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Exclusive: Rising producers Katherine Romans and Charlie Traisman have formally launched Madhouse Films, a new indie production company with a mission to center underrepresented voices and push creative boundaries across film and television.

“At Madhouse, we champion stories that offer fresh perspectives on cultural conversations, illuminating the nuanced gray areas of our social and cultural landscape,” explained the co-founders in a statement to Deadline. “We believe exceptional creativity comes from wild imagination and we strive to promote female, queer, and Bipoc-led voices and stories.”

Madhouse opens with a multi-genre slate that includes narrative features, as well as docs and shorts developed in collaboration with emerging and established talent. The company is an exec producer on Forbidden Fruits, the debut feature of writer-director Meredith Alloway, on which we were first to report. Currently in post, the film produced by Academy Award winner Diablo Cody centers on the members of a witchy femme cult.

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival has unveiled its audience and jury award honorees for its 2024 edition, which ran from Oct. 17-24 at Nitehawk Cinema’s Williamsburg and Prospect Park locations.

Taking home the best film and best ensemble awards from the Dark Matter Jury was “Dead Talents Society” from writer-director John Hsu. The comedy horror, starring Bo-lin Chen, Sandrine Pinna and Gingle Wang, follows a ghost who joins a supernatural talent agency in hopes of becoming an urban legend.

Emma Benestan won best director from the Head Trip Jury, which honors films that deviate from the typical horror formula. Her film, “Animale,” follows a young bullfighter who begins noticing disturbing changes after a violent incident in the ring. Cast members include Oulaya Amamra, Damien Rebattel and Vivien Rodriguez.

For the Shorts Jury, Grace Rex’s script for “The Shadow Wrangler” took home best screenplay. Following an audiobook narrator tortured by...