Submission checklist

- Project (working) title

- Logline (max. thirty words): a few sentences that capture the essence of your film

• Open talents and crew: Which artistic or technical personnel can still be brought into the production via a co-production?
• Co-production countries: If your project lends itself well story-wise to a co-production with a particular country, please specify which country and why.
• Current co-producers: If you already have co-producers on board, please list their companies and countries where they are located.

• Category (If you are submitting a film project, choose between 'Forum Pitch' and 'Rough Cut Presentation'
• Genre (choose from a list of options)
• Description of your target audience

• Visual material: Vimeo link to a trailer, rough cut, or other sample material:

For Forum Pitch: Up to ten minutes of video material of your project. Material of the current project is highly recommended, but if you don’t have that you can also provide a sample of up to ten minutes of relevant previous work.

For DocLab Forum Pitch: sample material; a trailer, teaser clip or pitch deck to showcase the general look of your project

For a Rough Cut Presentation: twenty minutes of rough cut material (a twenty-minute clip, or the total rough cut with a time code selection of maximum twenty minutes). If you are selected you must deliver the full rough cut by Wednesday, October 26, 2023; we advise to keep the length of the rough cut as condensed as possible.

For the Producers Connection: Up to ten minutes of video material of your project and/or stills. Material of the current project is recommended, but if such material is not yet available, you can also provide a link to previous work from the director.

• Other submissions: any other training program/pitching event where this project was or will be presented on site or online (year, place/event, program, project title)

• Previous applications to the IDFA Forum with this project, if applicable (year, project title)
• Previous applications to the IDFA Bertha Fund with this project, if applicable (year, project title)
• Previous applications to the IDFAcademy Summer School/IDFA Project Space with this project, if applicable (year, project title)
• Previous applications to the IDFA DocLab Open Call for R&D Proposals

• Total amount of budget, financing in place, and amount still required
• Target: what are you looking for? Are you looking for development, production, or post-production funding? Broadcasting partners, streamers or distribution? In the case of a new media project, are you looking for exhibitors and/or tech partners? Your input will help us determine which presentation setup would best serve your project.
• Finance plan for production and post-production: here you can fill out the financing required; the presumed investments (company, amount) for your project (max. 250 words).
• Please describe any 'In kind' contributions in detail where relevant.

• You will need to provide names and contact details for the following persons involved: producer, co-producer (if applicable), director(s), artist(s), scriptwriter, editor, distributor/sales agent, and/or creative team in the case of a new media project.
• For the director(s)/creators(s) and main producer(s) we would also ask for previous credits (max. three titles)
• A short biography of the director(s), artist(s) and information about the producer(s)/production company (max. 350 words). For a new media project please also provide names and country of the other creative team members.

This excel sheet allows you to provide a finance plan (differentiating between requested, confirmed, and still-required finance). If you are selected, this information will be listed in our password-protected online catalogue.

• Confirmed financing in place provided by broadcasters, film institutions, or other financiers: You have to specify the investor and provide a contact person and contact details. It may seem like you are asked to do this twice, but for us it is important that you fill out the credit details of all confirmed financing.

• If the project is selected, you will need to provide letters of commitment for all confirmed financing. Letters of commitment from broadcasters and financiers need to be in English and signed.
• Please describe any 'In kind' contribution in detail where relevant.

• Two stills of the project. If selected, these would be used on the website and in our Forum publication. For this reason, we would ask for high-resolution photos of minimum 3,000 pixels wide. Orientation: Landscape. Please do not upload other formats than .JPG because we cannot process these.
• For the DocLab Forum: You will need to upload a sample of your presentation/pitch.

• Logline (max. thirty words)

• Synopsis (max. 400 words)
• Project description (max. 700 words)
• Biography of the director(s), artist(s), and information about the producer(s)/production company, creative team (max. 350 words)

A short paragraph of what type of professionals you are interested in meeting and what you hope to get out of participating in the Forum or the DocLab Forum

Downloadable link to trailer or other visual material to be included on our website: For projects in the Forum Pitch and DocLab Forum pitch categories, we will make the trailer or other visual material available to industry representatives and financiers when they choose who they would like to meet with. For pitch itself, projects are welcome to use a different trailer if they wish.

Information about the two team members who will be representing the project.

At the end of this form, you will be asked to pay the applicable participation fee. After selection, the Forum team will contact the project teams to discuss the presentation and program in more detail.