Welcome to the 8th Annual “The Pitch at Industry Days” presented by the 58th Chicago International Film Festival and co-hosted by IFA Chicago! For information on this year’s Pitch projects, see below.
Pitch Judges:
Gigi Pritzker (Madison Wells)
Brenda Robinson (HiddenLight Productions)
Greta Talia Fuentes (MACRO Film Studios)
Learn more about the judges…
What Is The Pitch?
With the goal of spotlighting and supporting high quality work from Chicago and the Midwest, The Pitch at Industry Days invites filmmakers with narrative features in late stage development to apply for this opportunity to present their projects in front of a virtual audience and a panel of online industry judges.
The winning project will receive an awards package of in-kind services from Chicago-area production facilities and organizations—to include consultation, production, and post-production services.
Past award-winning projects have been invited to the Tribeca Film Institute All Access Fellowship, IFP New York’s 2016 Project Forum Film Slate No Borders program and Tribeca Film Institute’s TFI Network. Signature Move (The Pitch 2015 Honorable Mention) had its world premiere at SXSW and closed a distribution deal with Amazon Video Direct’s Film Festival Stars program. Other recent Pitch projects include Knives and Skin (2019 Berlinale premiere) and Once Upon a River (2019 Bentonville Film Festival premiere).
For questions about The Pitch, please email industry@chicagofilmfestival.com.