On Thursday 18 November, 5 documentary makers will go head to head in a suspenseful live pitch in front of a public audience and  panel of professionals. The prize: £2000 to make a high-quality trail for their documentary as well as mentoring and support.
Making the ultimate decision are Steve Boulton, former editor of flagship current affairs programme World in Action; Cat Lewis, director of the production company Nine Lives Media, exposures co director Beth Hewitt and  Andy Glynne, Chief Executive of the Documentary Filmmakers Group (DFG) - the UK’s national organisation for documentary.

The 5 students and recent graduates shortlisted were selected from over 70 entries received from all over the UK.  Come and cheers them on!

Which one will get your vote?

• A History of the Indian Moustache (William Hartley, University of Salford)
  This film will provide an unusual history of India by looking at the Indian moustache. Once an important part of the Indian male’s appearance, what status does it have now? And what does that tell us about how the country is changing?

• God Save the Punk (Onyeka Igwe, Goldsmiths, University of London; Sofia Bouzidi, graduate of University of Bradford)
  There is now an emerging movement of young people who use Islam and punk as a way of defining their lives. In this film Sofia Bouzidi – who is British, Algerian, and punk – will take us inside this growing culture in Algeria and the UK.

• Life in a Capsule (Luo Yi, graduate of Goldsmiths, University of London)
  ‘Capsule Studios’ is a new way to live for cheap in China’s rapidly developing capital city, Beijing. But what is it like squeezing three people into each capsule, with no windows and one bed to share between them?

• Radio Benin (Anouk de l’Ecluse, graduate of The Metropolitan Film School, London)
  The radio has become a vital part of people’s lives in Benin, West Africa. This documentary will hear people’s accounts of what their radio means to them – and find out what happens when people switch their radios on.
  
• The King of Bandra (Philip Pendlebury, University of Salford)
  This film will tell the story of Mr. Sandeep Bacche from Mumbai, a man of extraordinary generosity who is devoted to raising money for those in need. But Sandeep is not a rich philanthropist – he is one of Mumbai’s 55,000 autorickshaw drivers.

The One World Media Live Pitch is on Thu 18 october, 16:15, Cornerhouse Cinema 2
One World Media events at exposures are supported by UKaid from the Department for International Development <> 
The Live Pitch supported by the Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation, in collaboration with DFG