September 24, 2019
Rotorua pitch for film cash
Experienced and emerging film makers will have the chance to win $10,000 this week at the Rotorua Indigenous Film Festival.
The pūtea from the New Zealand Film Commission and Māori language funding agency Te Māngai Pāho will go to the best film idea or ideas pitched on the last day of the festival.
Pitch-Slap entrants must first attend Friday's film pitch workshop run by Māori screen guild Ngā Aho Whakaari.
They will then have three minutes to sell their film idea to a panel of industry executives.
Festival director Piripi Curtis says because the festival is run by film makers, it wants to support new film makers to create and share stories that inspire and lead to a greater understanding of indigenous people and culture.
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