Selection results for the Pitching LAB 2024

We are thrilled with the response of filmmakers from all over the world who have honoured us with their trust by sending us really interesting and original projects.

As expected, the concerns and anxieties that are spread all over the planet are reflected in the stories of the creators, and so, apart from the always topical personal stories, projects for coming-of-age films, social issues such as the displacement of populations and impoverishment, a multitude of scripts have dealt in various ways with the anxiety about the future of the planet and its possible eschatological course.

Genres such as thriller, sci-fi, metaphysical and poetic elements, as well as the management of landscapes and areas far from the big cities, leading to atmospheric contemporary westerns, projects that take into account the new data in social consciousness about the need to include and accept people with special needs and illnesses that once even their name had to be kept in silence, but also projects using new cutting-edge technologies and their creative use in filmmaking, gave us a variety of extremely interesting projects, making it hard for us to choose.

So out of almost 100 entries, the 10 projects that will compete in Drama are the following:

Broken Honor by Arthur De Weerdt και Daniel de Weerdt – The Netherlands
Gazelle by Saman Hosseinpuor – Iran
The Unseen Battles by Sennet Ntimane – South Africa
The Prodigal 12% by Megan Smith – United Kingdom
Taxi Driver’s Turn or 24 Hours without Popi by Karina Logothetis – Greece
15:16 by Konstantinos P. Kakarountas – Greece
Meadow Mice by Ilayda Iseri – Turkey
Another Day of Something Unusual by Sesarini και Ali Azca – Indonesia
Blühen by Kostis Charamountanis – Greece
Clinic by Penelope Mavropsaridi – Greece

We have also selected 6 Greek projects for the Athens Pitching Lab, which will be held for the third consecutive year, accompanying the award-winning films of Drama to Athens, a promising event that emphasizes the development of the projects’ scripts, aiming to boost Greek production. The 6 projects: