Al Jazeera Pitching Forum Call at the 7 Encounters Documentary Festival

Al Jazeera Pitching Forum Call at the 17th Encounters Documentary Festival

Encounters, in partnership with Al Jazeera, is calling African filmmakers to submit proposals for the Al Jazeera Pitching Forum taking place in Johannesburg during the 17th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival on 10th June 2015.

Encounters is pleased to announce that it will host the 4th Al Jazeera Pitching Session and a maximum of 12 African filmmakers will be selected to pitch to Al Jazeera commissioning editors.

The Call is open to projects at any stage of development or production and Encounters is offering a limited number of travel grants to selected African filmmakers from outside Johannesburg and South Africa.

Each filmmaker selected will have a maximum of seven minutes to pitch their film, with an additional 7 minutes allocated for feedback and questions from the Al Jazeera commissioning editor. Projection equipment will be provided for those that have DVDs or other visual presentations to augment their pitch.

Pitching Workshop

All filmmakers who have been selected to pitch must be available for a one-day pitching workshop that will take place the day before the Pitching Forum.

These filmmakers will have an opportunity to discuss their pitch with an experienced filmmaker who will serve as a Tutor. The Tutor will assist filmmakers to hone their ideas, the structure of their stories in order for them to present a well-constructed pitch to the panel. During the workshop, the tutor will provide inside knowledge on working with Al Jazeera.

Al Jazeera Networking Session

Encounters will also host an Al Jazeera information and networking session before the Pitch program begins.

Submission Details:

Interested parties should send not more than:

A one-page synopsis of their film

A one-page biography of the filmmaker and producer, including complete contact details (telephone number, city of residence, home and work addresses)

One page of further background information and/or visual treatment of the subject.

A brief motivation for a travel grant to attend the Pitching Forum, if applicable

Links to previous works and promo of proposal, if available.

To:

festival@encounters.co.za on or before 4pm (South African time), Tuesday 2nd June 2015.

Any questions can be sent to the email address or call 021 4615962

The 17th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival takes place from 4 -15 June 2015 in Cape Town and Johannesburg. The Festival is supported by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, National Film and Video Foundation South Africa, Bertha Foundation, Al Jazeera, Wesgro, City of Cape Town, The Times and HCI Foundation

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