Film is a wonderful but expensive medium. FFO wants to give talented filmmakers a helping hand! Are you a film professional and could you use some extra support for the production of your next short film? Sign up for The Sabam Pitch for Professionals.
For whom?
The competition is aimed at:
- Professional directors and screenwriters looking for additional financial resources to complete their short film.
- All genres (fiction, documentary, animation and experimental) are welcome at The Sabam Pitch for Professionals.
How to participate?
Register via our form before December 1, 2024.
Course
The Sabam Pitch for Professionals will take place on February 1, 2025 in De Grote Post. The workshop 'How to Pitch' will take place in the morning. The pitch will take place in the afternoon.
- In the afternoon, the 15 selected projects will be pitched. First, the film fragment of a previous work will be shown (+/- 3 min.), then the maker will pitch the future project in 2 minutes.
- After the pitch, there will be a short feedback from the jury.
- After a short deliberation, the jury will award 5 prizes of 2,000 EUR, in addition to the previously awarded prizes.
Prizes
- In total, a production premium of no less than 10,000 EUR will be donated by Sabam For Cultur
- Of the 15 nominated projects, 5 projects will be awarded a production bonus of 2000 EUR by the jury.
- In addition, Camalux is offering three winners of the pitch a voucher worth 7,500 EUR to rent audiovisual material. This prize will be awarded by the professional jury.
- Flow Postproduction offers one of the projects a post-production package for the completion of the short film in question. This prize is awarded by the professional jury.
- In addition to the amounts mentioned above, the public can, for their own consideration, choose to additionally support the projects. This is done by purchasing tokens that are added in their entirety to the filmmaker's prize pool.
