The selection of participants was made by a committee from ARTE/France television, who supports the project.They were tutored by John Appel, Jeroen Berkvens, Nino Kirtadze and Tania Rakhmanova. Films produced in previous years of Aristoteles Workshop were selected and awarded on festivals such as Cannes, Locarno, Nyon and Leipzig.
The workshop ended on 21 September after a month spent by the 12 participants from Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Slovenia and Hungary in the beautiful village of Vama, in Suceava county.