Silverdocs officially begins today with a screening of the new Lebron James doc, More then a Game (after last night, shouldn’t this film be about Kobe?). Besides being the biggest and best programmed documentary film festival in the US, Silverdocs also boasts more panels, workshops and other industry events then just about any other other week long conference in the country. This year they’ll be teaming up with Ch. 4 Britdocs, The Sundance Institute, Working Films and The Fledgling Fund to present THE GOOD PITCH, a forum for selected emerging filmmakers to share and pitch their work in front of a slew of industry reps.

“From over 300 applications, eight filmmaking teams have been selected to pitch their films and outreach campaigns to an invited audience, comprising leading national and international NGOs, foundations, broadcasters, campaigners and media in order to maximise the impact of their social-issue documentary projects”.

We’ve been keeping a close eye on several of these films and are extremely excited to hear how the inaugural event goes. A special congrats must go out to Robbie Gemmel and Daniel Coffin and their new project, Cape Wind: The Fight for Future Power in America. The film illuminates the divisive controversy surrounding the Cape Wind Project – a proposal to build 130 wind turbines off the coast of Cape Cod – translating the furor which exploded on the Cape Cod community into a story of transcendent national importance for the future of sustainability in America.

Gemmel will be in DC to pitch his film and we’ll hopefully be interviewing him on his experiences at the GOOD PITCH for this blog. Until then, take a moment to check out their films site at www.capewindmovie.com. I’m predicting this film to be one of the most anticipated nonfiction premieres of 2010, so much much more on this film in the coming months!