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CALL FOR SHORT FILM PROJECTS FOR BALTIC PITCHING FORUM 2016
Baltic Pitching Forum is a unique platform of networking and bringing the newest short film projects from the Baltics into the spotlight.
This Forum creates a space where film directors and producers can present their short film projects in order to attract active European producers, TV commissioners, fund representatives, festival or VoD programmers and distributors.
The Baltic Pitching Forum consists of one-day pitching training and one-day pitching sessions of the selected projects alongside one-to-one meetings with film professionals from all over Europe.
One of the goals of the Forum is to facilitate interaction, cooperation and co-production between short filmmakers from Baltics and the rest of Europe.
Dates of the event
7-8 October, 2016:
7th October – training session
8th October – pitching session and one-to-one meetings
Eligible applicants
Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian based film directors and/or producers who have finished at least one short film project and are now developing a new project which is:
– fiction or animation short film
– in the development stage
– up to 30 minutes
– oriented to an international audience
Number of selected projects/participants
9 short film projects will be selected by the selection committee (3 projects per country). Up to 2 representatives of each selected project (producer or/ and director) will be invited to take part in the training and pitching sessions.
Application process
The application form is available http://www.filmshorts.lt/bpf-2016/
Application deadline – 15 August, 2016
Selection results – 1 September, 2016
PARTNERS
Vilnius International Short Film Festival (Lithuania)
Riga International Short Film Festival SHORT RIGA (Latvia)
Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS (Latvia)
ShortEst Short Film Agency (Estonia)
Sleepwalkers International Short FilmFestival (Estonia)
SUPPORTERS
NORDEN – Nordic Culture Point
National Film Center of Latvia
Lithuanian Council for Culture
Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Lithuania