The Good Pitch brings together filmmakers with foundations, NGOs, campaigners, philanthropists, policy makers, brands and media around leading social issues – to forge coalitions and campaigns that are good for all these partners, good for the films and good for society.

The Good Pitch is a one-day live event first imagined by the BRITDOC Foundation and the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program in 2008.

Running several times throughout the year in the US and Europe, as both standalone events and in conjunction with bespoke conferences and film festivals, it brings together specially selected foundations, NGOs, social entrepreneurs, broadcasters and potential corporate and brand partners to form powerful alliances around groundbreaking films.

Six to eight filmmaking teams pitch their film and associated outreach campaign to the assembled audience with the aim of creating a unique coalition around each film to maximise its impact and influence.

2012 is the fourth year of international Good Pitch events and it continues to build momentum. By the end of 2011 over 90 films had been presented at Good Pitch events in London, Oxford, New York, Washington DC, Toronto and San Francisco.

This year, three flagship Good Pitch events will take place in New York, San Francisco and Europe. The first of these, Good Pitch NY 2012, is taking place at the Ford Foundation on May 24th 2012.

Using the buttons above, you can look at the projects that have been presented and the organisations that have attended each past Good Pitch, as well as the upcoming pitches as we begin the invitation process.

Impact & Learning

We continue to track the progress of all the projects presented and this year completed our first Good Pitch Review. The event has leveraged more than $3.4 million in funding – in addition to an extensive range of non-fiscal resources, partnerships and expertise from participating organisations. Outcomes have included on-the-spot financing and broadcast offers, and the development of NGO partnerships that went, in one filmmaker’s words, “from first-date to marriage.”