Selected Filmmakers will participate in the following events:
Selected Participants will receive a full festival pass for the 2024 Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival.
December 7, 2024 - PITCHING WORKSHOP
Teri will work directly with 5 screenwriters to hone their story arc and perfect their verbal pitch in a peer environment, preparing them to pitch to a panel of producers on Sunday. Teri draws on her decades of experience as program coordinator and professional screenwriter, leading the Algonquin College Scriptwriting program. This included helping students prepare pitches for film, TV series and documentaries at local events like Pitch Perfect! and Digi60, and Scriptwriting’s annual Toronto Pitching Trip, with broadcasters and producers such as CTV, CBC, eOne and Boat Rocker. She will provide honest, constructive feedback to writers based on industry trends and outlooks, so pitchees can build their pitch effectively. Pitchees will also have the benefit of peer support and constructive peer feedback.
December 8, 2024 - PITCHING & PRODUCER MENTORSHIP PANEL
Pitchees will present their verbal pitch to a panel of producers who will provide feedback and constructive mentorship to round out their project. The Pitchees will also get an opportunity to ask the producers about their process for choosing projects, industry trends, and career advice.
This live pitch is open to the public so as to simulate a real-life live pitch scenario. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Selected Projects
Master of None
Marie Jou MJ Comilang-Costales
Grey world, grey people, grey grey grey. Highschoool X falls asleep in a boring old grey old math class. Only to find themself in a dream. A dream of colours and a world of possibility. X meets a series of colourful artists. They all encourage X to explore different mediums.
Dreams of Myselves
Yahya Syed
Samar, a refugee, lives with her blind Relative, grappling with the complexities of her five fragmented identities. Meeting 'The Another'—someone like her but further along in healing—Samar discovers new dimensions of love, self-acceptance, and belonging, and learns what it means to be Plural as she journeys toward wholeness.
Just Another Day On Earth
Benjamin Shimwa &
Anne Sophie-Jetté
When a high school graduate finds herself confronted by death, she asks to live out one more day. She wakes up the next morning, ready to live just another day she doesn't know is her last.
Sisters of the Storm
Tyler Platt
Fleeing the Blitz of London, four estranged sisters reunite at their English countryside farm to mend broken bonds. When a band of shipwrecked German sailors unexpectedly invade after a storm, the women must overcome past divisions to defend their home, confront adversity, and share truth amidst the chaos of war.
Slowly, With You
Thomas Sa
Set in the 1990s, Slowly, With You follows the journey of Mi-Na, an 18-year-old girl grappling with the aftermath of her failed career as a teen idol. She is compelled to return to her high school, where she attempts to adjust to her new life and form various relationships, including her first love. Throughout the film, she learns to unshackle herself from the trauma of her past and reclaims her passion.