Jane Campion

Source: Screen File

Jane Campion

Jane Campion, Richard Linklater, Radu Jude and Ali Abbasi are among the advisors and special guests taking part in the 2025 Oxbelly screenwriting and literary retreat in Greece.

The event takes place on June 28–July 6 at Costa Navarino in Messinia and includes programs for writers working in film and literary fiction.

Golden Bear-winner Jude leads the screenwriters program –  for writers working on their second features - with eight fellows selected this year. The full list of screenwriting fellows is below.

Other advisors or guests taking part include directors Annemarie Jacir and Kleber Mendonça Filho, and UK producer Tanya Seghatchian.

The lab was founded in 2015 by Greek producer Christos V. Konstantakopoulos’ Faliro House, which had previously run the Mediterranean Screenwriters Workshop led by artistic director Athina Tsangari, in partnership with the Sundance Institute.

Partners include Faliro House, Costa Navarino and Captain Vassilis & Carmen Constantakopoulos Foundation, Anonymous, Grace Lay of LinLay Productions, Greg Beauchamp of Bindery Films, Ann Lewnes, and Funa Maduka of palmtrees.

2025 Oxbelly screenwriting program fellows

  • Fradique - Hold Time For Me (Angola)
  • Vatche Boulghourjian - The Marches (Lebanon/USA)
  • Ana Endara & Pilar Moreno -Victoria in the Clouds (Panama, Spain)
  • Amanda Nell Eu - Lotus Feet (Malaysia)
  • Yorgos Goussis & Vassilis Danellis - African Grey (Greece)
  • Federico Luis & Matías Fernández Burzaco -The Dog Trainer (Argentina/Italy, Argentina)
  • Christina Tynkevych All Clear (Ukraine)
  • David Vajda Egon Buys Air Conditioning (Working Title) (Germany/Austria)

2025 Oxbelly Advisors and Special Guests

  • Ali Abbasi (Iran/Denmark)
  • Michael Almereyda (USA)
  • Kenzie Allen (USA)
  • Dimitris Athiridis (Greece)
  • Ishmael Beah (Sierra Leone/USA)
  • Jane Campion (New Zealand)
  • Maura Delpero (Italy)
  • Nicole Dennis-Benn (Jamaica)
  • David Ebershoff (USA)
  • Ben Frost (Australia/Iceland)
  • Adrian Ghenie (Romania)
  • Annemarie Jacir (Palestine)
  • Radu Jude (Romania)
  • Katie Kitamura (USA)
  • Emilie Lesclaux (France)
  • Richard Linklater (USA)
  • Alexandra Matheou (Cyprus)
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil)
  • Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria)
  • Olivier Père (France)
  • Fiammetta Rocco (France/UK)
  • Emma Shercliff (UK)
  • Tanya Seghatchian (UK)
  • Namwali Serpell (Zambia/USA)
  • Eva Stefani (Greece)
  • Eskil Vogt (Norway)
  • Emily Wilson (USA)
  • Gaby Wood (UK)

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