Edinburgh Pitch 2023 — Selected Projects

We’re thrilled to unveil the twelve projects selected for the 17th edition of the Edinburgh Pitch. We were truly impressed by the calibre and diversity of this year’s submissions, and we want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the applicants for sharing their projects with us!

The selected projects are:

• 20 Miles Apart (Pakistan)
  Director: Danial Shah
  Producers: Danial Shah & Julianna Ugrin
  (Dastaan Doc Pakistan, Eclipse Film Hungary)

• Acting Classes (Kazakhstan)
  Director: Sasha Shegai
  Producers: Sasha Shegai, Yevgeniya Moreva & Assel Yerzhanova
  (Film Film Film LLP)

• The Fish That Never Swam (UK)
  Director: Kirsty MacKay
  Producer: Jack Archer (Hopscotch Films)

• Fragments of Us (Turkey)
  Director: Grisha Muzurov
  Producer: Yana Yurysheva (Y2Y Film Company)

• Keith & I (UK)
  Director: Katharine Round
  Producers: Katharine Round, Christopher Hird & Lizzie Gillett
  (Disobedient Films, Darmouth Films)

• Prabha (India)
  Director: Vinita Negi
  Producers: Vinita Negi, Anupama Bose & Kyungsoo Han
  (Bricolage Collective Films, Argus Film)

• Queens of Joy (Ukraine)
  Director: Olga Gibelinda
  Producers: Ivanna Khitsinska, Inna Loginova, Anna Machukh & Serge Gordey
  (Quatros Group, Malanka Studios, Temps Noir)

• The Sinister List (France)
  Directors: Xavier Reim & Christophe Abric
  Producers: Christophe Abric & Bruno Fallot
  (La Blogotheque Productions, Fremantle France)

• A State of Emergency (US)
  Directors: Jacob Tschernia & Tomer Slutzky
  Producers: Kirstine Barford & Harry Vaughn
  (Drive Studios, Nordland Pictures, LLC)

• Still Pushing Pineapples (UK)
  Director: Kim Hopkins
  Producer: Margareta Szabo (Labor of Love)

• Super Nature (UK)
  Director: Ed Sayers
  Producers: Rebecca Wolff, Ed Sayers & Beth Allan
  (Nature Hunter Films, Forest of Black)

• Unfiltered (US)
  Director: Chelsi Bullard
  Producers: Chelsi Bullard & Hima B.
  (Intensity Films)

The selected teams will pitch their project to an industry panel on Tuesday 13 June. Confirmed panelists include representatives from SVT, POV / America ReFramed, ARTE La Lucarne, BBC Storyville, MUBI, Netflix, DAE, InDocs, Visions du Réel and many more.

And this year, two cash prizes will be awarded following the event, an Audience Award (£3,000) and an Industry Award (£2,000).

The Edinburgh Pitch is open to Observers and passes are now available here. Space is limited so make sure to book your place soon!

About the Edinburgh Pitch

The Edinburgh Pitch is Scotland’s only public pitching forum and the 2023 edition will take place in person in Edinburgh. The event is aimed at international independent filmmakers and production companies raising finance for ambitious and urgent feature documentaries in late development, production or post-production.

The Edinburgh Pitch is supported by Screen Scotland. The Edinburgh Pitch Audience Award was made possible by the players of the People’s Postcode Lottery

For any further questions, please contact us on edinburghpitch@scotdoc.com.