Call for entries: The National Pitch 2011
Screen Development Australia in association with its state-based organisations is calling for entries for competition, The National Pitch 2011.
The winner of the competition will represent Australia at the Motion Picture Association (MPA) Asia Pacific partners with the China International Copyright Expo (CICE) Film Workshop in Beijing to compete at an international level against 13 representatives from other territories in the Asia Pacific region.
However, entrants must first win their state rounds.
Metro Screen’s Network Coordinator Craig Boreham told Encore, “It’s not about pitching a production so much – it might be: a producer pitching themselves or their slate; they might be looking to move into the long form because they’re experience in shorts has led to success at various film festivals; It might be a director who has the project they want to make; a scriptwriter to discuss their various ideas. It’s for someone ready to sell themselves as the voice of future Australian cinema.”
The MPA CICE Workshop brings together film industry professionals and emerging filmmakers from the Asia/Pacific region to provide a forum for exchanging ideas on the craft, business and technology of filmmaking through script workshops, digital workshops, production workshops and the pitching event.
Recent co-productions with Asia such as Bait with Singapore, and 33 Postcards with China highlight the importance of building relationships with the Asia/Pacific region. As Boreham said, “It’s a big market opening up. It’s a great chance to meet with established people.”
Australians present will include Kokoda and Sanctum director Alister Grierson, Pauline Chan (33 Postcards), John Polson and Syd Ganis who’s been an executive of Warner Bros, and Paramount.
Applications to enter the state rounds of the National Pitch close 22 August.
For more information, visit The National Pitch 2011.
