Film Impact
Academy
ASMO in partnership with Slum Film Festival has organized this year a Film Impact Academy and a Heart-To-Heart pitch forum that is set to happen during this year’s Slum Film Festival to be held on August 2019. Towards this end Mr. Floor Koomen a seasoned Creative Director from the Netherlands with ample experience in Africa (Kenya) will shape the first edition of the Heart-To-Heart Pitch Forum
THE GOAL
To create a lasting platform on which ‘content buyers and distributors’, such as, mainstream media, Film distributors and NGOs, and, filmmakers can exchange on buying and selling creative and relevant content for mutual benefit.
THE OBJECTIVES
Film Professionals are trained to pitch their ideas and productions
Film Professionals network and get to know and inspire each other.
The market meets the Filmmaker
The steps towards the Heart -To – Heart Pitch Forum.
1. Call for entries
Write to habari@mediagrassroots.org to get a chance to attend the impact academy and get an opportunity to pitch your idea to content buyers and distributors, as well as, Film funders
DEADLINE | 18TH AUGUST 2019
2. The Selection
Selection will be done based upon the maturity of the plan, the motivation of the filmmakers, an assessment of the expected quality of the team and the production and compatibility with the needs of the Content buyers and distributors.
The selection will be done by a Jury of 3 people
As soon as the choices are made, the filmmakers are informed and invited to the Big 5 Impact Academy A short summary of the proposed productions is written and send to the Content buyers and distributors before the event.
3. Big 5 Impact Academy
A two-day workshop for the filmmakers in which a team led by Mr. Floor Koomen a seasoned Creative Director from the Netherlands will guide the potential Pitchers in putting together their presentations. The Impact Academy is based on the Big 5 Media Method that was designed and written by Floor.
It provides a step-by-step approach and involving the following 5 Steps:
- The Goal of Pitch
- The Target Audience
- The Creative Idea and means
- The Step-by-step presentation written down in minutes
- The Final Check
The Big 5 Impact Academy result will be a well-prepared presentation to the content buyers and distributors. Filmmakers that fail to produce a satisfactory presentation are liable to be removed from the program.
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