Applications are open for AACTA Pitch: BITE, a feature film development initiative in partnership with Monster Pictures.
After last year's iteration saw six projects optioned, AACTA is set to re-team with Monster Pictures to run a horror and genre film development initiative.
AACTA, in partnership with Monster Pictures, is calling out for horror and genre feature film ideas based on the theme of isolation for a new development initiative and pitch competition.
AACTA has announced the recipient of AACTA Pitch: Mother, with Rhona Rees receiving $10,000 in development funds and an exclusive distribution deal with Monster Pictures for her concept 'Freya'.
Filmmaking teams entering AACTA Pitch: Mother should think about their idea in terms of audience and trust the process, according to last year's winners.
Eight finalists will compete in AACTA and Monster Pictures pitch competition, Pitch: Isolation, with the winner to receive $10,000 in development funding and a theatrical distribution agreement.
The Australian Academy of Cinema Television Arts (AACTA) has unveiled the eight finalists for its horror feature film pitching initiative with Monster Pictures.
Monster Pictures' Grant Hardie and Pictures in Paradise's Chris Brown have formed a genre film production company in partnership with new international financier Fairvale Entertainment.