For director Imogen McCluskey it isn't the medium, but the message - that is to say, emotion, character and story - that is important in her work.
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.
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.
Forced to self-isolate, Imogen McCluskey spent two weeks writing, directing and editing a webseries about dating during the pandemic, based on personal experience.