Get pitching for Galway Film Fleadh

Galway Film Fleadh, which will run from July 11-16, is currently accepting entries for its annual Pitching Competition.

Ireland’s longest-running film pitching competition is aimed at encouraging budding screenwriters and filmmakers to get their ideas out there and to develop the crucial craft of ‘the pitch’.

In the film industry, ‘the pitch’ is how a person conveys their passion for a project to others. It doesn’t matter how good a writer’s idea is unless that person can convince a director, producer, or financiers of its merits.

The Galway Film Fleadh Pitching Competition challenges writers and offers them a platform them to share their ideas with their peers.

And it pays off. The 2010 Fleadh opened with My Brothers, directed by Paul Fraser, which began life a mere three years earlier as a pitch by writer Will Collins. Collins since went on to be nominated for an Oscar as the writer of Song of the Sea.

Applicants for this year’s event must write a 500-word pitch (from beginning to end) of their proposed feature film. Drama, documentary or animation are all eligible.

For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.