Six out of the 10 documentary projects from India were shortlisted
for the highly reputed Asian Pitch event which will take place in Singapore on
July, 2014. This year, a total of ten documentary projects are selected for
Asian Pitch, and six Indian names in this list is absolutely a matter of proud
for the nation. The list also consist one documentary from Taiwan, one from
Iran and one from Korea.
The Indian films include:
- 'Shalom Namasthe' by Saif Akhtar and Surya Balakrishnan
- 'Children in Exile' by Sumith Khanna
- 'Life After Life' by Raja Shabir Khan
- 'The Love Commandos' by Vikram Mishra
- 'Beyond Transfusion' by Gautam Grover
- 'Dards of Indian Children of the Misty Mountains' by Gautam Pandey
The Asian Pitch aims to provide funds to original HD
documentaries made my Asian filmmakers. After the pitching event, the four
broadcasters, NHK (Japan), KBS (South Korea), PTS (Taiwan), and MediaCorp
(Singapore) will select the winning documentaries for their prime time slots.
They will also market these documentaries in the International circuit.
The films have to be original Asian human-interest stories
or unusual treatments of existing Asian human-interest stories; human interest
stories that will interest and excite Asian public broadcasters; and human
interest stories that the Asian and international community will want to know
about, apart from original programmes that depicts Asia's societal transition.
The selected films have to be made between August this year
and September next year and marketed or shown in Festivals by October next
year.
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