SCRIPT & STORY PITCH-A-THON
Pitch your screenplay, story, or book with distributors and producers
Script & Story Pitch-a-Thon
Pitch your screenplay, story, or book one-on-one with distributors and producers looking for new material or movies or TV shows. The event will be held on October 11th from 10am – 12pm EST at the Storytellers Conference.
How It Works
Script & Story Pitch-A-thon
October 11th from 10am – 12:00pm EST at the ICVM Storytellers Conference
How It Works
Everyone pitching must be at the Script & Story Pitch-a-thon planned at 9:45AM on October 11th 2024.
THE FIRST PITCHES WILL START PROMPTLY AT 10:00AM! All pitchers must be OUTSIDE the meeting room in the hallway.
We have 13 companies so far – each will be at their own table in the room. The first group of 13 ‘pitchers’ scheduled for 10:00AM will be allowed into the room PRECISELY AT 10:00AM and find the table of their distributor.
A signal will be given to ‘start’, and you will have 5 minutes to pitch to that distributor — A SIGNAL WILL END THE FIVE MINUTES, and you MUST STOP PITCHING, thank the distributor, leave the table and head outside.
At that time, we will allow the next group of 13 to enter the room, find their distributor, and start pitching on the signal to start. This will repeat every 7 minutes until we have cycled through all the slots distributors have.
As soon as one group is in the room, we will line up the next group at the door. Be at the entrance door at least 7 minutes BEFORE each of your pitch times, or you could lose your scheduled pitch. Stay close – the times are approximate, and we have gotten ahead of schedule in the past. Also, sometimes people don’t show up for their pitch time, and we will grab the closest person wanting an additional pitch to take that slot.
Distributors / Producers List
- KINGDOM STORY COMPANY
- PINNACLE PEAK PRODUCTIONS
- PROVIDENT FILMS
- VISION VIDEO
- BMG GLOBAL
- LOOR TV
- GLOBAL CONTENT
- FRONT GATE MOVING PICTURES
- HEXAGON PICTURES / ICONIC RELEASING
- 24FLIX
- COLLIDE MEDIA GROUP
- LEWABO MOVIES
- WONDERBORN MEDIA GROUP
- GMEDIA NASHVILLE
More Details
USE YOUR TIME WISELY
Your five minutes will pass quickly. We suggest you have a 2-3 minute pitch that will catch their interest. Then spend the last two minutes getting feedback. Pitch only ONE project, unless they ask what else you have.
CAN I USE VIDEO?
You can show them a video clip if you have a trailer or other short video. But practice your pitch so it all works into your timeframe. DO NOT DEPEND ON THE HOTEL INTERNET HOOKUP FOR SERVICE. If you have video to use, have it pre-loaded on your device and ready to display.
WHAT DO I LEAVE WITH THEM?
A one-page leave-behind, or a business card, should be plenty. If you show video, that one-pager should include a link to that.
SHOW GRACE
No matter what happens, PLEASE SHOW RESPECT AND GRATITUDE TO THE COMPANIES. They are donating two hours of their time to take pitches from you. They don’t have to do that. But they want to help give you the experience of pitching to a REAL distributor, the way it often happens in the film & TV world. And you might get a partner for your film! No matter what, it’s a valuable experience and a new relationship for you.
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