Sunny Side of the Doc / Pixii Festival + IMZ Pitching Sessions

Now in its third iteration, the IMZ International Music + Media Centre, the global network for the performing arts film industry and host of Avant Première has joined forces with Sunny Side of the Doc / PiXii Festival, the internationally renowned market place for documentary + narrative experiences, to host a series of exclusive pitching sessions!

Avant Première 2022 places a special emphasis on performing arts documentaries, offering filmmakers and producers the possibility to take their projects further!

New in the upcoming edition: a second pitching session exclusively dedicated to digital content within the performing arts – digital projects created through new convergences of documentary, culture and immersive technologies.

Winning Pitch "Performing Arts Documentary"

This is not a Kanga

Wonder Maria / Bruno Cabral

Some of Africa’s most amazing artists guide us through their creative processes and personal memories - transforming contemporary art into a portal unveiling the vibrant, modern, but also historical and contradictory Africa of today.

Winning Pitch "Digital Creation"

Alternates (Bergantian)

CinemaLeap Inc. / Lynn Song

This VR experience depicts two artists practicing their art amidst social pressure, censorship and a gentrified neighborhood, raising consciousness of the fragility of civilization whilst appreciating the immutability and ephemerality of nature.

The selected pitches

Performing Arts Documentary

Linear documentary stories exploring any aspect of the performing arts – be it an artist’s portrait or a historical/genre specific documentary focusing on any music + dance content. Proposals in development or production that combine quality, originality + innovation are welcome.

Digital Creation

Native web formats, new media narratives and multi-platform content projects, as well as projects in 360, VR, AR, XR, Binaural Sound or Big Format (Dome) films in the genre of performing arts.

Jury

Meet the international expert jury of this edition's pitching sessions.

The Sunny Side of the Doc / PiXii Festival + IMZ Selection Committee pre-selects 4 proposals per pitching session among all submitted projects, which are then eligible to be presented at the Sunny Side of the Doc / PiXii Festival + IMZ Pitching Session at Avant Première 2022.
In addition, the Jury members, consisting of international industry experts, can request a One-on-One Follow-Up Session, in which further details can be discussed.
Furthermore, one project within each session will win the chance to pitch once more in front of an international expert jury at Sunny Side of the Doc / PiXii Festival, taking place from 20-23 June 2022 in La Rochelle, France, as well as two free accreditations each for the event.

JURY

The two Juries consists of 5-6 internationally renowned experts + decision makers in the realm of performing arts documentary films and digital creation each. Meet the industry professionals!

PARTNERS

For more information please contact

Max Beckham-Ortner
Secretary General

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