Programme
  • Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Day 3
  • Day 4
  • Day 5
Day 1

Wednesday October 5

Time / Duration
Subject
Room
Who teaches

09:00 - 10:15

75 mins

Welcome & Introduction by AFO. Presentation of Participants, Main Tutors and Experts

Conference Room

All mentors, experts and participants

10:15 - 10:30

15 mins

Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00

90 mins

Writers meet with the workshop leaders: overview of workshop methodology

Conference Room

Tom Abrams and David Issaacs

12:00 - 12:15

15 mins

Coffee Break

12:15 - 13:30

75 mins

How to Make Your Screenplay Better: the art of giving and receiving notes with Q&A

Conference Room

Panel talk

13:30 - 15:00

90 mins

Networking Lunch

15:00 - 16:30

90 mins

One-to-One Script Meetings with Mentors and Experts

Small Class Rooms or Hotel Areas

All mentors

16:30 - 16:45

15 mins

Coffee Break

16:45 - 17:45

60 mins

Representation: getting and working with an agent and/or a manager with Q&A

Conference Room

Panel talk

17:45 - 19:00

75 mins

Athens and Greece as a Filming Destination

Conference Room

Panel talk

19:00 - 20:00

60 mins

Networking Session

20:00 - 21:30

90 mins

Sponsored Networking Dinner (TBD)

End of Day 01

Day 2

Thursday October 6

Time / Duration
Subject
Room
Teacher

08:45 - 09:00

15 mins

Coffee and Arrival of Experts and Participants

09:00 - 10:45

75 mins

How to Pitch Your Project

Conference Room

Panel talk

10:15 - 10:30

15 mins

Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00

90 mins

One-to-One Script Meetings with Mentors and Experts

Small Class Rooms or Hotel Areas

All mentors

12:00 - 12:10

10 mins

Coffee Break

12:10 - 13:30

80 mins

Role of Show Runners and the dynamics of the Writer's Room

Conference Room

Panel talk

13:30 - 15:00

90 mins

Networking Lunch

15:00 - 16:30

90 mins

The Power of Openings: How to hook your audience right from the start

Screening Room

Tom Abrams

16:30 - 16:45

15 mins

Coffee Break

16:45 - 18:15

90 mins

One-to-One Script Meetings with Mentors and Experts

Small Class Rooms or Hotel Areas

Mentors and Experts

19:00 - 21:30

Sponsored Networking Dinner (TBD)

End of Day 02

Day 3

Friday October 7

Time / Duration
Subject
Room
Teacher

08:45 - 09:00

15 mins

Coffee and Arrival of Experts and Participants

09:00 - 10:30

90 mins

The Power of Internal Conflict in Drama and Comedy

Screening Room

David Issacs and Tom Abrams

10:30 - 10:45

15 mins

Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:00

75 mins

Adapation: sourcing IP to generate IP

Conference Room

Panel talk

12:00 - 12:15

15 mins

Coffee Break

12:15 - 13:45

90 mins

One-to-One Script Meetings with Mentors and Experts

Small Class Rooms or Hotel Areas

All mentors

13:45 - 15:15

90 mins

Networking Lunch

15:15 - 16:45

90 mins

The Relationship between the writer and the producer // Being a writer for hire

Conference Room

Panel talk

16:45 - 17:00

15 mins

Coffee Break

17:00 - 20:00

180 mins

Case Study One: Analysis of The Graduate (dir: Mike Nichols)

Screening Room

Tom Abrams

Free Evening

End of Day 03

Day 4

Saturday October 8

Time / Duration
Subject
Room
Teacher

08:45 - 09:00

15 mins

Coffee and Arrival of Experts and Participants

09:00 - 10:15

75 mins

The Business of Film & TV for Writers

Conference Room

Panel talk

10:15 - 10:30

15 mins

Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:45

90 mins

How to Write a Script that Crosses Cultural Boundaries

Conference Room

Panel talk

11:45 - 12:00

15 mins

Coffee Break

12:00 - 13:30

90 mins

One-to-One Script Meetings

Small Class Rooms or Hotel Areas

All mentors

13:30 - 15:00

90 mins

Networking Lunch

15:00 - 17:00

120 mins

Case Study Two: Analysis of Mad Men or other Series

Screening Room

David Issacs analysis of Mad Men

17:00 - 17:15

15 mins

Coffee Break

17:15- 20:15

180 mins

Visit Filming Locations in Athens

Conference Room + Walk outside the hotel

Panel talk

20:15 - 21:45

Sponsored Networking Dinner (TBD)

End of Day 04

Day 5

Sunday October 9

Time / Duration
Subject
Room
Teacher

08:45 - 09:00

15 mins

Coffee and Arrival of Experts and Participants

09:00 - 10:30

90 mins

The Power of Endings: How to send your audience away with a scene they will never forget

Conference Room

David Issacs

10:30- 10:45

15 mins

Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:00

75 mins

Creating a Pitch Deck and Series Bible

Conference Room

Experts and Mentors

12:00 - 13:00

60 mins

Free Networking Period

13:00 - 14:30

90 mins

Networking Lunch

14:30 - 16:00

90 mins

Final One-to-One Script Meetings with Mentors and Experts

Small Class Rooms or Hotel Areas

Mentors, Experts

16:00 - 16:15

15 mins

Coffee Break

16:15 - 18:15

120 mins

Writers Pitching Session

Conference Room

18:15 - 18:30

15 mins

Coffee Break

18:30 - 19:15

45 mins

Workshop Wrap on Preparing Rewrite Beat Sheet for February Online Session

Mentors

19:15 - 20:00

45 mins

Free Networking Period

Conference Room

20:00 - 21:30

90 mins

Sponsored Closing Dinner (TBD)

21:30 - 01:00

Closing Party with AIFF (Athens International Film Festival)

End of Day 05

Submissions open

June 13th 2022

Submissions close

August 15th 2022 at 24:00 Greek time

Announcement dates

September 4th 2022

Workshop dates

October 5th – October 9th, 2022, Athens

Workshop dates

February 2023, online

Workshop dates

May 2023, Cannes Film Festival

Testimonials