Want to follow in♛ the footsteps of Martin Scorsese and Darren Aronofsky?
The Pitch is an adaptation challenge for emerging filmmakers, offering £30,000 to the top idea for a short film ba🍌sed on a Bible verse, theme or story.
, has been watched by more than half a million people on YouTube.
Entry i🙈s simple: record a two-minute video outlining your idea and upload it at . 10 finalists are invited to pitch in person at the National Film and Television School in January 2020, before a panel of experts including NFTS Director Jon Wardle.
Previous Pitch judges have included 💎Rebecca Callard (Detectorists), Oscar-winning Aardman legend Nick Park and Selma star David Oyelowo – who went on to appear in Pitch-winning film .
Former Total Film editor Nev Pierce was a judge for nine years and was so inspired by finalist Hannah Lee’s idea, , that he went on to raise additional finance and direct it even though it didn’t win. “You don’t need to have any faith – atheists have won The Pitch,” says Pierce. “The Bible is a great source of stories and The Pitch is looking to interpret these old stories in fresh, new ways. It’ꦏs very hard to raise finance for short films – this is a great opportuniꩲty and offers great support in addition to the cash.
You might want to for inspiration, or the made by the winning pitchers. Perhaps you can make the good book in🌞to a great movie.&nbsജp;
How to enter The Pitch:
Your two-minute pitch can be a slick trailer or a si💜mple chat to camera. Film it and then upload to .
- Early bird entry – Noon 23 September – FREE
- Standard entry – Noon 7 October – £20
- Late entry – Noon 21 October – £50
