Northern Ireland Screen & Docs Ireland Development Pitch Now Open
Date Posted: April 10, 2025
Docs Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen, in association with Yellowmoon Post Production, are offering a chance for new and emerging documentary makers to receive an award of up to £9,000 towards a pilot for a documentary feature. Established at Docs Ireland 2019, the Northern Ireland Screen Pitch is one of the festival’s flagstaff industry events and has ushered a wealth of non-fiction talent through the process of developing their feature documentaries.
Application Process
If you would like to submit a proposal for consideration for the pitch, you can submit an application here. Full criteria for the competition is available here.
The deadline for applications is Friday May 2nd at 5pm.
The shortlisted filmmakers, selected from open application by members of the Docs Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen teams, will present their projects at Docs Ireland, where they will receive feedback from a panel of leading Irish film industry players. You can pitch your project through a production company, or as an individual.
The pitch will take place as part of the Docs Ireland festival on Saturday June 28th in Belfast city centre. The event is free of charge but ticketed. Full details of the event will be made available closer to the festival.
The previous winners of the Northern Ireland Screen Pitch are:
Shades of Blue – Katie McFadden (2024)
The Unrest Collective – Lia Campbell (2023)
They Say it is Love – Roisin Agnew (2022)
Asking for it – Grace Sweeney (2021)
The Last Balkan Cowboy – Dragana Jurisic (2020)
A Want in Her (formerly No Place Like Home) – Myrid Carten (2019)
If you have any further questions, please contact [email protected]
