The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation and the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program have announced the launch of the Good Pitch UK. The session will be held in London on September 7 & 8, 2009. Deadline for applying is July 6, 2009.
The Good Pitch brings together inspiring social-purpose film projects and a group of expert participants from charities, foundations, brands and media to form powerful alliances around groundbreaking films. The call for film projects is now open.
The Good Pitch UK is aimed at British or British-based directors and producers with an ambition to work in partnership to harness the power of documentary to create positive change.
It will showcase up to 8 documentary film projects, each with an associated outreach campaign, which tackle important global and national issues and enhance our understanding of the world.
The first Good Pitch was held in July 2008 at the BRITDOC Film Festival in Oxford and again at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in May 2009 and included participation from organizations like Greenpeace, Amnesty International, ITVS, The Times Newspaper, Gucci Tribeca Fund, Hartley Film Foundation, Fledgling Fund, MySpace, YouTube, American Civil Liberties Union, BBC, Channel 4, MacArthur Foundation, Human Rights Watch, UNICEF, PBS and Witness.
In London the Good Pitch is being held in association with the One World Media, which is dedicated to increasing global understanding through the effective use of media. The Good Pitch UK is done in collaboration with Working Films UK and will be hosted by Amnesty International at their East London auditorium.
For more information and to apply visit
britdoc.org/goodpitch |
