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Register your movie for Tempo Pitch!

Registration for Tempo Pitch is now open!

Seven projects will be selected to present their new film projects to an audience and a jury of selected industry experts. The winning project will receive SEK 90,000 in development funding.

Tempo Pitch is aimed at professionally active producers/directors, at least one of whom has produced at least one film that has been distributed in cinemas, TV or VOD. The project must result in a feature film and be at a stage suitable for presentation. The project must be in need of funding.

Tempo Pitch is organised in collaboration with the Swedish Film Institute, Film Stockholm AB and SVT Dokumentär.

Here you can read the rules and criteria for Tempo Pitch.

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