The Baltic Pitching Forum is a leading short film industry platform that brings together the most cutting-edge short film projects from the Baltics. Its main objective is to foster interaction, cooperation, and co-production between short filmmakers from the Baltics and international industry professionals from all across Europe.
The Forum consists of an online script consultation and a four-day training and pitching event. During the first weeks of September, participating filmmakers receive individual consultations from the scriptwriting expert. The main event takes place every year in October in Vilnius, with on-site lectures, meetings and pitching sessions that are streamed virtually.
Since its inception in 2013, the Forum provides an opportunity for film directors and producers to showcase their latest projects to an audience of active European producers, TV commissioners, fund representatives, VoD programmers, and distributors, as well as to discuss, receive feedback, and learn how to promote their newest short film projects. Selected projects will be evaluated by a BPF Panel comprising film industry professionals with expertise in festivals, TV, distribution, production, and film commissioning, as well as a the Baltic Producers Jury.
Eligible participants – Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian and Guest country film directors and/or producers who have finished at least one short film project and are developing a new project which is fiction/animation short film up to 30 minutes and aimed for an international audience.
12 short film projects (3 from each country) are selected to participate at the Baltic Pitching Forum.
The Baltic Pitching Forum is organised by Lithuanian Short Film Agency LITHUANIAN SHORTS (www.lithuanianshorts.com) in partnership with Riga International Film Festival, Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS, PÖFF Shorts (sub-festival of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival). “Lithuanian Shorts” is supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture. Funded by Lithuanian Film Centre. Sponsors of the event: Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, Audiovisual Works Copyright Association “AVAKA”, Vilnius City Municipality. Partners – Creative Europe Desk MEDIA Offices in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Vilnius Film Office.
BALTIC PITCHING FORUM 2024 will take place on 8–11th October in Vilnius, Lithuania.
