European Short Pitch for short film projects open for submission

The European Short Pitch 2016 (ESP), the call for short film projects, is open for submission. Application deadline is 30 September 2015. The call is open to writers, directors, and producers. The author(s) of the script has to be between 18 and 35 years of age on the closing date of the call for projects. There will be three prizes of € 1,000 for the Best Pitches (based on the votes of invited professionals) and two in kind post-production awards offered by Espera Productions, one for € 3,500 and one for € 7,500.
The participation fee for each project is € 500.
The projects will be selected in two steps. From 1 until 21 October 2015, a preselecting reading committee composed of 30 readers will consider all the applications. Each application will be processed by a minimum of two different readers. 40 projects will be preselected for the consideration of the jury. From 21 October until 13 November 2015, the jury will review the 40 projects preselected. Participants will be informed on their selection / non-selection on 20 November 2015.
ESP aims to bring young European talents into the spotlight, give them a high-end promotion opportunity, and develop short film coproduction in Europe. This initiative is about enhanced economic viability and European visibility for short film projects. The Creative Europe Media programme is one of the funders of the ESP.