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Meet the first experts of Civil Pitch 2.0. Films That Make Changes!

18 February 2022

Today is the last day to apply for Civil Pitch 2.0. Films That Make Changes! Civil Pitch 2.0 is a laboratory for documentary short films that can be a tool for change. The work of participants will be assisted by Civil Pitch 2.0 experts, including film professionals from five countries: film festival programmers, film distributors, and film journalists. They will become a professional audience at Civil Pitch 2.0 project presentations, and then meet the teams individually.

 

Civil Pitch 2.0 experts:

  • Jukka-Pekka Laakso (Director at the Tampere International Short Film Festival, Finland);
  • Sydney Neter (Owner at sales short film agency SND Films, Amsterdam, Netherlands);
  • Niels Putman (editor, producer, and film distributor, Antwerp, Belgium);
  • Sarah Schlüssel (Head of the Short Form Station at Berlinale Talents, Berlin, Germany);
  • Vladan Petkovic (journalist and film critic, Belgrade, Serbia);
  • Michał Matuszewski (film curator, Warsaw, Poland);
  • Sanne Jehoul (Programme Director at Glasgow Short Film Festival); 
  • Ivan Shestakov (MEGOGO Strategic Development Director);
  • Viktor Hlon (film critic, programme coordinator at the Kyiv International Film Festival "Molodist", Ukraine)

 

Read more about Civil Pitch 2.0 here.

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