17th Annual Edition
Nov 5-10, 2013 (Toronto)
Nov 15-16, 2013 (Richmond Hill)

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So You Think You Can Pitch? Live Finale 2012

Congratulations to this year's winners:

ESTABLISHED FILMMAKER CATEGORY 
Sonejuhi Sinha – Give Into The Night

EMERGING FILMMAKER CATEGORY 
Grace Wang – The Trip 

 

2013 Pitch Call will open June 2013.

EMERGING CATEGORY:

The Reel Asian So You Think You Can Pitch? Emerging Artist Award

  • This award has a $3,000 value (a $10,000 value at Industry rental rates)
  • Business affairs & legal consultation with Behind The Scenes Services
  • Opportunity to screen work at the 2013 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival with full festival accreditation
  • $2,000 Cash
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
  • A production workflow consultation with Charles Street Video, which includes:
    • $1,400 in edit suite access and/or production equipment rentals (including Red Epic camera)
    • Two sessions with Charles Street Video’s in-house editor
    • $250 artist fee
    • 2 sessions with Charles Street Video's in-house editor
    • One-year membership with Charles Street Video

ESTABLISHED CATEGORY:

The Reel Asian So You Think You Can Pitch? Established Artist Award

  • This award has a $5,000 value (a $18,000 value at Industry rental rates)
  • Business affairs & legal consultation with Behind The Scenes Services
  • Opportunity to screen work at the 2013 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival with full festival accreditation
  • $2,000 Cash
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
  • A production workflow consultation with Charles Street Video, which includes:
    • $2,000 in edit suite access
    • $700 in production equipment rentals (including Red Epic camera)
    • $400 artist fee
    • 2 x 7-hour sessions with Charles Street Video's in-house editor
    • One-year membership with Charles Street Video

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN PITCH? JURY 2012

jury-silva Silva Basmajian’s more than 80 NFB films have garnered numerous awards and screened at such international festivals as Berlin, Toronto and Sundance. Basmajian is currently an Executive Producer at the NFB’s Ontario Centre and champions projects that redefine documentary such as the award-winning and ongoing HIGHRISE, a multi-year, multi-media, collaborative documentary project about the human experience in global vertical suburbs. Most recently, she co-produced the critically acclaimed and International Emmy award-winning Life With Murder.
jury paritosh Paritosh Mehta joined OMNI Television, a division of Rogers Media Inc. and one of Canada’s largest integrated media organizations in December 1998. As Director of Independent Production Development, Paritosh is responsible for directing original programming from 28 community groups, enforcing compliance with OMNI’s licensing commitments, and managing the overall budget and contract management function for independent productions. Prior to OMNI, Paritosh also worked at Vision TV.
Paritosh is a graduate of Ryerson University (Toronto) where he earned a degree in Radio in Television Arts, with a specialization in communications. Paritosh also holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Bombay University, India.
jury richi Richie Mehta's debut feature film Amal shot to critical acclaim and set him up as one of the stars of the Canadian film industry. It has won over 30 international awards, was nominated for 6 Genie awards and was named one of the top ten Canadian films of the decade by Playback Magazine. Also written by Mehta, Amal is currently being adapted into an American remake by producer Oprah Winfrey and Harpo Films. Mehta's short films have screened and won prizes at international festivals including Berlin, Telluride, Worldwide Shorts, Palm Springs, and the United Nations. Trained as a painter and sculptor, Mehta attended the University of Toronto’s Art and Art History and Cinema Studies program and Sheridan College's Advanced Television and Film program. He's been mentored by directors such as Wim Wenders, Shekhar Kapur and Brian DePalma. Mehta is currently working on two feature films, including I'll Follow You Down, starring Haley Joel Osment, Gillian Anderson, Victor Garber, and Rufus Sewell.
Special Guest Juror jury david

David Wu (Cold Steel) is a prolific director, editor, producer, actor and writer who first established his name as a creative force in his native Hong Kong before bringing his impressive talents to the North American film and television industry. Wu has teamed with long-time collaborator John Woo on action classics including A Better Tomorrow and Hard Boiled and Woo’s television series Once a Thief, as both editor and director. Recently, he has helmed many TV series and directed and edited Plague City, a CTV feature movie about the SARS epidemic in Toronto, for which he was nominated for Best Director at the 2006 DGC Awards.

The So You Think You Can Pitch Awards? are supported by Charles Street Video, National Bank, Ouat Media, and Behind the Scenes Services.