{"id":1061,"date":"2018-09-13T08:26:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T08:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braamvibes.co.za\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2018-09-13T08:26:34","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T08:26:34","slug":"entries-for-the-wgsa-pitch-program-are-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/braamvibes.co.za\/?p=1061","title":{"rendered":"Entries for the WGSA Pitch Program are now open"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Writers\u2019 Guild of South Africa (WGSA), in collaboration with the\u00a0Cape Town International Film Market and Festival<\/em>, will present a scriptwriting pitch programme.<\/a><\/h4>\n
A two-day pitching forum for feature film scripts and projects will take place at the Cape Town Film Market, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, from Wednesday, 10 October to Saturday, 13 October. The forum is open to both WGSA members and non-members.<\/p>\n

Selected projects will be pitched to local and international professionals over two sessions. Pitches will be narrowed to a final round, where international festival programmers and consultants will award prizes, including production sponsorship to the value of R200 000, script and project consultancies and international festival strategy consultations.<\/p>\n

Writers of the selected projects must take part in a WGSA Pitch Readiness Session, which will be held in major cities prior to the\u00a0Cape Town Film\u00a0Market<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The session is external to the\u00a0Cape Town Film Market<\/em>\u00a0and carries a nominal cost of R300 for non-members and R150 for WGSA members. All attendees of the WGSA Pitch Readiness Session will receive two complimentary\u00a0Cape Town Film Market<\/em>\u00a0badges, worth R1 000.<\/p>\n

Applicants must submit the following materials to have their project considered for selection for the Scriptwriting Pitch Program:<\/p>\n