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Hot Docs Forum Winners Hope Prizes Will Propel Projects Into Distribution
Elaine Epstein says that winning Hot Docs Forum's top First Look prize of Can $20,000 cash for her film 'Arrest the Midwife' is a 'game changer.'
“Arrest the Midwife” was one of 20 projects presented to key funders and decision-makers as well as filmmakers, producers and other observers at the 25th edition of the two-day Forum pitch event. Epstein, a South African filmmaker currently based in New York, said that “Arrest the Midwife” takes a completely different angle on the issue of reproductive rights, which has been a topic of several recent documentaries including “The Janes” and “Aftershock.” It has been 12 years since Conteh George pitched her first documentary feature “The Flying Stars.” She is hoping that her Hot Docs win will help “This Land of Ours” find a home.
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