CARIBBEANTALES MEDIA GROUP ANNOUNCES WINNER OF THE BIG PITCH
Source - deed.news
In its 13th year, funded by Telefilm and Canada Media Fund, and in partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival, the Big Pitch competition drew from CaribbeanTales’s incubator programs, LIMITLESS for women and non-binary creators and the CaribbeanTales Black Incubator and Studio Access Project. Thirteen of these talented up-and-coming filmmakers pitched to a jury composed of Canada’s top broadcasters and top industry professionals on September 11, 2022, at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. The event was attended by top industry entertainment professionals actively looking for original Canadian content and was followed by the popular Red Hot Mixer where filmmakers had the opportunity to network and make exciting connections.
The Projects
Here is the Big Pitch’s stellar line-up of participants and projects:
- Kai-Little White – Solstice Stories
- Nauzanin Knight – Notes on Being Unpopular
- Asis Sethi – Slam Dunk, Sehaj!
- Fennella Bruce – Backbone
- Suki Motoyi – Beyond Blood
- Ana de Lara – On the Wings of Sorrow
- Yasmin Evering-Kerr – In the Pocket
- Aeyliya Husain – Reframed
- Roble Issa – Last Shot
- Kristen Lambie – Fever Street
- Muniyra Douglas – Sanduku
- Kirsty Plange & Daisy Komujuni – Oakwood
