Write your story where the Aegean meets the page.
A two-week screenwriting workshop on the island of Sifnos, led by award-winning screenwriter Neil Landau. Small group, daily sessions, leaving plenty of time for writing.
Two weeks to finish what you started.
Maybe you have a feature script stuck in its second act. A TV pilot that needs a series engine. Or an idea you haven't dared to start.
The Aegean Writers' Workshop gives you fourteen days on Sifnos with one of the best screenwriting teachers working today. Small group sessions take place early afternoon leaving you with plenty of time to write. By the end of the workshop you will leave with a completed feature or pilot.
Enrollment is limited to 8 writers.
Neil Landau
Screenwriter, producer, author, teacher, mentor. Neil taught screenwriting at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television for more than twenty years, where he was Associate Director of the MFA Writing for Television program. Neil is now a Professor in the University of Georgia's MFA in Film, Television and Digital Media. Neil won a Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the animated feature Tad: The Lost Explorer.
- Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
- Melrose Place
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
- Tad: The Lost Explorer
- Capture the Flag
- 101 Things I Learned in Film School
This workshop is for you if…
- You're developing a feature film, TV pilot or have an idea you want to shape.
- You are ready to roll up your sleeves and work with other talented writers in a small-group environment.
- You want structured, honest feedback from a working professional, not just encouragement.
Everything you need to write.
Daily small-group sessions
Three-hour afternoon group workshops with Neil, built around your own pages.
One-on-one consultations
Two private sessions with Neil on your project, one each week.
14 nights' lodging
A room at Hotel Alexandros in Platis Gialos, 500 feet from the beach.
Breakfast & group dinners
Daily breakfast buffet on the terrace and shared dinners at island tavernas.
Summer 2027
Two weeks of workshops, writing and island life at Hotel Alexandros, Sifnos, with Neil Landau.
- Dates
- Sat 29 May – Sun 13 June 2027
- Mentor
- Neil Landau
- Venue
- Hotel Alexandros, Platis Gialos
- Group
- 8 writers maximum
- Price
- $9,000
Sifnos, 29 May – 13 June
Fourteen days in Sifnos with Neil Landau. One group of eight writers. Staying 500 feet from the longest sandy beach on the island.
Session at a glance
Arrive on Saturday, May 29th and after the first workshop have a welcome dinner. Workshops run daily across both weeks. Depart Sunday, June 13 after breakfast.
- Arrive
- Saturday 29 May 2027
- Depart
- Sunday 13 June 2027
- Length
- 15 nights · daily workshops
- Mentor
- Neil Landau
- Venue
- Hotel Alexandros, Platis Gialos, Sifnos
- Price
- $9,000
You get to spend each day writing
The group meets from 1 to 4 pm, leaving the rest of the day free for you to write.
Neil Landau
Neil Landau is a Professor in the University of Georgia's MFA in Film, Television and Digital Media. Before that he spent more than twenty years teaching screenwriting at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television, where he was a Professor and Associate Director of the MFA Writing for Television program.
His credits include the cult comedy Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, along with Melrose Place, Doogie Howser, M.D., The Magnificent Seven, The Secret World of Alex Mack and drama pilots for CBS, ABC, Warner Bros. and Disney. He served for several years as Executive Script Consultant in the international divisions of Sony Pictures Television and Columbia Pictures.
In animation, Neil co-wrote Tad: The Lost Explorer, one of the highest-grossing films in Spanish history, which earned him a Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also co-wrote Capture the Flag for Paramount and Sheep & Wolves.
He is the author of 101 Things I Learned in Film School, The Screenwriter's Roadmap, The TV Showrunner's Roadmap and TV Writing on Demand, and has taught workshops at La Fémis in Paris, Met Film School in London and film schools from Santiago to Shanghai. His former students include the creators of Pose and Absentia.
Hotel Alexandros, Platis Gialos
A family-run hotel of about fifty rooms spread across six whitewashed buildings on a hillside, laid out like a small Cycladic village with stone walls, terraces and gardens. It sits 500 feet from Platis Gialos, the island's best-known sandy beach, with its shops and tavernas.
Writers have a pool and pool bar, a breakfast terrace looking out over the bay, wireless internet throughout, and quiet corners of garden to write in. A bus stop right outside connects to the capital, Apollonia, and the rest of the island.
Reaching Sifnos
Most writers fly into Athens and take a fast ferry from the port of Piraeus to Kamares, the island's harbor. The trip takes roughly three hours in early summer; conventional ferries take longer. From Kamares it's about a 20-minute drive to the hotel.
Once your place is confirmed, we'll send ferry timetables, recommended connections and arrange your transfer from Kamares on arrival day.
How applications work
- Contact us and we will provide you with an application form.
- We will review your application and get back to you.
- If you are accepted, we will provide you with payment details so you can secure your spot.
The workshop price is $9,000. All payments are non-refundable. Pricing assumes single-room occupancy but you can have your partner join you for $2,000. Should you be unable to attend, please notify us as soon as possible. We will make every reasonable effort to assist you in finding a replacement participant, although we cannot guarantee that a replacement will be found.
Applications
Tell us about yourself and the project you'd like to bring to Sifnos.
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