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The Yukon Film Society is pleased to announce the TENTH annual ALFF Pitch Event, as part of the Available Light Film Festival.
The Pitch Event will be held in-person on Saturday February 8th in Whitehorse as part of the ALFF Industry Forum. Six creative teams will have 5 minutes each to pitch their ideas for short, one-off documentaries, experimental and fiction productions.
The jury selected winner will receive $7,500 cash and $5000 in-kind production services and equipment towards the production of the film. The ALFF Pitch Prize is sponsored by Northwestel Community
Television and the Yukon Film Society.
We are looking for projects with a cohesive, strong vision that can be completed in the allotted delivery schedule (winning films must be delivered by April 30, 2026).
Projects can be up to 15 minutes in length.
Projects can be a pilot episode of a web series but must stand on its own as a one-off film.
Projects selected to pitch will be evaluated for creative content, career and artistic growth, project feasibility and likelihood of the film finding its audience.
The producer and copyright owner must be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident or Landed Immigrant, over the age of 18, to be eligible to receive a pitch prize. At minimum, one member of the key creative team (writer, director, producer) must be a Yukon resident.
Winning films must be delivered by April 30, 2026.
There will be an online info session held in early January (date TBD) please email alffpitch@gmail.com to be added to our mailing list for updates. --
Send in a one-sheet description of the project you’d like to pitch.
You MUST include the genre, duration, synopsis and short bios of key creatives (Producer, Writer, Director). Video clips are encouraged but not mandatory (reference to past work or sizzle reel for project).
To submit or sign up for updates, please email: alffpitch@gmail.com
Deadline to submit: Wednesday January 22, 2025 at midnight YST
Successful submissions will be notified by Monday January 28, 2025