2017 Greece Screenwriters Workshop

Christos V. Konstantakopoulos’ Faliro House Productions (The Founder, The Lobster), in
collaboration with Sundance Institute, will host the second edition of the Faliro House | Sundance Institute
Mediterranean Screenwriters Workshop in Costa Navarino, Greece July 3-9. The workshop is designed to support
emerging filmmakers from Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and this year will include filmmakers from Cyprus.
The Workshop is a five-day writer’s intensive that gives independent screenwriters the opportunity to work on their
feature film scripts in an environment that encourages innovation and creative risk-taking. Greek filmmaker Athina
Rachel Tsangari (Chevalier, Attenberg), who initiated the Workshop with Christos and serves as Co-Director,
consulted with Sundance Institute and Faliro House during project selection.
Filmmaker Gyula Gazdag, longtime Artistic Director at the Institute’s renowned Directors Lab in the U.S., will serv
as Artistic Director, and will lead group sessions, alongside one-on-one story meetings with each project, where
Tsangari and Gazdag will be joined by Creative Advisors Lisa Cholodenko (Olive Kitteridge, The Kids Are Alright), Julie
Delpy (Before Midnight, 2 Days In Paris), Jeff Nichols (Loving, Take Shelter), Ruben Östlund (Palme d’Or winner The
Square, Force Majeure), Ira Sachs (Little Men, Love Is Strange), Zach Sklar (JFK), and Eva Stefani (Bathers, Acropolis).
The model for the Workshop is based on the venerable Sundance Institute Screenwriters Labs in the U.S., designed
to be an artistically rigorous process that offers lessons in craft, fresh perspectives on their work and a platform to
fully realize their material.
Christos V. Konstantakopoulos said, “We are excited to be entering our second year of collaboration with Michelle
Satter, Paul Federbush and Matthew Takata of the Sundance Institute and are grateful for their commitment to
supporting filmmakers from the Mediterranean region. I wish to thank my co-instigator Athina Rachel Tsangari and
everyone who has worked on the workshop, as well as our gracious hosts at Costa Navarino. Above all, we are
deeply appreciative of the participating fellows and advisors, for their vision, trust, and commitment to their craft.”
Paul Federbush, International Director for Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program said, “This unique forum,
created with Christos V. Konstantakopoulos and Athina Rachel Tsangari supports a diverse and visionary cohort of
screenwriting fellows from the region. We are also extremely grateful to have a group of such accomplished
filmmakers serve as Creative Advisors--we want to thank our Creative Advisors for generously bringing their breadth
of experience and depth of insight to this year’s workshop.”