Sunday, October 29, 2006

Whistler Film Festival Talks 'Pitch Fest West'




Thursday, November 30, at BC's Maurice Young Millennium Place, this year's Whistler Film Festival
"DOC TALK" presents 'Pitch Fest West', a showcase for the western Canadian documentary and factual production community.

In an interactive setting, eight pre-selected western Canadian doc filmmakers will pitch projects to a round-table of Canadian and international broadcasters for feedback, market advice and potential partnership.

Potential participants will include major Canadian broadcasters, specialty networks and US/international broadcasters/distributors.

The following applicants have been selected to pitch:

"The Art Force" - Bedazzled Pics Inc.
"Downtown Dawgs" - Sleeping Dog Entertainment
"Futureproof"- Lightspeed Productions Ltd
"My American Exodus" - Paperny Films
"One Thousand and One Perfomances" - Northscape Productions
"Saving Seeds" - Insight Documentaries
"Sounds Like Motown" - Barbara Hagar/Aarrow Productions
"The Strait of Anian" - David Henningson/Urgent Service Film, Ltd.

The 6th annual Whistler Film Festival runs November 30 to December 3 and will screen over 80 films.


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