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Telefilm Canada PITCH THIS! is no ordinary pitch session; it's
an event that elevates conventional pitches for both pitcher and audience.
In order to select pitchers, an open call is set up for projects that not only
demonstrate creative and business potential, but aim to renew our ingrained
expectations of what a pitch should be. Through a rigorous evaluation process,
six projects are chosen from across Canada.
Our goal is to foster a unique pitch event. Most pitches take place in a slick
corner office; we've retired the office environment in favour of a stage and
a live audience.
After all the pitches are done, the Toronto International Film Festival Group's
International Industry Advisory Committee selects one winner from the competitors
for the $10,000.00 award. This money will assist the winning filmmaker with
the travel costs associated with attending major international festivals abroad,
thereby setting the filmmaking process in motion.
For the past four years, Telefilm Canada PITCH THIS! has been a roaring
success. Join us again this year to watch the pitchers give performances of
a lifetime.
All programming is subject to change. Please visit the Up
To The Minute page for all programming and schedule changes.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2004
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SUTTON PLACE HOTEL, STOP 33
955 BAY STREET
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After several years as part of the team at the award winning production
company Buffalo Gal Pictures, Robert Sauvey and Shawn Watson joined
forces to form Ocular Productions based in Winnipeg, Canada. Sauvey
was the Manager of Development, packaging projects for national
and international markets and Watson Co-produced feature films,
television series and lifestyle programs. The two are developing
feature films and documentaries and currently working with some
of the Canada’s top talent.
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Will Pascoe’s feature documentary NOAM CHOMSKY: REBEL
WITHOUT A PAUSE was at the 2003 IDFA Film Festival in Amsterdam
and his comedic short film STRUM, is now playing at festivals. As
a writer, his First World War feature script "Generals Die
In Bed" is currently in development. He’s now developing
his children’s sci-fi action series "The Misfits".
Jennifer has produced the television series The Three Passions
of Bertrand Russell, Mystic Women, First Light, Canada for Children,
and the documentary, Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without a Pause and is
developing the features Generals Die in Bed, Wendigo, and Masterpiece.
She is also a graduate of the CFC's Producer's Lab.
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David has written and directed a number of short films that
have successfully played in festivals throughout the world.
In addition to directing TV commercials, his work creating on-air
looks for broadcasters has won numerous awards world-wide.
He plans to make his feature directing debut with his recently
completed screenplay "Float."
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Brian Morey has been writing for film and television since graduating
from the Canadian Film Centre in 1999. His current feature film
projects include LOVESICK, a romantic comedy optioned by Copperheart
Entertainment, and NEAR DEATH, which received development support
from Telefilm Canada and the National Screen Institute’s "Features
First" Program. He has written multiple episodes of PARADISE
FALLS and recently completed the series bible and pilot episode
for a proposed animated show, BC BATTLERS, on behalf of UK-based
One31 Media Ltd
Sue Reidl has been working in the film industry for 10 years. She
has worked in post production, visual effects and is currently an
animation producer. She has directed many shorts over the years
and attended the directing program at the Canadian Film Centre in
1998. She is working on directing her first feature, Near Death,
and also writes for children's television.
In 2003 Paula Devonshire produced the feature films GINGER SNAPS:
UNLEASHED and GINGER SNAPS: THE BEGINNING, sequels to the critically
acclaimed feature GINGER SNAPS. Paula has also produced four short
films and has worked as a line producer, associate producer and
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Andrea Dorfman’s first full-length film, PARSLEY DAYS, premiered
at the Toronto Film Festival (2000) and went on to be voted as one
of the Toronto International Film Festival Group's Canada's Top
Ten 2001 list. Dorfman ’s second feature, LOVE THAT BOY (2003),
co-written with Jennifer Deyell, was theatrically released across
Canada and is currently enjoying much critical acclaim on the festival
circuit.
Jennifer Deyell’s first feature LOVE THAT BOY was co-written
with Andrea Dorfman. They are collaborating on three other projects
Créme de la Créme (finalist TIFF PITCH THIS! 2003),
Marigold (recipient Telefilm SAP) and Old Girls (finalist TIFF PITCH
THIS! 2004). Jennifer is also developing an MOW through CTV’s
Writer Only Fund and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s
Writers’ Lab (2000) and PSP (2001).
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Stephanie Morgenstern is a bilingual, award-winning actor/filmmaker.
Her two shorts, CURTAINS and REMEMBRANCE, were both nominated for
Genie (Canadian Academy) Awards. Widely seen in MAELSTRÖM,
THE SWEET HEREAFTER, and REVOIR JULIE, Stephanie is also a graduate
of the Women in the Director’s Chair Master Class and the
Berlinale Talent Campus.
Mark Ellis is an acclaimed actor/writer whose career spans film,
television and theatre. Recent credits include leading roles in
Shaftesbury’s Carol Shields Stories and the upcoming series,
Dark Oracle. He co-created the award-winning short REMEMBRANCE (earning
a Golden Sheaf nomination for his performance) and is an alumnus
of the Berlinale Talent Campus.
Paula Fleck has worked in film, television and video for the past
seventeen years. Her short films Passengers and Remembrance have
won numerous awards and appeared at more than 100 festivals around
the world. The feature film version of Remembrance is currently
in its second draft stage of development.
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