Pitch Competitions
Win money and win opportunities in our pitch competitions
In 2011, we'll once again be be offering tens of thousands of pounds of funding for development, production and placements in our pitch competitions at Doc/Fest!
These Pitch competitions will be organised at Sheffield Doc/Fest in 2011. Most pitches are now open - click the links below for full information:
Channel 4 First Cut Pitch - Win a 10-12 week placement to direct a half-hour film with a £50,000 budget. For non-London UK filmmakers - THIS PITCH IS NOW CLOSED FOR ENTRIES
Wellcome Trust Pitch - Awards of up to £10,000 that engage the audience with contemporary or historical biomedical science, in an innovative and accessible way. - THIS PITCH IS NOW CLOSED FOR ENTRIES
Crowd Funding Pitch - win however much the crowd donates! (Last year - £2200) - THIS PITCH IS NOW CLOSED FOR ENTRIES
DFG Pitch - This is a fantastic opportunity for six emerging filmmakers to get the chance to pitch their ideas for development funding in front of an industry panel during DFG Day at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011. THIS PITCH IS NOW CLOSED FOR ENTRIES
Mini MeetMarket - a unique opportunity for new and emerging documentary filmmakers to meet executive producers in an informal setting, to get a response on how you pitched it as well as pointers on how it needs developing, where to go next, and how to improve your chances of getting funding - THIS PITCH IS NOW CLOSED FOR ENTRIES
10x10 - 10x10, the free project development workshop, returns to Doc/Fest this year. Three filmmakers will be selected to screen up to 10 minutes of their non-fiction works-in-progress and receive 10 minutes of directed feedback from the audience.
Aspiring presenters from a variety of academic disciplines can enter the Specialist Factual Presenting Pitch
You might also be interested in The Shed Internship - win a 9 month PAID internship at Shed Media, at Watershed TV, the factual entertainment division of Shed. This takes place after Doc/Fest, later in the year.
If you have any general queries about our pitch competitions, please email charlie@sidf.co.uk