13/01/2026
Our Tropfest film has officially been submitted! 🙌
Massive thanks to the entire cast & crew and everyone who helped to make this film possible!
Tropfest 2026 here we come! 🎬🎞️
In a race against time, three filmmakers pitch their passion project to a powerful investor who claims to love “real cinema.” What follows is a rapid-fire dismantling of their ideas, values, and self-respect. Turning to AI and ultimately to themselves, the pitch becomes the film. The Pitch is a comedy about creative integrity, compromise, and what happens when funding comes with conditions.
Directed by
Written by , , Jesse Aquiningo
Produced by Jesse Aquiningo, Chris Charteris, Lachlan Stuart,
Associate Producers: .camera , .franke ,
Director of Photography: Patrick Coe
Cast
Lachlan Stuart as Drew
Jess Franke as Sarah
Chris Charteris as James
Loretta Kung as Ms Wu
Jesse Aquiningo as Chatty McGee
Crew
Editor, Sound Designer, VFX Artist, Colourist : Eoghan Barltrop
Composer, Sound designer: Dr. Natalie Nicolas
Production Sound Mixer & Boom Operator: Emmanuel Drakakis
1st Assistant Director: Wilhelmina de Vries
Set Dressing & Runners: Robert Spankie & Chris Goffett
