FEST’s Pitching Forum is an international film financing and co-production event focused on the facilitation, development, and financing of film projects.
In 2022 22 projects were selected to be screened for producers, investors, fund managers, sales, distributors, and festival programmers, and had the opportunity to win awards, receive feedback and partake in one-to-one meetings.
The competition was divided into three categories. In “Feature Gems,” fiction, documentary and animation feature films in early stages of development were shown. The “Work in Progress” category displayed features in advanced production stages, while “Make It Short” was made up of short-films in both early and advanced production stages.
WORK IN PROGRESS
FEST FILM LAB Award
Eight Bones - Valentina Foubert
Halo Post-Production Award
Another Day - Eneos Çarka
Raina Film Festival Distribution Award
Support - Adam Roszkowski
MAKE IT SHORT
FEST FILM LAB Award
Only the Forgotten is New - Mona Schier
Resonance Post-Production Award
Antena - Duarte Tello Rato Pedroso de Lima
Mailuki Films Distribution Award
Totality - Laura Low Jia Xin
Raina Film Festival Distribution Award by Raina Film Festival and Halo Post-Production Award
Sea Salt - Natália Pavlove
FEATURE GEMS
FEST FILM LAB Award
Bloodless Revolution - Rui Pedro Sousa
Pyrrhic - Cosmin Nicolae
FilmarketHub Script Mentorship Award
Lore’s Home - Maria Hengge
Music & Film Marseille IFF Market Film Score Award
Points of View - Pepi Romagnoli
