The Asian pitch funds five new documentaries.(news)(Brief article)

Television Asia, December, 2008

SINGAPORE -- Over US$250,000 in funding was awarded at this year's The Asian Pitch competition organised by Japan's NHK and Singapore's MediaCorp. Stories about Shakespeare-spewing Chinese children, an association of 'dead' people, and diamond couriers are among the winning proposals from independent filmmakers across Asia.

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The selected five directors and projects are Sanjeev Sivan (India): Dead Man Walking; Zhu Chun Guang (China): For The Love Of Shakespeare; Sheron Dayoc (Philippines): A Weaver's ...

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