IMZ x Sunny Side of the Doc Pitching Sessions

For the fifth time and counting, the IMZ International Music + Media Centre has joined forces with the internationally renowned market place for documentary + narrative experiences Sunny Side of the Doc to grant a special platform to performing arts documentaries, offering filmmakers and producers the chance to take their projects further!

As Sunny Side of the Doc and the IMZ wish to encourage Digital Creation & XR, an additional pitching session will be exclusively dedicated to digital content within the performing arts: innovative stories or digital installations created through new convergences of documentary, culture and immersive technology.

Submit your Arts and Culture or Digital Creation & XR project now for a chance to win a special opportunity to pitch directly to international decision makers and receive expert feedback on the spot.

DATE + LOCATION

• Digital Creation & XR Pitching Session (open to all Avant Première participants)
  19 February 2024, 14:00-15:30
  Conference Hall, Hotel Scandic Berlin Potsdamer Platz
  
• Arts + Culture Pitching Session at Avant Première 2024 (open to all Avant Première participants)
  19 February 2024, 16:00 – 17:30
  Conference Hall, Hotel Scandic Berlin Potsdamer Platz

• Digital Creation & XR Pitching Session:

  We are looking for 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.

• Arts and Culture Pitching Session:

  We are interested in stories exploring any aspect of the performing arts – be it performances/ concerts staged under special/ unconventional circumstances, documentaries focusing on any music, dance or art content, expression of current socio-politic developments through (performing) art, films about any form of culture expressed in dance, music and dramatic ritual, etc.

• Go to Avant Première website (B2match) and buy pitching submitter ticket for €90. After reviewing the payment, your account will be activated and you can submit your pitch. It is possible to buy up to three pitching submitter tickets.

• After sending the pitching submission fee, we will send you the log in data for the submission mask. Here you can enter your project details.

• The joint Selection Committee will pre-select 4 pitches per Pitching Session among all submitted projects. The preselected pitches are then eligible to be presented at the Pitching Sessions during Avant Première 2024.

• The selected pitch applicants will be notified mid-January 2024.

• In case of being preselected, the project presenters will have to buy a Festival Pass to enter the Pitching Session on the Avant Première. The Pitching Submission Fee will be of course subtracted from the Festival Pass. It is possible to additionally buy any festival ticket to allow a second person on the pitching stage.

• For all preselected pitches, there will be an online preparation meeting held prior to the Avant Première.

• After each Pitching Session, the pitchers can get in close contact with jury members and attendees for One-on-One follow-ups. 

• Each winning pitch will be granted two free accreditations for Sunny Side of the Doc 2024 + three exclusive One-on-One Sessions organised by Sunny Side of the Doc.

The two Juries consist of 4-6 internationally renowned experts + decision makers from the realm of performing arts documentary films and digital creation each. The jurors will be made public soon.
Stay tuned!

Schedule + Deadlines

Each winning pitch will receive two complimentary accreditations for Sunny Side of the Doc 2024 + three exclusive one-on-one sessions organised by Sunny Side of the Doc.