What makes a good presentation? Is it personality, passion, good ideas, good video? In this session you’ll witness three independent filmmakers pitch their films ideas to a panel of experts, including national program executives. The panelists, in turn, will critique each pitch, citing the successful, and not-so-successful, elements. Whether you’re pitching or not, you’ll want to attend this session. It will help you evaluate the choices you’ll make in your next pitch - in real life - when it really counts!

Panelists include:
• Ryan Harrington, Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund & Independent Producer
• Cynthia López, P.O.V.
• Suzanne Lyons, Snowfall Films
• Fernanda Rossi, The Doc Doctor
• Kathryn Washington, ITVS

Moderated by Judith Vecchione, WGBH.

Submit your idea for a chance to pitch to the experts!

Submit your pitch for review by May 14th. The conference organizers and panelists will review the submissions and select three applicants to pitch. If your submission is selected, you will have FIVE minutes to convey the best impression you can about your film project and receive constructive feedback from our panel of experts and audience members. As in real life, you can use that time to talk, show a clip of your work, or both — as long as the total pitch lasts FIVE MINUTES!

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
1. E-mail us a short treatment or proposal (no longer than one page) of a project you would like to present and include why you feel your project is worthy. It can be either a work you have recently completed, a work-in-progress, or a new idea you would like to pursue.

2. Include your name, email address, mailing address, and phone number

3. Specify whether your project is a documentary or narrative film

Send via email to: Jen [at] filmmakerscollab [dot] org

Submissions must be received by May 14th, 2008.

Whether you’re pitching or not, you’ll want to attend this session. It will help you evaluate the choices you’ll make in your next pitch - in real life - when it really counts!