{"id":11782,"date":"2023-03-27T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.athicff.com\/?p=11782"},"modified":"2023-06-01T15:36:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T12:36:15","slug":"script-contest-2023-athicff-cinekid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.athicff.com\/en\/news\/script-contest-2023-athicff-cinekid\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Script Development Contest by ATHICFF & Cinekid Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Athens International Children’s Film Festival<\/strong> is collaborating for the second consecutive year with the Cinekid Festival<\/strong>, the largest children’s film festival in Europe, in one of the largest international script development programs for children’s content, the Cinekid Script LAB<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The two festivals invite Greek creators (screenwriters, directors, writers) to the 2nd Screenplay Development Competition.<\/strong>\u00a0The competition calls for\u00a0feature film or TV series ideas\/scripts, with children’s content for ages 4-12.\u00a0The deadline for submitting proposals is May 22nd, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Screenplay Development Competition is one more initiative from the Athens International Children’s Film Festival to develop and strengthen children’s film and television content in Greece and is taking place with the support of the Greek Film Centre and the boutique film house Heretic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“At the Cinekid Script Lab, you don’t just attend a screenplay development workshop, you feel like you’re at the heart of the film industry for children. It’s a workshop where all participants are screenwriters, just like all tutors are active screenwriters and therefore,\u00a0there is focus\u00a0on scriptwriting for young audiences”,\u00a0<\/em>says last year’s winner, Zacharias Mavroeidis<\/strong>, who received the scholarship for Cinekid Script LAB 2022 with the screenplay 9 LIVES LEFT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The screenplays will be evaluated by a five-member committee, consisting of:<\/p>\n