Greenhouse Pitching Forum in Istanbul ended successfully
Pitching Forum - Third Seminar – Istanbul, Turkey, June 2008
Greenhouse's third seminar culminated in a pitching forum, during which the participants presented their projects. The Pitching forum was moderated by Steven Seidenberg, a prominent producer, creator & head of development & script editor in the field of documentary filmmaking. During this pitching forum, the participants presented their projects in front of top industry guests such as:
Bruni Burres, Senior Consultant for the Sundance Documentary Program / USA Ally Derks, Director of IDFA & the Jan Vrijman Fund / The Netherlands Serge Gordey, Executive Producer, Bo Travail! / France Bert Janssens, General Manager Humanistic Broadcasting Foundation / The Netherlands Christoph Jorg, Commissioning Editor CE / Arte France Philippa Kowarsky, Managing Director, Cinephil – Distribution and Co Productions / Israel Guy Lavie, Head of "Yes Docu", Documentary Channel of Yes-DBS / Israel Pieter Van Huystee, C.E.O PIETER VAN HUYSTEE FILM / The Netherlands
At the end of these presentations, the panel members selected "The Missing Real" by YaelHersonskiandItayKen-Tor from Israel, as the best project. Guy Lavie, Head of "Yes Docu", Documentary Channel of Yes-DBS in Israel, agreed in advance to acquire the selected project for his channel, to the amount of $4,000. Since the project is already supported by Yes-Docu, the panel members decided to award the second best project "Waiting for Heaven" by Awatif Aljedaili and Muhammad Al Aljedaili from Palestine.
After the Pitching forum, personal meetings were held between each of the participants and the panel members. In this framework, they discussed further support options and future collaborations with TV Stations and film funds, producers and distributors.
Nurit Jacobs-Yinon in the pitching session
Yael Hersonski and Itay Ken Tor pitching their project
Mohammad Aljedaili meets with Pieter Van Huystee
Yael Hersonski and Itay Ken Tor meet with Bruni Burres