Each year, we are pleased to offer The Lucy Scher Award for the outstanding female finalist.

Lucy was an exceptional person, an expert story and script developer and founder of The Script Factory. We were fortunate to have her join us as a judge for many years, and after her…

Thrilled that THE INNKEEPER will be screened at
Poppy Jasper International Film Festival (California) in April.

Huge thanks to festival organisers, The Pitch Film Fund and all the wonderful creatives who transformed my words to film.

Anatole Sloan, winner of our Drama Production Award with his idea Our Child, received his award from the judges at The Pitch finals in Sheffield back in January! 🎥

Big thanks to the amazing folks The Kurious who hosted us!

#thepitch #shortfilm fund #shorts #shortfilm #cinema …

Throwback to the residential! 🎥🏡

Our finalists pitched and developed their ideas in preparation for the Finals with Justine Hart of @TheScriptFactory. We’re very thankful to Low Wood Bay for hosting us - it seems like a long time ago now!

Stay tuned for more news about this…

Further thanks to our Industry Week sponsors, The Pitch Film Fund The Pitch Film Fund, Festival Formula, First Flights Pro First Flights & FF3, National Film and Television School and BFI NETWORK. A full week of panels, networking, 1-2-1s and our first Pitching Show welcomed over 300 filmmakers to Institute of Contemporary Arts.

Honoured to be in Sheffield this weekend as part of the judging panel for The Pitch Film Fund. Massive thanks to Nev Pierce for inviting me to get involved. Such a privilege to be meeting so many brilliant filmmakers. 🎬🍿

We’re proud to partner with the London Short Film Festival this year!
 
Yesterday we ran an adaptation workshop and connected with filmmakers afterwards in the bar. Missed it? Come and catch us at The Pitching Show on Saturday!
 
This year at LSFF there is another programme full…

I was privileged to be one of the judges for The Pitch Film Fund this weekend & am thrilled to know that these two fantastic sounding #BibleFilms are going to be produced.

Congratulations to Maddie & Anatole

Great to see how London Short Film Festival continues to bring short films to audiences, and this year's programme is no exception! 💫

Shout out to the talented BFI NETWORK filmmakers in the festival this year! 📽️

Explore the programme 🎟️: bit.ly/3SferS3

#LSFF #BFINETWORK #shortfilms

It’s time to announce the top entrants in The Pitch Film Fund 2024...

And…

The Production Award for Comedy goes to…

Maddie Dai, with the pitch JAEL DRIVES THE NAIL.

Maddie’s pitch charmed the panel of industry experts, who were impressed by her vision and “way of bringing…

It’s time to announce the top entrants in The Pitch Film Fund 2024...

And…

The Production Award for Drama goes to…

Anatole Sloan, with the pitch OUR CHILD.

Anatole’s pitch won over the panel of industry experts, who all “very moved by his story”.

Anatole will receive…

So excited for The Innkeeper, screening in Cardiff today.

Huge thanks to Cardiff Mini Film Festival...

...The Pitch Film Fund for producing...

...and all the wonderful creatives who brought it to life. 📽️

That's a wrap on our day of pitching with our ten finalists 😅🎬

We’re so proud of them and how far their films have come!

Tonight we will announce our final four who will go through to pitch again on Sunday 👀

It's the Pitch finals! We're gathered at The Kurious in Sheffield this weekend to see 10 incredible pitches from our finalists. We're joined by judges Jassa Ahluwalia Karol Griffiths, Nour Wassi & Matthew Page 🎬🙌

An amazing few days away on The Pitch Film Fund finalist residential! Packed full of pitching, re-writing and chatting with an inspiring group of filmmakers in the most beautiful location.

The Pitch Finalist Residential 2023! A weekend jam packed with pitching, storytelling and fun! Our finalists pitched their story ideas, received feedback from the team, had a fantastic day of advice and wisdom from Justine Hart, our resident story expert, and re-pitched their…

'Aesthetica is a terrific place to come as a filmmaker.'

Luke Walton is the founder of The Pitch Film Fund (The Pitch Film Fund) and worked on Denise Deegan's 'The Innkeeper,' directed by Paudie Baggott. Watch the short on our online platform: bit.ly/3Ee22VF