athens International Film Festival, Athens, Ohio, USA, 2017 / Encounters International Film Festival, Bristol, UK, 2017 / Participation in Film Festivals in countries such as : Germany, India, Albania, Turkey, Colombia, Croatia, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, U.K.)

“Requiem For Laika” by Gorana Jovanovic

“A Buddy Already Dead” by Konstantinos Fragkoulis (2016 Nominee Grand OFF Award Best Actor Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Grand Off World Independent Film Awards / 2018 Nominee Orpheus Award Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) / Special Mention for its protagonist and his performance in Artfools short film festival 2017, Larissa, Greece / Best International Short Film in 21st Thai Short & Video film festival 2017 / Participation in Film Festivals in countries as: Spain, Germany, U.S.A. e.tc.) https://youtu.be/RlIyq4QY3HA

“HOME” by More Raca

“Helga Ar I Lund” by Thelyia Petraki (2014 BEST SHORT FILM SCRIPT SCRIPTWRITERS GUILD OF GREECE COMPETITION / 2016 SPECIAL MENTION FOR SOUND DESIGN DRAMA INT’L FILM FESTIVAL / 2016 SPECIAL MENTION FOR SOUND DESIGN DRAMA INT’L FILM FESTIVAL / 2017 BEST FEMALE ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE ATHENS INT’L FILM FESTIVAL / Participation in Film Festivals in countries such as: France, Korea, Lithuania, USA, Italy, Czech Republic)

“After you”/ (“MANEKI NEKO”) by Manolis Mavris (International Russian Indie Film Festival (official selection, St. Petersburg, Russia) October, 2019 *Best Cinematography* *Best Sound Design* *Best Editing* / 34th Interfilm International Short Film Festival (Official Selection, Berlin, Germany) November, 2018 *Best Cinematography* / 9th Winchester Film Festival (official selection, Winchester, UK) November, 2018 *Special Mention Award for Best International Short Film* / 8th micro μ Festival – immf 2018 (official selection, Athens, Greece) October, 2018 *Best Director Award* *Nominee for Best Original Screenplay* *Nominee for Best Actor* *Nominee for Best Actress* / 33rd Alpinale (official selection, Nenzing, Austria) August, 2018 *Best International Short Film* / 7th Madrid International Film Festival (official selection, Spain) July, 2018 *Nominee for Best Short Foreign Language Film* *Nominee for Best Original Screenplay of a Short Foreign Language Film* / 5th Firenze Filmcorti Festival (official selection, Firenze, Italy) June, 2018 *Best Editing* / 7th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival 2018 (official selection, India) June, 2018 *Best Film – Jury* / 2nd Buddha International Film Festival (official selection, Pune, Maharashtra, India) June, 2018 *Best Editing* / 2nd Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival (official selection, Jim Thorpe, USA) April, 2018 *Best Short Film*, *Nomination – Best Director Short* / 40th Greek Short Film Festival in Drama (National Competition, Drama, Greece) September, 2017 *Greek Society of Cinematographers Award* *Best Editing* *Best Original Music* *Best Sound Design* *Grant Award for Future Project by the Greek Film Centre* / Participation in Film Festivals in countries such as: USA, Canada, Romania, India, Cyprus, Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria, Australia, Ukraine.) https://vimeo.com/254834748

“La grotte de Marie Jeanne” / (“An excavation on us”) by Shirley Bruno (2018 WinnerOff-Limits Award Annecy International Animated Film Festival (France) / Internationale Kurzfimtage Winterthur (Switzerland), 2018 Nominee Golden Firebird Award Hong Kong International Film Festival / 2018 Nominee Grand Prix Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival (USA), Kaohsiung Film Festival (Taiwan), Third Horizon (Miami), Timishort FF (Romania), Animage International Animation (Brazil), AnimaSyros International Animation Festival + Agora (Greece))
“Lyceum” by Dareios Hallil

“Borders” / (“TIMMY”) by Lyubo Yonchev (2018 Winner Special Jury Mention Short of the Year / 2019 Winner Award for Best Screenplay at Balkan Film Food Festival / 2019 Winner Award for Best East Europe Short Film LINK International Film Festival / Participation in Film Festivals in countries such as:Chile, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, F.Y.R.O.M., Poland, Armenia, U.K.)

“ΤΑΥΤΟΤΗΤΑ ID” / (“iDENTiTY”) by Panos Pappas and Despina Charalambous (42nd International Short Film Festival in Drama 2019 Official Selection (Greece) / Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest 2019 Official Selection (Germany)/ Montevideo Fantastico 12 Official Selection (Uruguay)/ Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival BIFFF 38 Official Selection (Belgium) / London Greek Film Festival/semi-finalist (UK) / Balticon 54 Official Selection (Baltimore, USA) / 1st Crete International Film Festival & Awards, Greece (2020) / Athens International Digital Film Festival (Finalist), Greece ( 2020) / MosFilmFest, Moscow International Film Festival (Finalist), Russia (2020) / Philip K. Dick European Film Festival, Lille, France (2020) / Hrizantema Festival, Serbia International Fantastic Film Festival, Serbia (2020) / Sustefest 2020, Mexico InternationalFantastic Film Festival, Mexico (2020) / Actrum International Film Festival, Spain (2021) / Dark Story Festival, Spain (semi-finalist) (2021) / Magic World of Fantasy & Sci-Fi Film Festival, USA (2021) / “Best Sci-Fi Short Film” Award / RED MOON International Film Festival, Argentina (2021) / Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift, Canada (2021), finalist / Niagara Falls International Short Festival , USA (2021), nominee / Tokyo Shorts, Japan (2021), nominee / Sicily Art Cinema Festival (2021), semi-finalist / FLICKFAIR Film Festival, USA (2021) / Dropull International Short Film Festival, Albania (2021) / Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, Netherland (November 2021), awarded, best sci-fi short / Sacramento World Film Festival, USA (December 2021), awarded / Dublin World Film Festival, Ireland (March 2022), awarded, best sci-fi short / Patras Steps Film Festival, Greece (2022)) https://vimeo.com/352242845

“The Island” / (“Island”) by Mengqian Chen (2019 Jury Award- CIAFF, Shanghai, Chine / 2019 Prix Média de la Région Grand Est du Meilleur film, Court en Scène, Troyes / Festival Court en Scène, France, 2019 / Carrefour du cinéma d’animation, Nouveaux courts français – Coup de coeur, (France) 2019 / Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival, (Bosnie Herzégovine) 2019 / Milano Film Festivalino, (Italia) 2019 (HC) / European Animated Film Festival BALKANIMA, (Serbia) 2019 / 38ème festival du film d’animation pour la jeunesse de Bourg-en-Bresse, (France) / CRAFT International Animation Festival, Indonesia (HC) / SAGA Adelaide: Women’s International Film Festival, (Australia) / Chacun son court, France, 2019 (HC) / Curtocircuíto International Film Festival, Spain, 2019 (HC) / FICBUEU International film festival, Spain, 2019 / Festival du film de Femmes, France, 2019 / Festival du court métrage – Stains, France, 2019 / 59th ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL – International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Czech Republic, 2019 / Ferfilm Int’ Film Festival, Republic of Kosovo, 2019 / Ismailia Int’ Film Festival, Egypt, 2019 / Festival du film de femmes de fontenay le fleury（France）2019 / Annecy Internation animation festival word animation pitch（France）2016.

“Postcards from the End of the World” by Konstantinos Antonopoulos (BEST COMEDY at 29th Aspen Shortsfest (USA), JURY PRIZE at 24th REGARD Saguenay ISFF (Canada)/ AUDIENCE AWARD at 23rd Winterthur SFF (Switzerland) / HONORABLE MENTION at 32nd Minimalen Short FF (Norway) / JURY SPECIAL MENTION at 34th Namur IFFF (Belgium) / BEST DIRECTING AWARD at 25th Athens International Film Festival (Greece) / BEST EDITING AWARD at 42th Drama National Short Film Festival (Greece) / 25th Sarajevo FF (Bosnia and Herzegovina), 50th Tampere Film Festival (Finland) / 41st CINEMED Montpellier MFF (France) / 29th Flickerfest International FF (Australia) / 46th Ghent FF (Belgium), 15th Prague Short Film Festival (Czech Republic) / 17th Bogota Short FF (Colombia) / 7th Bosphorus FF (Turkey) / 25th Drama International Short Film Festival (Greece) / 25th Gezici Festival On Wheels (Turkey) / 22nd Mecal ΙSFF (Spain) / 17th Tangiers MSFF (Marocco).) https://vimeo.com/309158201

“When woman appeared on earth” / (“When woman came to earth”) by Anne Kjersti Bjorn

“Wild Child” by Kaki Wong (2020 Selection 14th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival 門票開賣了)

“Emil” by Neda Radic

“The Neighbors” / (“Under The same Roof”) by Simeon Tsonchev (Union of Bulgarian Film Makers Awards 2-9.05.2022 (Bulgaria) / Sulmona International Film Festival 3.11-6.11.2021 (Italy) / Sapporo International Short Film Festival 13.10-30.11.2021 (Japan) / Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Awards 7.10.2021 Best Screenplay (Portugal) / Balkan Panorama Film Festival 27.09-03.10.2021 (Turkey) / Kraljevski International Short Film Festival 24-27.09.2021 (Serbia) / Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival 23-29.09.2021 (Bulgaria) / Festival de Cinéma Bulgare à Paris 23-26.09.2021 (France) / One Shot International Short Film Festival 22.09-28.09.2021 Special Mention (Armenia) / BuSho Film Festival 31.08-05.09.2021 Silver Busho (Hungary) / Sofia International Film Festival at the Coast 22.07-30.07.2021 Audience Award Silver Sea-Gull (Bulgaria) / Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 11-21.06.2021 (Japan) / Huesca International Film Festival 11-19.06.2021 (Spain) 25. Sofia International Film Festival 11-31.03.2021 (Bulgaria) / Drama International Short Film Festival 20-26.09.2020 (Greece))

“An Unfortunate Privilege” / (The Broken Key”) by Anngelica-Marie Eshesimua (Nominee for Best Short by a BIPOC Filmmaker at Next Generation Indie Film Awards 2022)

“NURSERY RHYME” by Michael Kam (31st Singapore International Film Festival (Singapore) – Official Selection 26 Nov – 6 Dec 2020 World premiere Singapore Panorama / 24th Zanzibar International Film Festival (Tanzania) – Official Selection 21 – 25 Mar 2021 In Competition African premiere / 13th Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival (South Korea) – Official Selection 7 – 12 Sep 2021 In Competition Asian premiere / 31st Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival (Japan) – Official Selection 16 – 20 Sep 2021 In Competition / 13th Tallahassee Film Festival (USA) – Official Selection 18 – 19 Sep 2021 In Competition US premiere / 3rd Dili International Film Festival (Timor Leste) – Official Selection 1- 17 Oct 2021 In Competition / 18th Abuja International Film Festival (Nigeria) – Official Selection 1 – 5 Nov 2021 / 11th Aesthetica Short Film Festival (United Kingdom) – Official Selection 2 – 7 Nov 2021 In Competition European premiere / 40th Cambridge Film Festival (United Kingdom) – Official Selection 18 – 25 Nov 2021 / 20th Tiburon International Film Festival (USA) – Official Selection 19 – 25 Nov 2021 In Competition / 16th Cyprus International Film Festival (Cyprus) – Official Selection 11 – 17 Nov 2021 In Competition / 20th Cornwall Film Festival (United Kingdom) – Official Selection 15 – 21 Nov 2021 In Competition / 2nd Tokyo CINEMASTERS International Film Festival (Japan) – Official Selection 5 Dec 2021 In Competition / 9th Larissa international Film Festival (Greece) – Official Selection 1 – 10 Mar 2022 In Competition / 18th Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival (USA) – Official Selection 18 – 19 Mar 2022 In Competition / 5th Nepal International Film Festival (Nepal) – Official Selection 24 – 28 Mar 2022 In Competition / 15th Poppy Jasper International Film Festival (USA) – Official Selection 6 – 13 Apr 2022 In Competition / 6th Naoussa International Film Festival (Greece) – Official Selection 10 – 14 Apr 2022 In Competition / 7th Filmfest Bremen (Germany) – Official Selection 20 – 24 Apr 2022 In Competition / 16th Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival (USA) – Official Selection 26 Apr – 1 May 2022 / 14th Fastnet Film Festival (Ireland) – Official Selection 25 – 29 May 2022 / 11th Richmond International Film Festival (USA) – Official Selection 7 – 12 Jun 2022)

“Το νόημα του Αυγούστου” by Manos Papadakis (Nominee for Best Short in Athens International Film Festival-2020 / Honorary Distinction for Best Male Leading Role to Pavlos Iordanopoulos & Honorary Distinction for Sound to Simos Lazaridis in Drama International Short Film Festival-2020)

“From the Balcony” by Aris Kaplanidis (Sarajevo Film Festival-2021 / Athens International Film Festival · Silver Athena for Best Short Film & · Best Screenplay- 2021 / AnimaSyros International Animation Festival · Best Greek Speaking Film- 2021 / Drama International Short Film Festival · Onassis Film Development Grant, · Best Southeastern European Film, · The 2nd Award of Animation International Competition, · Audience Award, · Sound Design Award, · Best Film Award from Federation film society of Greece-2021, Festival SocialMed Valencia, · Best Screenplay- 2021)

“THE SPELL” / “SPELL” by Victoria Karakoleva

“Mirror” / (Distant Mirror) by Alican Durbas

“ΑΛΑΣΚΑ” by Michalis Giagounidis

“YAMA” by Andreas Vakalios

“Laughter Club” by Llewellyn Michael Bates

“Footprints” by Tathagata Ghosh

“Early comes the Quiet Dusk” by Galaxias Spanos

In post production:

“White Christmas” by Antonio Vallindras-2021

In pre-production:

“Kitchen” by Vasil Mihail-2018 (His script, distinguished among the first , in competitions as ‘Screencraft’ (quarterfinal amongst 1200 scripts in all genres), EuroFest (in 7 Finalists from 650 scripts worldwide), European Film Festival 2019 (in 10 Finalists from 80+ scripts worldwide)).

“The Small Ant” (“Three Summer Kisses”) by Erofili Moraiti-2019 (2019 participated at Pitching Lab Olympia International Film Festival and won the Greek Film Center Award).

“The celebration of Zebra” by Alexandros Kostopoulos-2019 (Received a screenplay award from the Microfilm Programme of ERT).

“The Valdomeros” by Marta Gonzalez De La Vega -2019 (2019 participated at exclusive pitching forum for female filmmakers in Barcelona 3rd Acció Curts, in the 23rd L’Alternativa Independent Film Festival).

“Carlito or how I became a dog abuser” by Ivana Janosev-2021.

Booklet of Pitching Lab 2019

Booklet of Pitching Lab 2020

Booklet of Pitching Lab 2021

‘DRAMA PITCHING LAB’ - Drama Mini Talent Lab

Testimonials

“Drama Pitching Lab is an incubator for film talents where the excellent mentors are creating competitive friendly environment in which you feel safe, acknowledged and given a helping hand to improve your skills in screenwriting and pitching, but also to see where your script stand among others. Great experience and resource!”

Vasil Michail

“It was our first pitching lab ever, we learned so much in a family like atmosphere.”

Thelyia Petraki - Kostas Tagalakis

“I met great filmmakers and saw my film from a new angle which is priceless.”

Simeon Tsonchev

“It’s a great opportunity for a newcomer to pitch his idea in front of an audience.”

Konstantinos Antonopoulos

“The pitching lab and the festival in Drama has been a tremendous experience, which served to both sharpen my ideas and inspire me in the craft of filmmaking.”

Michael Kam

“In DRAMA, you find your drama!”

Kaki Wong

“A great opportunity to make filmmakers and their projects grow.”

Marta González De La Vega

“The pitching lab clarified our project goals, an amazing experience.”

Anngelica-Marie Eshesimua / Matthew Allen

“Drama Pitching Lab was the first journey of my script.”

Alexandros Kostopoulos

“Participating in DPL boosted up the appeal of our project.”

Despina Charalampous - Panos Pappas

“Being part of the pricing lab was one of the most collective and inspiring writing experiences I’ve ever had.”

Eirini Dermitzaki

“My experience at Drama helps a lot, I like the professional advises mentors gαve, and for most, I love the attending film makers , and truly get inspired by the variety of projects that are still working in progress”.

Mengqian Chen

Barbara Dukas
Head programmer in the Pitching Lab Program of the 45th Drama International Short Film Festival. pitching@dramafilmfestival.gr

Pitching Lab 2003

CALL FOR ENTRIES

46th DRAMA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

WHAT IS IT?

SUBMISSIONS

Pitching Lab 2022

Special Screening PITCHING TRIBUTE

9th Drama Pitching Lab / Forum

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Mentorship Awards

Drama Pitching Lab

Pitching Forum

Drama Pitching Lab Awards (PLA)

Mentorship Awards

Awards from 2014

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