Sheffield Doc/Fest Marketplace Producer, Charlie Phillips, writes to say that submissions for this year's main market event, The Meet Market, have gone "haywire," with loads of projects coming in. There are, however, five other pitch forums that take place during the festival.
Canada's National Film Board (NFB) will have the Crossmedia Pitch. They're looking for innovative, interactive, socially engaging projects with applications for mobile and broadband. The theme is "Migrations," and the prize for the best pitch will be C$5,000. The deadline for submissions is the 9th of October.
The Wellcome Trust Pitch, with a very generous prize of £10,000, is looking for documentary films, games and other online ideas around health, biology or medical themes, also with a deadline of October 9.
The Channel 4 pitch prize comes with a 10 - 12 week commitment to direct a 30-minute film with a £50,000-budget for the channel's critically-acclaimed doc strand, "First Cut." The deadline for applications is September 25.
The Mini MeetMarket is for emerging filmmakers looking for advice on their projects-in-development and executive producers. That deadline is October 14.
Lastly, Current TV will host a pitch forum with a prize of £5,000 for the best ideas on UK-based, investigative current affairs pieces. The deadline is October 16.
So start shuttling all those brilliant ideas over there. Information and other details for all pitches, plus details on the main market, are on the Sheffield site. Click on "Marketplace." Good luck!
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