TELEFILM CANADA'S PITCH THIS! | Festival 2017

Описание: Telefilm Canada PITCH THIS! returns for its 18th consecutive year at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Six teams of talented emerging filmmakers will have six minutes each to pitch their feature–film idea to a live audience of industry experts and a jury of development and production professionals. The winning team will take home $15,000 to help bring their film project to life.

This year's jury of industry experts are:

Inga Diev - General Manager, Ouat Media
Ian Harnarine - Filmmaker, Doubles With Slight Pepper
George Schmalz - Curator, AMC's Sundance Now
Jacobine van der Vloed - Director & Head of Studies - ACE Producers
Milda Yoo - Director of Sales & Acquisitions, Pacific Northwest Pictures

12 Days – Tracey Deer, Jennifer Mesich

Inspired by the remarkable true story of an Indigenous woman who overcame the odds to survive 12 days in the Canadian wilderness. Attacked by a trusted friend, she suffered a broken jaw and was left to die. She persevered and lived to tell the tale.

Fall from the Sky – Deragh Campbell, Dan Montgomery, Kaz Radwanski

Lucy, a 30–year–old woman with symptoms of schizophrenia, works as a teacher at a Toronto daycare centre. She begins to experience episodes at work, and struggles to navigate her employment, students, co–workers and personal relationships.

Nadia, Butterfly – Dominique Dussault, Pascal Plante

Nadia, Butterfly reveals the backstage world of the Olympic Games through the eyes of Nadia, a 20–year–old butterfly swimmer. Doubt–ridden about her post–Olympic future after winning bronze for Team Canada at the relay, her very last professional event, Nadia loses herself into lustful nights of excesses, punctuated by episodes of deep questioning.

We Will Not Be Defeated – Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith, Dylan Reibling, Brian Robertson

This dark satire follows hipster dilettante Steve as he mounts a participatory public art installation. Intended to promote vague left–wing messages of unity, the undercooked installation is beset by a group of right–wing Internet trolls who hijack it – destroying Steve in the process.

Imposter – Adam Goldhammer, Evan Landry, Katie McMillan

Lamia Eaton, a teenager isolated on a remote maple farm, investigates her mother's uncharacteristic and increasingly eerie behaviour. As she begins to unearth an evil presence infecting the farm, Lamia is no longer able to trust anyone, including herself.

Boring Girls – Coral Aiken, Hannah Cheesman

A deadly coming–of–age story about two teenage girls, Rachel and Fern, who become rising stars in the death metal scene. After experiencing an assault, they decide to embark on a bloody quest for revenge, more gruesome than any of their lyrics.

Presented by Telefilm Canada.

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