Entering its 5th year and running alongside the Edinburgh International Film Festival (15-26 June), the Edinburgh Pitch is the only international documentary pitching forum in Scotland. Independent filmmakers and companies developing and raising finance for creative feature documentaries will pitch their project in front of an international panel.
The Edinburgh Pitch
14 June – 9:30-17:30
The Teviot (Debating Hall) – 13 Bristo Square – Edinburgh EH8 9AJ
Avant (Uruguay) – Tarkiofilm (Dir/Prod: Juan Alvarez Neme – Prod: Virginia Bogliolo)
The Battle for Paradis (France) (Dir/Prod: Hélène Chauvin)
Black Out (UK) – Animal Monday/Odd Girl Out/HSI London (Prod: Kat Mansoor & Clare Neate James – Dir: Eva Weber)
Boys Don’t Dance (Scotland) – Journey Pictures (Dir/Prod: David Street)
The Cause of Progress (Ireland) – Zanzibar Films (Prod: Marie Caffrey – Dir: Chris Kelly)
Despite the Gods (Norway) – House of Gary (Prod: Karina Astrup – Dir: Penelope Vozniak)
Matilda, Adolfo and Alicia (Brazil) – AIE Cinema (Dir/Prod: Gui Castor – Prod: Vivian Gama)
Love Will Carry Us (Finland/France) – Tuffi Films (Prod: Elli Toivoniemi – Dir: Veera Lehto & Maria Seppala)
The Polgar Sisters (Israel) – Lama Films (Prod: Amir Harel – Dir: Yossi Aviram)
Politics in Afghanistan – Being a Woman in Parliament (UK) (Dir/Prod: Zarghona Rassa – Prod: Anne O’Connell)
The Punk Syndrome (Finland) – Mouka Filmi (Prod: Sami Jahnukainen- Dir: Jukka Kärkkäinen & J-P Passi)
The Grind (Scotland) – Intrepid Cinema (Dir/Prod: Mike Day)
Panellists
Leslie Finlay (Creative Scotland), Flora Gregory (Al Jazeera), Charlotte Gry Madsen (DR Sales), Doris Hepp (Arte/ZDF), Andrea Hock (Autlook Film Sales), Simon Kilmurry (POV), Jamie King (VODO), Jo Lapping (BBC Storyville), Catherine Le Clef (Cat & Docs), Anna Miralis (C4/More4), Catherine Olsen (CBC), Wim van Rompaey (Lichtpunt), Jo Roe (BBC Scotland), Jenny Westergard (YLE)
Your Edinburgh Pitch Observer Pass will also allow you to attend Docs in Progress screenings. Selected filmmakers will show 20 minutes of their rough cut and will receive feedback from professionals and observers, focusing on creative decision making and editing.
Docs in Progress
15 June – 14:30-16:30 & 16 June – 10:00-12:00
ECA (Lecture Theatre O17) – 74 Lauriston Place – Edinburgh EH 3 9DF
The Crown Jewel – Dir: Arturo Delgado (Scotland/Spain)
The Cultivation of the Invisible Flower – Dir: Juan Alvarez – Tarkio Films (Uruguay)
Defending Radovan Karadzic – Dir: Aleksandar Nikolic – Perfect Splice/Maya Vision International (UK)
Iboga Nights – Dir: David Graham Scott – Hopscotch Films (Scotland)
For more information on the Edinburgh Pitch or Docs in Progress, email Flore at flore@scottishdocinstitute.com
