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Program

The AI Storytelling Bootcamp is back in November 2025! Join the next cohort of participants to gain a deep understanding of AI and unleash your creativity.

Whether you’re AI-skeptical, an enthusiast, or a beginner, this AI Bootcamp is tailored for you! Over three days, you’ll explore the impact of generative AI on the audiovisual industry, master the art of crafting prompts and using chatbots to enrich your creative toolbox.

Designed for professionals looking to harness AI in story development, this 3-day bootcamp will give you an in-depth understanding of its role in the creative industry, while addressing its ethical, legal and environmental challenges. Secure your spot to stay at the forefront of innovative storytelling!

This program is held entirely online, via Zoom.

Objectives

  • Master the integration of AI into the creative process.
  • Develop practical skills in AI.
  • Navigate the legal and ethical considerations associated with AI.

Methods

  • Practical workshops.
  • Interactive sessions.
  • Masterclasses with experts.

Program content

  • Foundations of AI for Creatives

Begin your journey with an engaging introduction to artificial intelligence. Explore its concrete applications and discover how generative AI can serve as a creative partner.

  • Main Workshop: I’M YOUR STAFF WRITER

This intensive, hands-on module is the core of the bootcamp. Led by Prof. Romey, a renowned expert in serial storytelling, and Markus Walsch,  a leading innovator in AI-driven creativity, this session focuses on how AI can support, expand, and challenge your creative process in fiction development and text-based creative work. Learn how to use generative AI not just for content creation but also as a creative sparring partner or virtual editorial colleague. Explore how virtual target audiences can be integrated into the development process and test the latest AI tools – from ChatGPT to custom-built bots and AI agent workflows. Tackle key questions like: What can AI do today – and where does it hit its limits? How do we navigate these challenges?

  • Industry Insights

Throughout the bootcamp, you’ll take part in sessions with industry professionals who will introduce additional AI tools and share successes and challenges from the world of screenwriting, production, and creative development.

  • Ethical & Legal Dimensions

Understand the legal and ethical considerations surrounding AI in creative industries.

  • Debrief & Takeaways

Conclude with a practical debrief to reflect on your learning. Leave with concrete skills, useful resources, and a clearer vision of how AI can support your creative work going forward.

Format

  • 3 days over two weeks / 21 hours (timetable subject to change depending on confirmation and availability of experts)

Tuesday November 25 2025, 9:30am-5:30pm CET

Monday December 1st 2025, 11am-7pm CET

Tuesday December 2nd 2025, 9:30am-5:30pm CET

  • Remotely

Speakers of the 2024 edition

The main speakers of the upcoming edition will be announced in June, at the opening of the registrations.

Taç ROMEY
Film and TV producer, director
Markus WALSCH
Writer, journalist, AI storyteller
Martin PICHLMAIR
Professor, entrepreneur
Charlene PUTNEY
writer, teacher
BARTLE
Management consulting firm
Katri MANNINEN
Screenwriter, author
Sofie HVITVED
Senior Advisor and Head of Media at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
Mathilde PAVIS
Legal consultant specialising in Generative Artificial Intelligence for the creative and cultural industries

Key dates

June 17, 2025
Registrations open
November 7, 2025
Registration deadline
Tuesday November 25 / 9:30am-5:30pm CET
AI Storytelling Bootcamp / Day 1
Monday December 1st / 11am-7pm CET
AI Storytelling Bootcamp / Day 2
Tuesday December 2nd / 9:30am-5:30pm CET
AI Storytelling Bootcamp / Day 3

ELIGIBILITY

Screenwriters ; Agents ; Development executives ; Story editors ; Producers

No specific requirements in terms of knowledge or use of AI. No specific project is required.
Participants must have a sufficient level of professional English.

If you have special circumstances, such as a disability, please let us know so that we can discuss your needs. Contact: [email protected]

Fees

1 260 €
Included
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  • checkAccess to the Institute's professional directory, reserved for industry professionals.
language_french Financial aid for French participants

For French participants, depending on your eligibility, all training programmes may be financed by AFDAS or other funding bodies.

More information on funding options here.

language_international Financial aid for international participants

SERIES MANIA INSTITUTE grants partial bursaries of up to 700€ per person to a limited number of PARTICIPANTS from European low-capacity countries*. Bursaries are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, within the limits of the available budget. Applications for bursaries must be submitted through the registration form. This assistance does not constitute a right.

*European low-capacity countries : Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Serbia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.

For other participants, we encourage you to contact local funds or guilds to find out about potential funding.

Registration process

Registration for the next edition of the program is open now!

To register, fill in the online application form online. No specific documents to provide.

Registrations are validated along the way. The pedagogical team will confirm your registration within 5 days after the form submission.

Documents

AI STORYTELLING BOOTCAMP BROCHURE 2025

GENERAL TERMS OF SERVICE AI BOOTCAMP

Partner

The AI Storytelling Bootcamp is supported by the Creative Europe MEDIA program of the European Union.

more information

INSIGHTS FROM OUR ALUMNI

Thierry Faber, Luxembourg

A mindblowing insight into the future.

Claire Dubosc, France

The AI Writer’s Bootcamp challenged my perspective on AI and storytelling in the most enriching way. The combination of expert insights and well-designed interactive sessions made it a truly valuable experience. Yes, I used AI to write this statement, and yet, it’s still entirely me.

Sophia Ayissi Nsegue, Germany

This bootcamp made me feel all the feelings – but I think, that it also cured me from my initial fear of AI, and rather made me curious for the future!

AI STORYTELLING BOOTCAMP IN FIGURES

  • 12 participants trained at the first edition from 6 different countries
  • 8 experts on AI 
  • 100% of the participants of the last edition were satisfied with the program.

Last update: 13/03/2025