GOOD PITCH EUROPE 2015 Project Line Up Announced
Good Pitch Europe 2015 will take place at the Oslo Opera House on 25 March. It connects the world’s best social justice films with new allies and partners. Good Pitch Europe is made by BRITDOC and is supported by Fritt Ord Foundation and other Nordic partners.
The European line up of filmmakers who will be traveling to participate in the live event include Ilse & Femke van Velzen (A Haunting History), Burcu Melekoglu & Vuslat Karan (Blue ID), Dylan Williams & Erik Pauser (The Borneo Case), Mike Day (The Island and the Whales), Peter Middleton & James Spinney (Notes on Blindness), Kari Anne Moe (Rebels!), and Henry Singer & Rob Miller (The Trial of Ratko Mladic).
The seven selected film projects feature stories from across the globe. These documentaries take a closer look at: the challenge of building the new rule of law in South Sudan; the experience of a transgender man in Turkey undergoing transition in the glare of public scrutiny; illegal logging and money laundering in Borneo; whale hunting and ocean pollution in the Faroe Islands; the intimate experience of one man losing his sight; school dropouts in Norway and the inspiring programme set up to reintegrate them into society; the trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic as he faces charges of crimes against humanity, raising profound questions about the very role of the international court.
Good Pitch Europe is the first Good Pitch of 2015, with more events taking place around the globe this year including Argentina (13 April), Chicago (5 May), Australia (16 September) and New York (20 October).
Read more about the Good Pitch initaitative here.
