Now in its 12th year, The Edinburgh Pitch is running alongside the Edinburgh International Film Festival (20 June-1 July). Independent filmmakers and companies developing and raising finance for creative feature documentaries will pitch their project in front of an international panel on Tuesday 19th of June.

Join us to find inspiration, learn how to present your project on an international platform and be amongst the first to discover some exciting new projects from the four corners of the documentary world!

This year’s selected projects are:
The Cave – Danish Documentary Production (Denmark)
Diagnonsense – Mattima films (Norway)
Eminent Monster – Hopscotch Films (UK)
Gentle Warriors – Moonmakers / Vesilind (Lithuania / Estonia)
Girls of Cults – The Forest of Black (UK)
HorseMen – AHP (UK)
I Am Free – New Paradise Productions (France)
Into the Bank – Film and Tell (Sweden)
Morgana – House of Gary (Australia)
Natalie 123: A Stolen Childhood – Laika Film & Television / Radio Film (Sweden / UK)
Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché – Polydoc Films Ltd (UK)
The Primate Citizen – Boda Media Group (South Korea)

The organisations that will be represented on our panel will be: ARTE GEIE, Autlook Filmsales, BBC Scotland, BBC Storyville, CAT&Docs, Creative Scotland, DocPoint Festival, Doc Society, Dogwoof, DR Sales, IDFA, Met Film Distribution, National Film Board of Canada, Picturehouse Cinemas, POV, Sheffield Doc/Fest and SVT .

Observers are also welcome, this is a great opportunity to learn more about TV commissioning and the international landscape for documentaries and you may pick up some expert advice that’s relevant to your project! Note: Observer Passes are now SOLD OUT!

For any further question, please contact us on edinburghpitch@scotdoc.com or 0131 651 5760

The Edinburgh Pitch is supported by Creative Scotland and the University of Edinburgh.