Packaging your Documentary for Fundraising

Packaging your Documentary for Fundraising
Sponsor: UVM Film & TV Studies
Pitch, proposal and trailer! They can be a money-making trio for your documentary film, or the cause of every rejection letter you’ll ever get. This presentation will cover how to best represent your project verbally, in writing and with audiovisual material with clear point by point explanations and analysis of before/after samples. Her book will be available for purchase at a discount and Rossi will be available for book signing

Doc Doctor Clinic – Request for Proposals
Following the presentation, Rossi will offer selected filmmakers individual case studies on their current works-in-progress. If you’re interested in having your project looked at by an expert, please email info@vtiff.org with your name, address and phone number, a brief description of your work in progress (200 words) and a paragraph about why you need help. The 4-5 filmmakers selected will have the opportunity for their individual own “clinic” with Ms. Rossi. Deadline for submission: Sept 30th.

Ms. Rossi has doctored more than 300 fiction scripts, fundraising samples and documentaries, including two nominated for the Academy Award® and many that went on to receive funds from ITVS in the U.S. and NFB in Canada. She has given workshops and lectures in more than 12 countries for more than 40 film organizations and at all major world markets and conferences, including Hot Docs in Canada, SilverDOCS in the United States, Sunny Side of the Doc in France and Sheffield Doc/Fest in the UK. In addition, she’s a much sought-after trainer for special programs and grant evaluator for foundations. Her columns and articles have been published in trade publications, such as The Independent in the United States and DOX in Europe. She is the author of a book that, according to industry professionals, is the bible on demo production: Trailer Mechanics: How to Make Your Documentary Fundraising Demo. www.documentarydoctor.com