Cash and Western Arctic Moving Pictures (WAMP) credit totalling $10,000 was on the line as the Yellowknife International Film Festival hosted its 2021 Pitch This! event on Nov. 26.
The winner of the $10,000 prize was Sadet艂o Scott, who pitched the idea of an animated short film titled Land of the Daylight.
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The six participants had five minutes to pitch their idea and eight minutes to go through a question-and-answer session with the three judges: Mike Gravitis, Jay Bulckaert and Jeremy MacDonald.
Ideas presented at the event, held at Elks Lodge #314, included burlesque documentaries and short films about bipolarity.
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Emerson noted that the other projects pitched still had potential regardless.
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On top of the Pitch This! event, there was also a table read that took place afterwards, where three scripts were submitted to be read by Northern performers.
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