MeetMarket – for documentary filmmakers
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applications close soon!
Returning after three successful years, MeetMarket (with international and Australian buyers) will return to Adelaide in February 2009 for the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC).
An initiative of Screen Australia and AIDC, MeetMarket offers Oz documentary makers selected to take part a chance to meet with potential buyers both locally and on the international market.. Submissions are made available to all through MeetMarket’s innovative online portal.
Application requirements posted on Screen Australias website include a two-minute video pitch teaser of their documentary project which will assist selectors in choosing up to 20 projects. The online pitch teasers will then be made available to buyers attending AIDC who will then request meetings with the filmmakers which will take place during the conference.
A Screen Australia media release guarantees successful applicants will have the opportunity to participate in a pitch preparation session the day before the conference commences”.
Entries for selection close this Thursday 20 November 2008 so if you have a very limited time to prepare your submission. If you have already begun preparing a teaser than prospective pitchers are urged to send in their material ASAP.
Guidelines and application forms are available from MeetMarket
MeetMarket at theAustralian International Documentary Conference will take
place 18–22 February 2009 at the Hilton Hotel in Adelaide, South Australia
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Enquiries:
Dale Fairbairn, MeetMarket Manager, Screen Australia
Tel: 02 8113 5980 or 1800 213 099
Email: meetmarket@screenaustralia.gov.au
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