South Australian filmmaker wins Beijing Pitching Competition with superhero story

South Australian filmmaker Brendon Skinner has won the Beijing Pitching Competition for his film The Pulse, an Australian-Chinese co-production.

Skinner was selected from sixteen emerging filmmakers from China and the Asia Pacific.

The Pulse, an adventure superhero story is set in Sydney and was conceived with co-director and co-producer Simon Williams.

The competition was run by the Motion Picture Association Asia Pacific and China International Copyright Expo with Australian contestants  competiting in a national pitch contest that was first run as regional and state heats by Metro Screen in NSW, Open Channel in Victoria and the Media Resource Centre in South Australia where Skinner first won his round.