Do You Have a Stop Motion Project in Development? Animarkt Stop Motion Forums Opens Submissions for Pitching
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Animarkt Stop Motion Forum – organized by Łódź-based Momakin – has opened the doors to an international career for many creators, bringing them closer to their dreams. The same opportunity is extended to stop motion projects in this year’s edition of the Forum. Registration for the Pitching competition has just opened. Submissions can be made via online forms until the end of June.
Pitching – the competition section of the Animarkt Stop Motion Forum – offers an extraordinary opportunity to present the project before a group of world-famous experts, producers and key international production studios’ representatives. It’s a chance to gain partners and win awards that will support the creator in the process of film production; opening the door to an international career.
Animarkt Stop Motion Forum is a unique event connecting fantastic creativity of the artists with producers’ point of view. We want to provide the Pitching participants with support that’s especially important in the early days of the work on a project. That’s why we’ve partnered with studios, organizations and festivals to fund the awards. This year the best of the best are going to receive accreditations to key industry festivals, as well as distribution and co production support.
Paulina Zacharek, president of Momakin, the Forum’s organizer
Submissions for Animarkt Pitching are divided into two formats. The first, for short projects in development, no longer than 25 minutes in runtime, with at least the first draft of the screenplay completed. Second format focuses on projects of feature films, TV series or TV specials in different stages of development. The mandatory qualification in both cases is that the minimum of 80% of the animation is to be made using stop motion techniques. This year the pitching submissions once again have to include a sustainable production plan for the film, that will stand for 10% of the entire project’s rating.
We’re looking for original ideas, innovative solutions and moving stories. We’re aware of how big of a challenge for the environment are actions tied to film production, that’s why we’re searching for solutions allowing us to minimize this negative impact. This is where the idea for green production criterion in the pitching section came from
Marianna Piskorz, the Forum’s producer
From all the submissions, the jury will pick 10 projects in each format. Creators of the 20 best projects will receive professional support to help prepare them better for their pitching presentations. Every one of them will go through training sessions on pitching, presentation, screenplay preparation techniques, and green production.
This Autumn in Łódź the creators of the selected projects will compete for awards and a chance to present their work before some of the most prominent people in the industry, getting closer to the realization of their ideas. The submissions for the Pitching section are open till 30th June. The results will be announced on 15th July.
The 9th edition of the Animarkt Stop Motion Forum is going to take place from 13th to 17th October in Łódź, Poland. Apart from the pitching competition section and workshops, the program includes masterclasses and discussion panels. There are no shortages of meetings focused on facilitating industry contacts, as well as recruitment sessions for international animation studios.
The Pitching submission form can be found at https://forms.gle/ktacoH4BjQTjHKTN8