ALFF 2021 Short Film Pitch Event

This event took place on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 at 6:00 pmVirtual

 

Six teams will have 5 minutes each to pitch their short film ideas for short, one-off documentaries and fiction productions. The winning team will receive the Northwestel Community TV Prize of $5000 cash and $2500+ in-kind production services towards the production of their films.

The ALFF Pitch Event is part of the Available Light Film Festival and is supported Northwestel Community Television and Yukon Film Society.

 

Three esteemed jury members will listen to the pitches and ask questions about the project for 5 minutes.

Please stick around in the Eventive stream for the presentation of completed pitch films from while the jury adjudicates at 7pm:

"The Provider" by Jayden Soroka and the teaser for “The Last Avenue”by Brendan Preston.

Pitch Event Host: Inland Tlingit actor and producer, Melaina Sheldon

Jurors: Northwestel Community Television Manger, Mike Gravitis; Executive Producer of the NFB BC + Yukon Studio, Shirley Vercruysse; and Na Ho Productions filmmaker, Angela Code.

 

Here are the teams and their projects, not necessarily in order of appearance in the event:

Sheka Dizhi - Thriller / Drama: Douglas Joe, Brendan Preston

The Wooden Pearl - Documentary: Nishka Pajor, Lancelot Burton

The Icehouse Architect - Experimental Sci-fi: Krista Davis

Behind Glass - Documentary: Michael Kahn, Jesse Kahn

Dumpdog Millionaire - Documentary / biopic: Kiyoshi Macguire, Marcus Martin

Forty  - Horror: Justine Andrea Hobbs, Yasmine Renaud