Sabah Pitching Training & Awards
Prize money totals RM 20,000
Participants come from 7 ASEAN countries
On Friday, 5 June, 20 filmmakers will meet at the GC Woolley Hall (Sabah State Museum). They come from Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Cambodia, Myanmar and the Philippines. And they all have the same aim: learning how to pitch their documentary film projects in order to get funding. Most of the pitches are for feature-length documentaries, but two of them are for shorts (up to 15 minutes in length).
On the first day of the 2 days of training, Nick Deocampo (Philippines) will lead the participants in preparing and practicing their pitches. This is the second year that this experienced filmmaker, prolific writer and gifted teacher is joining the KKIFF.
Christopher Liew
On Saturday, 6 June, at 1.00pm, the participants will present their pitches to a panel made up of filmmakers and film festival programmers from Germany, New Zealand, Korea and Malaysia, as well as a commissioning editor from Astro.
The best pitch for a feature-length documentary stands to win RM8000, while the best pitch for a short documentary will win RM4000. And the best Sabahan pitch will walk away with RM8000 that is being sponsored by the Ministry of Resource Development and IT.
Researching for a film about the ‘sape’
There are 4 Malaysian documentaries being pitched and they show the variety of ideas that the filmmakers have who are joining the Sabah Pitching Training & Awards.
Christopher Liew of Borneo Dance Theatre here in KK wants to make a 60 minute documentary that combines history and dance, whereas Nova Goh (who currently lives in KK) has a plan for a short film about the Sape, the Sarawakian ‘guitar’.
Putri Pernama Sugua in action
Two Malaysian women – one originally from Sabah and the other who has lived here for a number of years now – have put in their ideas as well – Putri Purnama Segua and Au Yong Seok Wun. Putri’s film is about the dreams of those Malaysian children who are living in poverty and what can be done to help them. On the other hand, Seok Wun is interested in the problems faced by the Bajau Laut as a number of issues come into conflict: traditional ways of living and being, the need to support your family, commercial fishing demands and marine protection.
The group workshop about pitching is on Friday, 5 June from 9.00am and the participants will make their pitches to the panel at the same venue on Saturday, 6 June from 1.00pm.
Nick Deocampo and Au Yong Seok Wun at the KKIFF 2014
For more information, go to our website: www.kkiff.com or facebook page. If you have any questions, please call Hazli – 016 5522435 or Jude – 014 3514298.
