zagori fiction days 1,0

With their varied, rich and innovative program, and the enthusiastic reception of the public, the seven-day events of the 1st Zagori Fiction Days managed to open a new chapter in the creative audiovisual industry of the Balkans, Europe and the world, aspiring to become international of professionals (writers, publishers, screenwriters, directors, producers, television stations, institutional audiovisual institutions, investors) of world fiction and television fiction and production, acting simultaneously as a market and meeting center, as a festival, as a professional platform of documentation and analysis, as a residency of screenwriters of TV series based on books ", the organizers typically state.

The record of events and activities of the 1st Zagori Fiction Days can be characterized as more than rich:

5 screenings of the first episodes of TV transfers from books.

1 international competition for the script of a pilot episode of a TV fiction series on the Film Freeway platform (first prize "Spare Life" by Eva Kamchevska North Macedonia).

1 competition of three major Greek publishers (Kedros, Kastaniotis, BELL) for books adaptable in TV series.

1 Balkan noir writers' workshop for the development and adaptation of ideas and screenwriting for a Balkan noir television series.

1 screenplay workshop in a series of the book America from "To Synaxari by Andreas Kordopatis" with an exclusive video interview of Thanassis Valtinos to the writer and screenwriter Vangelis Bekas.

2 masterclasses on the editing and adaptation of literary books in series.

1 discussion between a Greek medical examiner and a French sex crime profiler and screenwriter.

1 meeting discussion with the director Angelos Frantzis about his favorite TV series.

2 professional workshops with two European experts on international and Balkan television fiction production and co-productions with Netflix and HBO.

2 professional meetings of Greek creators with a Croatian producer of Netflix and HBO for the promotion of scripts for the development of series for the television markets abroad.

3 presentations, meetings with an EKOME executive on the opportunities and financing of audiovisual producers in Greece.

Participation and active presence of the public Greek television company ERT with the head of the Co-Producers Department Maria Koufopoulou.

1 order of music scoring composition by a Greek composer for the movie series "Les Vampires" by Louis Feuillade

1 musical performance excerpt from a writing and editing workshop in a TV series by the Vocal Musica Ensemble, based on the work of Mikis Theodorakis "The Song of the Dead Brother".

1st Zagori Fiction Days was a co-production of three non-profit organizations, European Expression and Next Country from Greece and Series Balkans from France. Supported by the Greek Ministry of Culture, EKOME, ERT, the region of Epirus, the Society of Greek Directors, Kedros Publications, Kastaniotis Publications, BELL Publications, Giannis Galitis, Angelika Papanikolaou, the Vocal Musica Ensema, Moon Caravan, the Beka Family "Angels Shelter", Zagori Suites and Nikos Giannis.