BALTIC PITCHING FORUM revealed 12 short film projects that will participate at its 7th edition. Forum will take place on 10-12th of October in Vilnius, Lithuania.
This year the Forum expands its horizons by inviting Finland as a Guest Country. Participants from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuanian and Finland will be pitching their projects to the international panel of 7 film industry experts who will award two best pitches with participation rights at European Short Film Co-production Forum Euro Connection 2020 (France) and scriptwriting workshop and co-production event European Short Pitch 2020. Lithuanian producers’ jury will award one more project with Lithuanian Producers MEDIA Award (1000 EUR).
Guest country – FINLAND
Flower Show (animation, dir. Elli Vuorinen, prod. Jani Lehto, production company: Böhle Studios)
High Five Cam (mockumentary, dir. Anna Brotkin, prod. Marja Pihlaja, production company: Tekele Productions)
Lady Finland and the Ruined Planet (fiction, dir. Juho Kuosmanen, prod. Otto Kylmälä, production company: Aamu Film Company)
ESTONIA
Jungle.Law (fiction, dir. Madli Lääne, prod. Anneli Ahven, production company: Kopli Kinokompanii)
Mar[t]y (animation, dir. Kamila Kučíková, Vassilis Kroustallis, prod. Vassilis Kroustallis, production company: Scheriaa Productions)
Mia and Liki (fiction, dir. Katrin Tegova, prod. Maario Masing, production company: Kinosaurus Film)
LATVIA
Midnight Call (fiction, dir. Vlads Kovalovs, prod. Lelde Kovalova, production company: Dream Light Studio)
Penthouse for Short People (animation, dir. Anna Zača)
The Deer (fiction, dir: Kristīne Vītola, prod. Lelde Prūse, production company: Woodpecker Pictures)
LITHUANIA
About 10,000 Beds (animation, dir. Birutė Sodeikaitė, Yuval Shapira, prod. Yuval Shapira)
Glass Elephants (animation, dir. Dominyka Adomaitytė, Vykintas Labanauskas, prod. Giedrė Burokaitė)
Mothers (fiction, dir. Birutė Kapustinskaitė)
The event is supported by Lithuanian Council for Culture, AVEK – Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture Finland, The Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, Audiovisual Works Copyright Association AVAKA, Vilnius City Municipality.
More information about selected projects will be announced soon.