Indie heavyweights join panel line-up

One of five indies is set to scoop a sought after £30k investment from Pinewood Studios in the culmination of the Pinewood Pitching competition; those in the running are today confirmed as:

1.   RDF’s Neale Simpson, presenting Unbeatable
2.   Markthree media’s Adam Hunt, presenting Story:Time, STV’s
3.   STV’s Gary Chippington & Amy Maher, presenting The Lie
4.   Pirate Productions’ Jenny Williams & Avalon’s Toby Stevens, co-presenting Bid for Brains
5.   Zebra Crossing’s Nev Pitty-Rose, presenting Table 10

Each of the indies will one by one present their TV format idea in front of an audience and panel of experienced commissioning figures. The panel comprises Elaine Bedell (Director of Entertainment and Comedy, ITV), Zai Bennett (Controller, BBC Three), Emma Tennant (Controller, UKTV) and Phil Edgar-Jones (Head of Entertainment, Sky). The prize package will include studio time, crew and post-production towards a pilot.

Meanwhile, help will be at hand for aspiring or struggling Indies as the Festival plays host to The Indie Surgery, a Q and A with some of the biggest and most influential figures in independent TV production. Eileen Gallagher (CEO, Shed Productions), Magnus Temple (Founder, The Garden), Tom Manwaring (Managing Director, Mediatique) and Andy Harries (Chief Executive, Left Bank Pictures) will answer all of prevalent questions on buying, launching, sustaining success and selling, as well as addressing topics such as setting up in the USA and how crucial having an agent really is in long term expansion…

 

Only 16 days to go!! See you there.

Festival Team 

Pinewood Pilot Pitching Competition

This is what we have all been waiting for... Indies are in with a chance to win a fantastic studio prize package in over £30k!!!

We are officially launching ‘The Pinewood Pitching Competition’ a competition that will offer one lucky Indie a studio prize package worth over £30k to bring their format to life.

Applications are now open for programme makers to submit their idea for a studio based format, with the best five invited to pitch to a panel of channel controllers live at the Festival, which runs between Thursday 23rd August and Friday 25th August. 

The winner will then be given an amazing opportunity to shoot a mini pilot for their programme at Pinewood Studios!

THE PRIZE....

The prize will cover use of one of Pinewood’s 9,000sq ftTV studios, with a brand new, state of the art HD gallery plus production facilities and access to Pinewood’s award winning post production department. Most importantly, the winners will work with Pinewood’s dedicated and experienced TV team, who will be on hand to share their experience and work with the winners to help ensure their vision is translated into a successful end product.

Advisory Chair of the Festival, Kenton Allen comments: “In these straitened times this is a unique, opportunity to take the paper format you passionately believe in and breathe life into it. You would have to be either mad or a millionaire not to enter.”

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