Kalifilm Productions

21/09/2024

✨ Exciting News! ✨

I’m super stoked to share that I’ll be part of The OWL Screenwriting Workshop this October, hosted by the City of Athens & Athens Film Office.

Each year, The OWL trains 10 professional screenwriters with audience-driven scripts for the international market, helping them develop a film or TV series that could take their careers global.

My latest screenplay, Malanoctem, delves into the eerie, the supernatural, and an ancient, chilling legend from my native region of Abruzzo, Italy. The OWL workshop is the perfect place to fine-tune it and prepare it for the international stage.

My gratitude goes to the City of Athens & Athens Film Office for giving me this fantastic opportunity to grow both professionally and artistically.

🖤🦉🇬🇷

https://theowl.afo.events/screenwriting-workshop/

12/09/2024

The third annual event runs October 1-4.

31/07/2024

What are your “5 things I wish someone told me when I first started” and why. Please share a story or example for each.

1. Don’t play it safe. Political correctness is killing art. Art isn’t supposed to make you comfortable — it’s supposed to make you think. 2. Study the classics: literature, architecture, music, etc. These works weren’t made for instant gratification or mindless entertainment; they were meant to tap into the collective unconscious and evoke a feeling of transcendence. They remain superior in scope and power to most contemporary productions, whether we admit it or not. Read Aristotle’s “Poetics.” 3. Use your right brain. In art, intuition and imagination are far more powerful than logic. Many writers get stuck because they over-analyze everything. Get in the flow and enjoy it. 4. Be mindful. You are not your thoughts. If you cannot feel into this essential truth, you have nothing of significance to say to the world. Read “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle. 5. Build authentic, kind, compassionate relationships with the people you collaborate with. Not to squeeze something out of them — money, favors, etc. — but out of genuine interest and empathy. Success is absolutely worthless if you don’t have loved ones to share it with.

30/07/2024

We're thrilled to announce that our founder, Lara Celenza, has been featured in Authority Magazine! In her interview with Susan Johnston, "5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I First Became A Filmmaker," Lara shares valuable insights and stories from her filmmaking journey. Check it out here: https://medium.com/authority-magazine/lara-celenza-5-things-i-wish-someone-told-me-when-i-first-became-a-filmmaker-15613f23d2c1

An Interview With Susan Johnston

20/07/2024

I am delighted to announce that I have won the Distinctly Independent Fellowship at Writers Boot Camp and will be attending their screenwriting mentorship program starting on July 27, 2024. I based my application on the value of authenticity, expressing my views and telling my personal story without any embellishment or distortion. I'm glad my honesty paid off. I encourage fellow writers to be themselves and not to be afraid to speak their truth, even if their views might not be popular or mainstream. You will naturally align with people who resonate with your values and can see your worth and potential. My gratitude goes out to Jeffrey Gordon and Brad Miller of Writers Boot Camp. I am looking forward to honing my screenwriting skills!

https://writersbootcamp.com/distinctly-independent-fellowship-2024-winners/