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Announcing the Line up for the Good Pitch UK

August 24, 2009 BY admin

The Good Pitch is returning to the UK on September 7th and 8th. It is hosted by Amnesty International at their East London auditorium and is held in association with One World Media.

Eight extraordinary projects have been selected to pitch on September 8th with the following filmmakers: Antony Butts (After the Apocalypse), Lesley Katon (A Very Dangerous Man), Dan Edelstyn (How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire), Hannan Majid & Richard York (Mass e Bhat), Rosa Rogers (Casablanca Calling), Mat Whitecross (Moving to Mars), Morgan Matthews (Seventeen) and Jerry Rothwell (Town of Runners).

We are expecting an equally outstanding line up of organizations to make the event spectacular. Organizations who have already confirmed include: ACEVO, ActionAid, Amnesty International, CAFOD, CND, Fairtrade Foundation, Institute of Development, London Council, NCVYS, One.org, Skoll Centre for Entrepreneurship, Sport England, TRAID, War on Want, UNHCR, UNICEF, Antigone, Ashoka, Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, OSI, Rothschild Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Babelgum, BBC, Channel 4, Google, Yougov, Guardian Films and Freuds.

Find our more about the event, eight projects, and participating organizations from BRITDOC.

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