Congrats to Beyond the Chair – Winner of AFCI Pitch Camp!

Congratulations!

Big congratulations to Andrew Shelley, Dusty Duprel, Rachel Pandza and Amy Janes of Beyond the Chair. They're the winners of AFCI Pitch Camp 2010.

Judges from Sundance Institute, Lionsgate, WWE, Distribber, Kodak, and Warner Bros were impressed with the story and pitch.

Synopsis:

"Beyond the Chair is a character driven documentary following Andrew Shelley, a 90lb man with Muscular Dystrophy, as he backpacks around the world in his wheelchair, searching for happiness. Want to be inspired, watch this film's trailer and fund it now."

Finalists:

Beyond the Chair was joined by a great group of finalists. Check them out too: Corner Store, Programming the Nation, My Sixties Girl and No Rest for the Wicked.

Speed Pitch Results:

Also, congratulations to Travelin' Dave for winning the Speed Pitch session, which was open to Audience members. Dave has been traveling the world for 30 years, and now he wants to bring his journeys to TV so the world can enjoy them too.

Sign-Up for Next Pitch Camp (due today!)

Next IndieGoGo Pitch Camp: Digital Hollywood (May 3-6): Four back-to-back pitch camps for all kinds of projects. Submissions due today!

Watch and Fund Beyond the Chair

Author:

Danae Ringelmann

Danae Ringelmann co-founded Indiegogoo and often at conferences including SXSW, MAD Hong Kong, and Big Omaha. Fast Company Magazine recently named Danae one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Technology. Prior to Indiegogo, Danae was a Securities Analyst at Cowen & Co. where she covered entertainment companies including Pixar, Lionsgate, Disney, and Electronic Arts. Danae also focused on cable network, NFL, newspaper and hedge fund clientele while at JPMorgan's Investment Bank and Private Bank. In the wake of 9/11, Danae co-produced a concert reading of Incident at Vichy, an Arthur Miller play addressing the politically charged topic of racial profiling. Danae is a CFA charterholder, holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and graduated with a B.A. in Humanities from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she was a Morehead Scholar and varsity rower. @GoGoDanae

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