Screenwriters from Centraland
chances of finding a producer to come onboard their projectthanks to the
CentralEuropean Pitch Forum (CEPF) initiative which was unveiled at the Pecs InternationalFilm Festival in
The event, which is to beheld for the first time in
According to FadeIn's GaborKrigler and Balazs Lovas, the Pitch Forum would be 'open for screenwritersand/or writer-directors who do not yet have a producer attached to theirprojects. Indeed, the prime objective of the forum is to facilitate meetingsbetween talented writers and producers who can help them realise theirprojects.'
The call for projects waslaunched at the festival in
individual screenwriters and production teams with a projectfrom the newest EU member states (
An international panel ofscript doctors will analyse the submissions - which
have to be at least at first draft stage - and select 12screenplays to be presented in
The CEPF will be held overtwo days, the first day being devoted to the participants honing their pitchingskills before the actual forum of 12
half-hour pitches. At the end of the second day, the invitedproducers will
award a cash prize and further script consultation for themost outstanding and promising screenplay presented at the CEPF.
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