The Good Pitch is a unique opportunity for filmmakers to pitch their social purpose films and their associated campaign to an invited audience of observers, comprising foundations, NGOs, campaigners, advertising agencies, brands and media.

The Good Pitch was launched at Keble College, Oxford in July 2008. 8 filmmakers had 20 minutes to pitch their films to organisations that included Amnesty, Greenpeace, The Times, MySpace, Channel 4, Avaaz, Sundance Documentary Programme, (RED), BBC and Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.

The Projects

Resist

Gael Garcia Bernal, Marc Silver &
Thomas Benski A multimedia project following Gael Garcia Bernal as he journeys through a landscape of resistance learning from those who refuse to accept the way the world is and whose actions are redefining the social issues of our time. See http://www.resistnetwork.com for more information.

In the Company of Bees

James Erskine & Jago Lee"No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”
Attributed to Albert Einstein.
A feature length documentary exploring the global threat to bees from CCD, a mysterious disease which could wipe out the species responsible for one third of our food.

The Reckoning

Pamela Yates & Paco de OnisThe International Criminal Court (ICC) represents the most ambitious attempt ever to apply the rule of law on a global scale and protect fundamental human rights. Through the eyes and experiences of dreamers and villains and victims that inhabit The Reckoning, this film will bring the ICC to the world.

Tracy Worcester & Christo Hird

Duchess and activist Tracey Worcester's one-woman quest to expose the hidden costs of cheap food, travelling to America and Poland and back again to Britain’s supermarkets and farmers markets. When it comes to food exposes, pigs are the new poultry.

The Day After Peace

Jeremy GilleyJeremy Gilley's inspirational film picks up where his earlier work Peace One Day left off. After succeeding in the Herculean task of creating Peace Day - a day that the UN sanctified as a global ceasefire, but never acted on - Gilley now takes it upon himself to try and silence the cynics and prove that Peace Day can save lives.

Burning Needs

Adam Wakeling In the face of climate change and a global food crisis, an idea has been born. It could drastically reduce carbon emissions and provide food and livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people. Through the stories of three Honduran farmers and one scientist, Burning Needs will reveal this unknown opportunity.

The Road to Bethlehem

Leila SansourOne woman's personal journey back to her birthplace, The Road to Bethlehem is filmed over four desperate Christmases as, piece-by-piece, hundreds of slabs of concrete are lowered into place to build a wall that will seal the city from the outside world. The director's experiences spur her to start a campaign to save her beloved city.

Erasing David

David Bond & Ashley JonesFilmmaker David Bond’s life has been stolen. Governments and companies can’t keep his identity safe. David tests the boundaries of civil liberties by deliberately destroying his identity. For 3 months, a top private eye will try to track David down. Is it possible to disappear?