ABC TV Arts, Entertainment & Comedy and Channel 4 Arts & Performance [UK] will finance the development of a documentary arts project to the value of AU$20,000 in a pitching competition at the AIDC, February 23-26 2007.
The Finalists
Congratulations to the following people who have been shortlisted to pitch in the ABC TV/Channel 4 Arts Documentary Pitching Competition.
See the Program At A Glance for the session time.
The Art of Mirrors - Beth Frey, Circe Films
Opera Unplugged - Lauren Drewery
The Next Nicole - Michael McMahon, Big and Little Films
Rrurrambu - Tony Collins, @Production
Gold - Chris Saunders, big hART
The Penis Museum - Alan Erson, Essential Viewing
Shoot Me - Elizabeth Tadic, Shoot Me Pictures
Under Belly - Tony Ayres, Big and Little Films
For background to inform thinking about what both channels were looking for:
ABC TV
The 2004 inaugural winner of the AIDC/ABC Arts Pitching Competition was 900 Neighbours, which has now been screened at the Sydney International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival and Brisbane International Film Festival. Also from 2004, Running with Scissors (working title) is currently in pre-production. In 2005 ABC TV went into development with three projects: Who is Guy Bourdin?;, Forbidden Lie$ - The Stories of Norma Khouri and In Good Company - the 30th Anniversary of the Sydney Dance Company. The 2006 winner, The Curse of the Gothic Symphony, is currently in financing with a Letter of Offer.
Channel 4
Channel 4 Arts & Performance have recently commissioned The Yellow House, a drama about Van Gogh and Gauguin and their time together in Arles; Ballet Changed My Life, where young people from troubled backgrounds work towards a performance of Romeo and Juliet; Man on the Moon, a opera film from composer Jonathan Dove about the Apollo 11 moon landing; and How Music Works, a doc series presented by Howard Goodall looking at the fundamental structure of music and composition across all genres of music.
The Brieffor AIDC 2007 was as follows:
In 2007, ABC TV and Channel 4 are calling for treatments of up to three pages for a one-hour arts documentary or a documentary series for primetime slots on ABC TV and Channel 4.
ABC TV and Channel 4 are interested in innovative formats for arts programming. We would like to receive proposals that demonstrate new thoughts or new concepts on how arts could be expressed on television through the documentary form.
Requirements for all proposals
- Three [3] copies of a documentary treatment of up to three pages, contact details of your production company and biographies of key creatives.
- Three [3] copies of the completed application form
- Please ensure you read the terms and conditions
The deadline for applications is 5pm January 15 2007. No late entries will be accepted.
Short-listed applicants were notified 5 Februrary 2007 and published online on 15 February 2007.
All short-listed applicants are required to register for the AIDC 2007.
Considering submissions will be
- Amanda Duthie, Executive Producer, Arts, Entertainment & Comedy, ABC TV
- Jan Younghusband, Commissioning Editor, Arts & Performance, Channel 4 Television
Please submit your application via email or post:
tvarts@your.abc.net.au
Lyndon Barnett, ABC TV Arts, Entertainment & Comedy,
GPO BOX 9994, Sydney NSW 2001
For further information phone Lyndon Barnett on (02) 8333 4355.
See the ABC website for the details above.