The Owl Screenwriting Workshop & Industry Days
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Athens Film Office
The Owl Screenwriting Workshop & Industry Days
2025
Active Since 2022
An all-expenses-covered workshop in Athens helps screenwriters reach some of the most successful agents, showrunners and producers in the world.
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About
The Owl Screenwriting Workshop and Industry Days was created by the Athens Film Office to help develop film and TV projects with international appeal, and that make the most of the advantages Athens offers to the industry.
It is an annual workshop for screenwriters who have already achieved early-career success with a distributed film or TV show and who are ready to launch their career internationally.
The workshop aims to create a bridge for screenwriters working outside global centers of film production to reach some of the world's most well-funded and commercially successful film producers.
A group of 10 internationals and 6 Greek screenwriters will be selected to participate in the mentoring and networking workshop in Athens, Greece, from October 4 to 7.
We’re looking for screenwriters from a diverse range of backgrounds and identities who develop audience-driven feature films and TV series, combining artistic vision and commercial potential, and which could be adapted to be produced and/or shot in Greece.
Entries are judged by a Selection Committee of experienced film and TV professionals. Judging is based on the writer’s track record and overall quality of the script, originality, writing style, and concept marketability.
The variety and versatility of Greece make it the ideal base for a wide range of productions. With locations from inner-city streets to the classic white sand beaches, a project doesn’t need to be set in Greece to shoot here.
Benefits
The Owl Screenwriting Workshop runs in three sessions:
1st session is held in Athens, October 4-7, at the Electra Rhythm Hotel. Screenwriters are invited to participate in the full Owl program in Athens, which comprises:
• one-to-one mentorship
- • panels from industry experts
- • masterclasses from screenwriting experts
- • peer-to-peer review in TV and Film cohorts and numerous networking opportunities with Greek and International industry professionals.
The Athens Film Office and the City of Athens cover room and board costs, tuition fees, and experiences such as walking tours, networking opportunities, and potential screenings.
The 2nd session is online in March 2026
Having completed an intensive workshop in Athens, screenwriters will submit a second draft of their Feature Film or TV pilot. In March, they will participate in a group workshop led by the professor. Scott Myers, where each cohort member has read each other’s revised scripts.
Screenwriters will benefit from:
• A wider range of critiques, feedback, and suggestions
• In critiquing other scripts, each writer will develop their critical analytical skills
• Encourage group bonding that may help to carry those connections forward
The 3rd session will be held in Athens in October 2026.
Upon completion of their final draft, screenwriters are invited to return to Athens and partake in their final Group Session, a conversation with their cohort and professor. Scott Myers about the state of each writer’s revised script. They will also have the opportunity to take a masterclass on pitching and then present their projects in a pitching event in front of a committee at The
Owl Industry Days; a two-day market event running parallel to the Owl Screenwriting Workshop.
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2024 Semifinalists on Coverfly
The Family Xenakis
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· Drama
· 91 Pages
Emma lives on her own in the house where she was raised, her parents both gone. She travels far out of New Orleans each week to care for her wayward brother Cody—their family a tightly closed island of two. When her brother makes a decision that breaks open her life and leaves her utterly alone, Emma emerges from the smallness of her existence and v...
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- Verified WGA Member
Los Angeles, CA
DANIEL TALBOTT is an award-winning writer and director, a Lucille Lortel Award winning theater producer, and the artistic director of Rising Phoenix Rep. His first feature film co-written and co-directed with Samantha Soule – Midday Black Midnight Blue – premiered at SIFF in Seattle in 2022. His horror drama pilot Rome, Georgia (to star Mary-Louise ...
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Road Narrows
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TV Script
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A daughter, having emigrated to America as a teenager, travels back to Greece on a summer vacation after a long absence; only to discover that a lot has changed in her homeland of Mani and in her mother’s life while she was away.
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Announcements
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Rules
Who can apply?
The Owl is open to professional film and TV writers of all nationalities who have started building their screenwriting career and want to expand their work to reach a global audience.
- The Owl will confirm credits via IMDb.
- The Owl is open to writers both with and without representation.
Applicants must have either:
- •at least 1 credit on a feature film released theatrically or on a global streaming platform
- •at least 2 episodes of a TV series broadcast on a terrestrial channel or a global streaming platform