Britdoc and Docubox partner on African pitching forum

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Wed, 22 Jul 2015 12:40

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On 19 July a new joint initiative between UK-based documentary organisation Britdoc and the East African documentary film funder Docubox was announced at Durban Filmmart (DFM), part of the Durban International Film Festival. The two organisations are collaborating to produce the pitching forum Good Pitch 2 Kenya, which will connect Africa s best social justice documentaries with new partners and funders. Good Pitch is a project of Britdoc in partnership with the Ford Foundation and Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program.

Since 2009, Good Pitch has been bringing together documentary filmmakers with foundations, NGOs, campaigners, philanthropists, policymakers, brands and media around leading social and environmental issues to forge coalitions and campaigns that are good for all these partners, good for the films and good for society.

The Good Pitch 2 programme was developed in 2011 to enable regional organisations to host their own Good Pitch 2 events. In 2015 there are Good Pitch programmes operating in the US, Europe, Australia, South East Asia, Argentina and now Kenya.

Good Pitch 2 Kenya will be taking place in Nairobi in October 2016. It will feature up to seven filmmaking teams which will pitch their feature documentary and its associated audience engagement campaign to a live audience of funders and changemakers. Once selected, these teams will receive sustained mentorship and professional development over the course of a year. This will include two campaign development workshops, taking place right after project selection and again on the eve of the live event.

The organisers are looking for six independent film teams from across the African continent, which are ready to join the 2015/16 programme. Interested participants should take note of the following submission guidelines:

Films that tackle a significant national or global issue or have something important to show us about the world and ourselves

Film teams who are looking for partnerships and funding to help their film create change around

leading social and environmental issues

Films that are currently in production and will be 60 minutes in length when finished

English-speaking filmmakers who are citizens of an African country

The call for entries is now open and will close on 2 November 2015.

To find out more information and apply, visit the Good Pitch website.

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