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People’s Choice, AFM Team for Contest

9 Sep, 2009 By: Billy Gil

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The People’s Choice Awards and American Film Market (AFM) have partnered for the Favorite Film Pitch contest, which sounds like an “American Idol” for independent film.

Those attending AFM Nov. 4-11 can get their pitches in front of producers, distributors and — gasp — you and I, the voting public. Submissions will be recorded live Nov. 7-10 on a mini-set at AFM. Pitches will be limited to two-and-a-half minutes, and industry folk will pick five finalists to be posted on www.peopleschoice.com after the 2010 People’s Choice Awards airs in January. Fans will pick which movie gets made.
 
The winner will receive the Favorite Film Pitch award and an AFM 2010 package with full access for two to AFM, airfare for two to Los Angeles, hotel for five nights in Santa Monica and scheduled meetings with producers and distributors. Full details are at www.AmericanFilmMarket.com/FavoriteFilmPitch.
 
This sounds a bit like Netflix’s FIND Your Voice competition, and like that contest, it’s a nice gesture toward struggling independent filmmakers. Personally I can’t wait to see these in action. I just hope they post the really bad ones somewhere a la “Idol.”

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