Writer’s workshop pitch session

 
 
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As the turbulent year of 2020 comes to an end, CIE Writer’s Workshop is excited to present a Special Pitch Session for our community to end the year on a high note. In the Session, the talent will have the opportunity to pitch their ideas to industry veterans and executives who will provide feedback on each participant’s pitch. If they really like the pitch, anything could happen from there!

Submitted projects will be pre-selected in order to qualify for the Pitch Session. 6 participants’ pitches will be selected and 1 participant will be placed on the waitlist in case the selected candidates could not make it to the pitch session.

Want to improve your project pitching skills? Don’t hesitate to submit your materials before 11/20 to writers@lacff.org

 

Requirements

Timeline

Project Format: Feature Films & TV Pilots 

Submission materials:

  • Required:

    • Pitch Deck (synopsis, genre, characters, references etc.)

    • Contact information - Phone number, email

  • Optional:

    • Treatment/Lookbook/Scripts/Sizzle Reels

    • Any other materials that can support their project

Timeline

  • Project Submission: By Nov. 20

  • Project Selection: Rolling Basis, by Nov. 21

  • Selection Notification: By Nov. 25

  • Pitch Session: First Week of Dec. (Exact time to be determined on executives’ availability)

Pitch Session Schedule

  • Projects to be pitched: 6-7

  • Time: Weekday evening from 7pm to 9pm (TBD)

  • Duration: 15 mins for each pitch (presentation + Q&A), total session less than 2 hours

Guest Executives

Calvin Wu

Lifeng Wang

Lifeng Wang is Chief Operating Officer, and the head of Media, Entertainment and Sports division of Yintai Investment, overseeing its investments in media related companies as well as individual film and tv projects.

Mr. Wang is an active producer working on numerous US-China co-production live action film and TV projects. In 2006, Mr. Wang produced a documentary The Long March which won the 50th Cine Golden Eagle award. Mr. Wang also represents various companies to buy films for distribution in China and co-finance film/TV projects with China.


Calvin Wu is a film & TV producer and Head of Production at China Lion Entertainment Production Inc. He was the U.S. co-producer of The Way We Were and the former producer of Alpha Animation Inc (United States). His works include Extinct, Significant Strangers, The Way We Were, Lost in the Pacific, Last Flight, Little Daddy etc. He received his MFA degree from School of Motion Pictures & Television in Academy of Art University and his undergraduate Cultural Industry Management degree from Communication University of China.