Background on Crazy8s 2010

Crazy8s has grown so much in reputation and popularity over the past decade that last year many hopefuls were turned away after the 60 available pitch slots filled in record time. 

So to open the contest up to wider participation, this year we invited interested filmmakers to submit a 5-minute video pitch of their short film idea. 

An astonishing 115 teams signed up to submit a video pitch at the resoundingly successful Pitch Registration and Info Session at the Vancity Theatre on Dec. 13th.

The video pitches were reviewed by a pre-selection jury, and the top 40 were invited to pitch in-person to a panel of industry professionals on Jan. 29th and 30th.

The jury, comprised of Louise Clark (former VP of program development for CTV, responsible for such series as Corner Gas and Robson Arms), Sue Biely (media consultant and former shorts programmer for CBC’s ZeD,) Dylan Akio-Smith (Crazy8s Alumni and winner of Best Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival for “Man Feel Pain”) and Peg Campbell (award-winning filmmaker and Emily Carr professor), selected 12 teams to enter the CBC Story Development phase, to work with a professional story editor to hone their script.

Based on the final scripts, the jury then selected the top 6 films to go into production.  For more information about the finalist teams and their films, see here.

The winning teams will be provided with a production package containing everything they need to make their short film.  The films will be completed between March 18 – 25, 2010.

The finished films will premier at a gala screening to a packed audience of the who’s who of the Vancouver film industry at the Vogue Theatre on March 27, 2010.

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