Expresión en Corto | Pitching Market

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7th INTERNATIONAL PITCHING MARKET

As part of its mission to promote the cinematographic arts within Mexico, as well as raise the international profile of the Mexican film industry while stimulating international coproduction, the Expresión en Corto International Film Festival, the State of Guanajuato, and the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), invite all to participate in the BILATERAL FORUM BETWEEN MEXICO AND ARGENTINA and the 7th annual INTERNATIONAL PITCHING MARKET, to be held during the 13th edition of the EXPRESIÓN EN CORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, from July 29th – 31st, 2010.

The Pitching Market welcomes the participation of producers, directors, distributors, exhibitors and service providers from Argentina, Europe, the United States, Latin America and Mexico. The 7th edition of the Pitching Market focuses on projects that could be co-produced between these territories.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

A. The primary goal of the INTERNATIONAL PITCHING MARKET is to foster direct relationships and contact between Mexican film projects and international film financiers, producers, distributors and exhibitors, with an eye towards cultivating cinematic co-productions.

B. The organizers seek feature-length projects that have the possibilities for coproduction or that are seeking financing for their production.

C. A Committee composed of film industry professionals will select the projects that are best equipped and suited for attracting coproduction investment on an international level, and whose producers demonstrate their preparedness for this possibility. The names of the Selection Committee will be announced once the selection of projects is complete. Their decisions are final and without possibility of appeal.

D. Between 10 and 15 projects from Mexico and 5 to 10 projects from Argentina will be selected. Selected projects will be accredited to participate in the 7th INTERNATIONAL PITCHING MARKET to be held from July 29th — 31st, 2010 during the 13th EXPRESIÓN EN CORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico.

E. During the Pitching Market, representatives of the selected films will be provided with a space where they will be able to meet with and pitch their projects to film industry professionals from Argentina, Mexico, other Latin American countries, Europe and the United States.

F. Participants whose projects are selected are responsible for the costs of attending the Pitching Market, including transportation, lodging and food.

G. The list of selected projects will be released in mid June, via email from the Pitching Market Coordinators, as well as online through the Festival’s website: www.expresionencorto.com. The selected projects’ participants must confirm their attendance directly with the Pitching Market Coordinators by no later than June 30th.

H. REQUIREMENTS

Participants are expected to have a project sufficiently developed to participate in the Pitching Market and are required to provide materials that will be submitted for consideration to the Pitching Market Coordinators. Each Project will submit the following via email:

1.      Cover sheet with

• Title of the film

• Producer's name

• Director's name

• Production contact information

2.      Short synopsis (1 page max) and Long synopsis (3 pages max) in English and Spanish

3.      Script (in shooting language or languages only)

4.      Director's statement and previous work in English and Spanish

5.      Budget and financing plans in English and Spanish

6.      Technical shooting details, including location(s), in English and Spanish

7.      Project status (including committed coproduction partners and talent) in English and Spanish

8.      Director's statement ("Project Pitch" or "Project Merits" – 1 page max) in English and Spanish