Zagori Planet
Zagoriwood goes Balkan!
14 χώρες στην 14η διοργάνωση
Zagoriwood, the well-established Film Workshops and Festival, taking place every summer on the mountains of Epirus in Greece for the last 14 years, is ready to take its next step. This year's organization will spread out during a fortnight, from the 14th to the 30th of July 2023.
On the 23rd of July, Zagori Planet comes back for the second year. Bringing together all Balkan countries, with their rich filmography and their diverse, yet connected, environmental struggles, Zagoriwood aspires to create a space for sharing films, ideas and discussions and for fostering connections between the neighboring countries.
The one-day festival will feature short films, in the categories of fiction, documentary, animation and visual arts, touching upon the topics of the environment, ecology and the fascinating relationship between humans, non-humans and the planet.
The call is open to films created by a Balkan filmmaker or produced in a Balkan country, up to 20 minutes long, produced after 2021. The films will compete for two awards, Best Film and Audience Award.
Selected finalists will be offered accommodation and subsistence in Zagori, in order to attend the festival in person.
Eligible countries: Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece.
Συμμετοχή: ZagoriPlanet

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WORKSHOPS
Paving the way, from theory to practice. Click for more info.
From the Idea, to the Film
In workshop No.1, "From the Idea, to the Film" everything begins with a word and goes on an amazing cinematic journey. Click for more indo.
Screenwriting
A screenwriter is a detective. Their job is to make the right questions. Click for more info.
Music Composition for Film
A tour into the world of music for film. Click for more info.
Acting for Cinema
This workshop's purpose is to familiarise the participating actors with the peculiarities of acting for cinema. Click for more info.
I had never experienced anything like Zagoriwood. I cannot wait to come back!
Eric Knudsen
Director, Professor at the University of Central Lancashire"It was at Zagoriwood where I watched my film "The Enemy Within" in front of an audience for the first time. It was truly an amazing night."
Yorgos Tsemperopoulos
DirectorI was witnessing, amazed, the excitement with which some students made their first steps into filmmaking. I felt nostalgic for my own first steps, I was envious of their passion and innocence.
NIKOS PANAGIOTOPOULOS
Author & ScreenwriterSo many people, teachers and students, work together and simultaneously in beautiful Zagoria. One experience, one company, just like cinema!
Marissa Triantafillidi
ActorZagoriwood was the embodiment of free-spirited teamwork and showed us how a filmmaking workshop can work in the best and most natural way.
STELLA THEODORAKI
Director & ProducerA bunch of mad teachers and students gather each summer at Zagoriwood because they believe that cinema cannot only be taught in a classroom.
PETROS SEVASTIKOGLOU
Director & Teacher at the Drama School of the National Theatre of GreeceSmiles, peace and an intense sense of creativity and love for cinema.
Dimitris Koutsiampasakos
Director & Professor at the School of Film of Aristotle University of ThessalonikiOUR TEAM
A team of mountain-loving and cinema-loving people
VASILIS NOUKOS
Behind the ScenesLAZAROS KOLAXIS
Behind the ScenesArchitecture was his first love, but now cinema has become more than a hobby.
ELLIE PAPAKONSTANTINOU
.........Born in 1995 and an English teacher. Has an on and off affair with cinema, through seminars, festivals and film theory.
Yannis Kanteas-Papadopoulos
film critic/ behind the scenesBorn in Athens in 1994. Cannot remember a time when he wasn't wathing films and listening to music, with the necessary breaks, of course.
YORGOS MAKRIS
ZAGORIWOOD Director/ScreeenwriterΣεναριογράφος, Ηθοποιός, Καλλιτεχνικός Διευθυντής ZAGORIWOOD Δραματική σχολή Πέλου Κατσέλη, υπότροφος Ωδείου Αθηνών, σεμινάρια και εργαστήρια Ελλήνων και ξένων δασκάλων με




