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July 21 - 23: Yorkshire Pitch Workshop

Sheffield Doc/Fest is inviting documentary producers and filmmakers from Yorkshire and the North West to take part in a special FREE workshop over three days from July 21 - 23 in Sheffield, offering complete preparation for getting your factual project funded internationally. This workshop is open to all levels of experience from New Entrants to established producers and directors, but participants must be based in the Screen Yorkshire (Yorkshire and Humber) or North West Vision regions.

This workshop is an intensive introduction to all of the Marketplace and pitching activities at Doc/Fest, and to wider opportunities in international documentary pitching and funding. It is an exclusive window into the priorities of the international documentary market and a chance to pitch your ideas to the Doc/Fest team, develop your projects and presentation style, and prepare for getting international support from funders.

Projects can be at any stage of development. Last year’s workshops led directly to 7 of the 21 UK projects eventually selected for MeetMarket. There are also many other opportunities to pitch your project at Sheffield if you are not in the MeetMarket and this workshop will help you prepare for all the market opportunities at the festival. For further information, see the website.

Places for this workshop are very limited. To express interest, email Doc/Fest’s Marketplace Producer .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with a one-page pitch for a factual/documentary project and brief information about yourself.

This workshop has been made possible through the kind support of Screen Yorkshire & North West Vision & Media.

Starts	July 21 2009
Ends / Deadline	July 23 2009
Homepage	http://internationaldocumentaryfestivalsheffieldltd.cmail2.com/t/y/l/hhvyk/bddkytk/h
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