ALFF ‘25 Pitch Event - Free Admission
This event took place on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 5:00 pmOld Fire Hall
The 10th Annual ALFF Pitch Event returns to ALFF '25, Saturday, February 8th as part of the ALFF Industry Forum.
Everyone is welcome to attend!
Six creative teams will have 5 minutes each to pitch their ideas for short, one-off documentaries, experimental, and fiction productions.
2025's pitch projects include:
Following, Amy Ball & Aubyn O'Grady
Kings in the North, Luke Mae
My Father, Florian Bosc
Popcorn, Douglas Joe, Dustin Titus & Brendan Preston
The Upgrade, Lily Gontard & Ken Green
Tradition Over Addiction, Joseph Smith
And this year's jury includes:
Liane Cunje, Producer and Programmer, Vinegar Syndrome Pictures
Don McKellar, Writer/ director/ actor
Zoe Hopkins, Writer/ director
Mike Gravitis, Manager, Northwestel Community Television
About the ALFF Pitch Prize
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.
Key Dates
February 8, 2025 - In-Person ALFF Pitch event
Information and Guidelines
- 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.