It can be tough out there sometimes, but our magical Rocaberti Writers’ Retreats, where deals get made, films are produced and the networking lasts for a lifetime, offer a more supportive and collaborative way to get your novel or screenplay onto the big screen!
Our incredibly popular retreats are residential, all-inclusive events held in medieval 14th century castles in France, Spain and Italy. We purposefully keep the numbers small (a maximum of 16 writers per retreat, individually paired with each of the 4 industry mentors) to ensure exclusive, personalized attention for your project.
Our top Hollywood and film industry mentors include Oscar-winning writers, film producers, Hollywood agents, and top studio executives who have worked with Paramount, Disney, NBC, The Gersh Agency and 20th Century Fox, to name but a few.
Attending a Rocaberti Retreat immediately makes you part of a supportive network that’s ongoing and also offers a real chance of landing a deal for your project.
Within the last two years alone, an average of 30% of writers who have attended a Rocaberti Retreat now have their project in development with a mentor who they met at the retreat.
Attendees have called our retreats, “A magical, miraculous event”, “The experience of a lifetime”, “The best decision I’ve ever made” and “Life-changing.”
Partial Scholarships are awarded to successful applicants and, following a call with our founder, Claire Elizabeth Terry, are personally matched with the best mentor and retreat for their project.
Each writer is then invited to attend a retreat at either the Spanish or Italian castle. At each retreat there will be a maximum of 16 writers and 4 industry mentors.
The scholarship includes 5 nights' (Spain) or 7 nights' (Italy) accommodation at the castle, all meals and drinks and all tuition.
Successful applicants will receive a partial scholarship of 2,500 euros towards the normal retreat fees of 6,495 euros.