The Fund

The Pitch has run annually since 2009, offering emerging filmmakers funding to make compelling short films based on Bible stories, as well as providing mentoring and masterclasses.

This year our focus is on producing the films previously greenlit by The Pitch and also supporting our filmmaking community through our masterclasses, mentoring schemes and workshops, which are advertised on our social media channels, and you can find out more about here.

We're currently conducting a review of the best way to serve filmmakers going forward. We invite and encourage feedback - what you like, love or would like to see improved - about The Pitch in general. You can email us any time at [email protected]

We'll share our plans for how to move The Fund forwards for the future, later this year. Got more questions? Head over to our Q&A page.

Find out more about what we have offered below.  

THE PRODUCTIONS

The Pitch Film Fund has offered production funds of up to £70,000, split between two films, in the categories of COMEDY and DRAMA. You can find out more about the winning films here. 

There is flexibility within the categories. You could make a straight-ahead COMEDY (Anchorman), or mix it up with a subgenre. E.g. Sci-fi (Galaxy Quest), Thriller (Game Night), Horror (Shaun Of The Dead), Musical (The Producers). 

Similarly, you could pitch a heavyweight DRAMA (Nomadland), or something that sits in a subgenre like Sci-fi (Interstellar), Thriller (Panic Room), or Horror (Hereditary). The intent should be serious, but this doesn’t exclude moments of humour. We are flexible.

DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL

We seek to run a unique process that gives as much development aid as possible to every entrant. Feedback is available for everyone at one of our feedback sessions. We also offer development masterclasses, plus residential training for the finalists. For more details on this and other support visit the Awards section.