{"id":6625,"date":"2018-05-07T14:44:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T12:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=6625"},"modified":"2018-05-07T14:44:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T12:44:50","slug":"n-e-w-pitch-callout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/05\/07\/n-e-w-pitch-callout\/","title":{"rendered":"N.E.W Pitch – Callout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Win the chance to produce a wildlife, environmental or conservation documentary short<\/strong><\/p>\n

The N.E.W Pitch short documentary pitching competition is aimed at discovering the next generation or nature, environment, wildlife and adventure conservation filmmakers, and is one of the key sessions at the\u00a0Nature Environment and Wildlife Filmmakers Congress (NEWF) taking place from\u00a016 \u2013 18 July\u00a0at Durban Botanic Gardens and surrounds.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDo you have an engaging, innovative or inspirational natural history, environmental, conservation or adventure story?\u201d asks Pragna Parsotam-Kok, Founder and Congress Director of NEWF.\u00a0 \u201cIf you do, we invite you to submit your documentary short concept and you could be one of eight finalists selected to pitch at the N.E.W Pitch competition during NEWF 2018. Submissions are open to all emerging and aspiring filmmakers, scientists and conservationists over the age of 18.\u201d<\/p>\n

The N.E.W Pitch is targeted towards emerging and student filmmakers in order to provide them with pitching experience and the opportunity to win a production grant to produce a short documentary film in this genre.<\/p>\n

During the NEWF Congress, the eight finalists will be invited to participate in a pitching session before a live judging panel. Coming out of the pitch session, four winners will be selected to win R50 000 to develop and produce their documentary short.<\/p>\n

The four winners will have access to mentorship during the production of their shorts.\u00a0 The films need to be completed within a year, and the four films will be combined into a once-off 48-minute TV documentary, which will be broadcast on national television.<\/p>\n

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NEW Pitch Winners 2017 with their winning concepts selected by a judging panel of industry professionals at last year\u2019s event.
(left to right)
Shivan Parusnath: Illegal Trade in South African Reptiles, a focus on the Sungazer Lizard
Fidel Tshivhasa: Seeking Giants, a story about Humpback whales along Durban\u2019s coastline
Thembelihle Ngidi (EnviroChamps): Edendale\u2026Valley of Flowers, Birthplace of Rivers
Mikhale Singh: Leap of Faith, A story about the endangered Pickersgill\u2019s Reed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the NEWF Congress this year, the winners of last year\u2019s Pitch will screen their film for the first time. The winners of last year\u2019s competition were, Fidel Tshivhasa for his story on the humpback whale migration that takes place in KZN; Shivan Parusnath for an undercover look at the illegal reptile trade, Mikhale Singh whose project is about the endangered Pickersgills\u2019 Reed frog and the Ashdown and Imbali EnviroChamps (Liberty NPO and DUCT) who are a group of individuals working to protect the wetlands and rivers in their area.\u00a0 These four films will be complete by end of May.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is hoped that the Congress will promote outstanding environmental, conservation, wildlife and adventure films from professional, aspiring and student filmmakers and that we will contribute towards transformation through our developmental programmes aimed at enriching the industry with an increased pool of diverse content creators,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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The EnviroChamps with project funder Jackie Motsepe, COO of The KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission: – a group of Township youth, have become the unlikely protectors of the wetlands and rivers in their community<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To pitch for your documentary \u2013 register on the\u00a0NEWF online portal<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 and enter the N.E.W Pitch competition with all the necessary supporting documentation.<\/p>\n

Visit\u00a0www.newf.co.za<\/a>\u00a0to enter, for submission requirements, guidelines and more information or visit the\u00a0NEWF Online Portal\u00a0to enter now.\u00a0 Deadline is\u00a031 May.<\/p>\n

Registration is now open for this year\u2019s Nature, Environment & Wildlife Filmmakers Congress.\u00a0Visit\u00a0www.newf.co.za\u00a0for more info.\u00a0 Delegate passes can be booked and paid for later.<\/p>\n

For more info email info@newf.co.za<\/a>\u00a0or contact Pragna on 064 294 0669.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Win the chance to produce a wildlife, environmental or conservation documentary short The N.E.W Pitch short documentary pitching competition is aimed at discovering the next generation or nature, environment, wildlife and adventure conservation filmmakers, and is one of the key sessions at the\u00a0Nature Environment and Wildlife Filmmakers Congress (NEWF) taking place from\u00a016 \u2013 18 July\u00a0at… Continue reading N.E.W Pitch – Callout<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}