I am an African lady filmmaker with a pitch-ready documentary concept. I am looking to partner with a Canadian producer in order to pitch it to a special Canadian fund for African documentaries due on 1 December. Inbox me, ask away or visit my profile for more about me.
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Hello Nyembezi, welcome to Stage 32 and congratulations on your documentary concept. Have you tried posting this in the JOBS board to hire on a producer?
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Congrats on completing the pitch! May I ask - why must it be a Canadian producer? There are lots of companies all over the world that work with co-productions.
Also, have you tried pitching it to any of Stage 32's executives? https://www.stage32.com/scriptservices/pitch-sessions Definitely reach out to our Director of Script Services, Jason Mirch, who is excellent at matching projects with potential executives (or managers, in your case): J.Mirch@stage32.com
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Hi Karen "Kay" Ross. This particular documentary fund for African documentaries is Canadian and it is a prerequisite to collaborate with a Canadian. I will definitely consider pitching to a Stage 32 exec but for my fiction work rather than this project. Thank you.
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Cherelynn Baker Thank you for the suggestion. I'm on it. Just a quick question: does posting on the Jobs board not mean the project has funds secured already or can I post there even at pitch phase?
amazing, there hasn’t been a better time to do such thing with all the social movements and support given to minorities ! Please keep me updated
Post and get the process in motion @Nyembezi! When would NOW be a good time?
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Gotcha. Well, consider pitching to Phil Claroni with Story House Productions. He was the showrunner on the first series I was ever staffed on and his company has a location in Canada (with offices in the US and Europe as well). It could be an option, especially since he specializes in non-fiction and he still has spots left: https://www.stage32.com/happy-writers/pitch-sessions/Pitch-Phil-Claroni-...
This! This is what Stage32 is all about! The connections and support! Great share and idea Karen "Kay" Ross - thanks for putting that out there for Nyembezi!