DOCNZ Pitching Forum - DEADLINE EXTENDED
Following the success of previous Pitching Forums, DOCNZ is pleased to open submission for
DOCNZ 2010 Pitching Forum.
The DOCNZ Pitching Forum will allow selected filmmakers to pitch their project to a panel of local and overseas commissioning editors, buyers and other funders sitting together in a documentary specific pitching forum.
The 4th DOCNZ Pitching Forum is now open for applications. Up to twelve filmmaking teams will
be selected. There will be a masterclass on pitching prior to the Pitching Forum which selected
applicants are invited to attend.
This is a significant opportunity for independent filmmakers to put forward their ideas for
documentaries with more universal themes to local and overseas commissioners and buyers and to
make important new contacts. For the Panel, it provides them an opportunity to hear of new and
exciting projects. Observers will be able to hear international commissioning priorities direct from the
decision‐makers as well as to watch & learn from the pitching process.
Submissions are now open and must reach our offices no later than 4pm on Friday, 15 Jan 2010.
DOCNZ seeks projects that are challenging and innovative in its subject matter as well as the treatment
and delivery.
The Documentary NZ Trust
DOCNZ Pitching Forum
PO Box 90943
AMSC
Auckland 1142
++ 64 9 36 00 329 or summit@docnz.org.nz
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The Documentary New Zealand TrustThe Documentary New Zealand Trust
Is a non-for-profit charitable organization that advocates and promotes the importance of documentary films and filmmaking in New Zealand to our creative, business and wider communities. The Trust organizes the Documentary Edge Festival and Documentary Edge Forum and Pitching Forum.
Documentary Edge Festival is Australasia's only international competitive documentary film festival held annually in New Zealand and showcases the very best documentary film from New Zealand and around the World. The festival runs from late February and includes an Awards Night, Q&A sessions with filmmakers, social functions and more.
Documentary Edge Forum is a 3-day industry event runs at the same time of Documentary Edge Festival. It includes master-classes, seminars and panels. A key event of the Forum is a Pitching Forum attended by overseas commissioners, buyers and sales agents where selected projects are pitched with an opportunity to earn a commission or co-production funding. Documentary Edge also examine the innovations and challenges facing the documentary filmmaking industry so as to better equip our filmmakers. The Forum is place to learn and network with local and international professionals from the industry.
The Trust is also developing the establishment of Documentary Edge Campus, a Resouce Centre for documentaries in Auckland.
