The Big Pitch :: The Final

The Final

Baltic Entrance

On 6th December 2008, at the internationally renowned BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, in conjunction with Northern Lights Film Festival the four finalists of The Big Pitch competed in front of a live voting audience to win the largest production prize in the UK.

The night was hosted by Chair of the Critics Circle Jason Solomons and all four teams entertained the voting audience in a pressure packed 2-hour show full of thrills.

The four finalists each had 15 minutes to sell their film to the 300-strong live voting audience before facing questions and comments from the expert industry panelists. The panel included Clare Binns (Programming Director at City Screen), Brian Gordon (Director of The Northern Lights Film Festival) and Denise Parkinson, (Head of Film at Bauer Media).

The live audience votes were collated and added to the online votes which were cast over 3 weeks before the final event. It was announced that there were literally just a few votes separating first and second place. Second place went to Derek Boyes' neo-noir thriller Blackout, before Different Shades of Graham were announced as the winners and invited to accept their award.

Watch all four pitches and the announcement of the winner below.