IDFA Forum
The submission is now open! You can find the FORUM 2012 entry form online in your MyIDFA account. Deadline for entry: September 1, 2012.
Regulations & Fees
Rules & Regulations and the list of fees for the FORUM 2012.
The FORUM offers producers the opportunity to pitch their selected projects to leading professionals (commissioning editors, funds, financiers, distributors) in the global documentary industry. This can be done in one of two ways, via the Central Pitch route or as a less formal Roundtable Pitch. Both methods will introduce the project to industry experts who can dramatically shape the future trajectory, and potential for success, of your project.
The FORUM Central Pitch
- offers the opportunity to pitch projects to an audience of leading commissioning editors
- is limited to projects with between 25% and 75% of their financing in place
- Projects should preferably be presented with a trailer (max. three minutes) and supported by a commissioning editor or other financier
- Each pitch takes seven minutes and is followed by an eight-minute question-and-answer session, during which the commissioning editors discuss the project with the producer and the broadcaster and/or financier committed to the film
- Two moderators to advance post-pitch discussion to stimulate finance pledges
- Each project will have one-on-one meetings with commissioning editors interested in your project, arranged by the IDFA Forum staff.
- All projects are placed on the FORUM website, where they can be viewed by commissioning editors who have a password. (If you are a commissioning editor and want access to the online catalogue, please let the FORUM staff know at theforum@idfa.nl)