Pitches & Trainings

Pitching sessions and training programs can contribute to the realization of short film projects at all stages of production. This page provides some examples. The list does not claim to be exhaustive. Current updates and further details can be found on the respective project websites.

Project Pitch for Producers

• Euro Connection
  Project pitch for producers planning a short film project as a European co-production.
  Estimated deadline: October

• Brussels CoProMarket – Short Film Sessions
  Project pitch and networking sessions for European producers seeking a Belgian co-production and Belgian producers seeking a European co-production.
  Estimated deadline: February

• Filmer Forge Pitch
  Project pitch for producers and rights holders looking for production, co-production, funding, and development opportunities for their current or upcoming short film.
  Estimated deadline: May
  

Script Pitch

• interfilm Script Lab and Pitch
  Screenplay pitch
  Previous participants: https://shorts-connect.com/script-pitch/
  Estimated deadline: June

Project Pitch

• European Short Pitch: Works in Progress
  Project pitch and workshop program for short films already in production.
  Estimated deadline: February

• European Short Pitch: Works in Development
  Project pitch and workshop program for short films in development
  Estimated deadline: September

• Kontakttag MDM
  Project pitch and workshop program for projects from Central Germany.
  Estimated deadline: March

• Pitching Lab Drama
  Project pitch and workshop program.
  Estimated deadline: April

• FEST - Pitching Forum: MAKE IT SHORT
  Project pitch and workshop program for projects at all development stages.
  Estimated deadline: April

• DOK Short’n’Sweet
  Project pitch for animated and documentary films.
  Estimated deadline: August
    
• SHORTO FILM MARKET: Think Outside the Keyframe
  Filmpitch for international distribution
  Estimated deadline: August

Project Pitch for Animation

• Mifa Pitches
  Project pitch for animated films.
  Estimated deadline: January

• CEEA Forum
  Project pitch and networking sessions for animation projects already in production.
  Estimated deadline: April

• FAB Pitch 
  Project pitch for animated films.
  Estimated deadline: Mai

• SHORTO FILM MARKET: Think Outside the Keyframe
  Project pitch for animated films.
  Estimated deadline: July

General Talent Development

• Go Short - Producers Campus 
  Producer development program
  Estimated deadline: February
  
  
• Vienna Shorts – Talent Days
  Talent development program
  Estimated deadline: February
   
• Locarno Filmmakers Academy
  Talent development program
  Estimated deadline: April
  
  
• The RIFF Talent Lab
  Talent development program
  Estimated deadline: July
  
  
• Berlinale Talents
  Talent development program
  Estimated deadline: September
   
• Rotterdam Creators Lab
  Talent development program (submission via German Films)
  Estimated deadline: November
  
  
• T-Port TalentBridge
  Talent development program
  Varying deadlines 

• ENCOURAGE Film Talents
  Talent development program DACH region
  Varying deadlines 

Project Development Program

• Usina de Guiones Breves
  Screenwriting program for Spanish-Language Short Films in Germany
  Estimated deadline: April

• MIDPOINT
  Screenwriting and project development program for fiction films.
  Estimated deadline: June

• MASO - Short Film Training Programme
  Creative teams get the opportunity to develop short film projects under the guidance of international experts.
  Estimated deadline: June

• Animation Lab DOK Leipzig
  Lab for professional producers who are developing their first animated documentary
  Estimated deadline: July
   
• CineSud - Directors Village
  Screenwriting and project development program for feature films.
  Estimated deadline: December