Pitching Forum

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 Yael Hersonski and Itay Ken-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