Pitching the Wanker

4 remarkable strokes of luck give me an unexpected chance to shine at Sundance London.

I’m heading to Sundance London, where my short film My Eyes are Up Here continues its eye-popping festival run.

Twenty-some and counting. Every one of them is a surprise and a delight. As a writer, I’m used to lurking at the background of these things. The directors are the stars. The producers are the movers and shakers. As a screenwriter at these things, I feel very much on the undercard - but I love the chance to fly-on-the-wall and see how the work of other similar undercarders - like composers, DOPs and accountants - can give me hints that will make my writing/story proposal work better.

Remarkable stroke of luck #1

In one of the many emails I get from the festival, I notice a notice for a Pitching Session - it describes it as something new, further explained in a video, and entered via a google form.

[The night before] we’ll draw 8 names out of a hat (to make it most democratic) for…