Baltic Pitching Forum

The Baltic short film industry event “Baltic Pitching Forum” is a leading short film industry platform in the Baltic region, spotlighting the newest short film projects from the Baltics and beyond. Established in 2013 by Lithuanian Shorts, it became the key short film industry event in Europe with more than 200 alumni. Its main objective is to foster interaction, cooperation, and co-production between short filmmakers from the Baltics and international industry professionals from all across Europe.

The Baltic Pitching Forum consists of an online script consultation and a four-day training and pitching event. Individual consultations with an experienced scriptwriting expert take place in the first weeks of September and the Forum event – in the second week of October in Vilnius. 

During the Forum, selected filmmakers showcase their latest projects to an audience of active European producers, TV commissioners, fund representatives, VoD programmers, and distributors, as well as discuss, receive feedback, and learn how to promote their newest short film projects. Selected projects are evaluated and awarded by a BPF Panel comprising film industry professionals with expertise in festivals, TV, distribution, production, and film commissioning, and the Baltic Producers Jury.

Eligible participants – Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian and Guest country film directors and/or producers who have finished at least one short film project and are now developing a new project, which is fiction/animation short film up to 30 minutes and aimed for an international audience. 12 short film projects (3 from each country) are selected to participate at the Baltic Pitching Forum.

The Baltic Pitching Forum is organised by Lithuanian Short Film Agency “Lithuanian Shorts”. Associated partners: Riga International Film Festival, Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS, Latvian Short Film Agency, PÖFF Shorts (Tallinn International Film Festival Black Nights) and Estonian Film Institute. “Lithuanian Shorts” is supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture. The Forum is partially financed by the Lithuanian Film Centre, Audiovisual Works Copyright Association “AVAKA”, Vilnius City Municipality. Partners – Creative Europe Desk MEDIA Offices in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Vilnius Film Office.

More information: www.bpf.lt