Filmmaker Jaymar Santos Castro’s Hysteria, a project under ABS-CBN, has won the grand prize at the ATF x EST N8 Horror Pitch 2024 during the 25th Asia TV Forum & Market in Singapore.
The film competed against four other Southeast Asian projects: Malaysia’s Bakunawa, Singapore’s Cabin, and Indonesia’s Hantu Banyu and Parasomia.
Hysteria tells the story of a self-righteous priest investigating a series of demonic possessions in a small town, only to uncover a mystery that forces him to confront his own troubling past.
The ATF x EST N8 Horror Pitch is an initiative for horror feature producers and projects with strong Asian elements. The judges for the event were Sophie Changhui Shi, Head of Acquisition & Production at EST N8; Cathy Ni, Sales Executive at EST Media Holdings, Inc.; Tenten Wei, Head of Studios at EST Media Holdings, Inc.; and Rachel Wu, Co-founder of N8 Studios.
As the grand prize winner, Hysteria will receive development and distribution support from EST N8.
