The search for the Tasmanian tiger has ramped up as a documentary maker is given $50,000 to search for evidence they still exist.

Screen Australia and Vice announced that the 2020 winner of Pitch Australiana was the documentary concept 'Searching for the Tassie Tiger' on Thursday.

The documentary will showcase new evidence and reveal a growing movement that challenges the tiger's extinction, The Mercury reported.

A documentary maker was granted $50,000 by Screen Australia to search for evidence of the extinct Tasmanian tiger (pictured) and showcase a movement that believes it is still alive

The 'Searching for the Tassie Tiger' documentary will follow a middle-aged gardener from Tasmania, Neil Waters, as he commits his life to searching for the Thylacine.

The Tasmanian tiger, or Thylacine, was one of the largest known carnivorous marsupials in Australia and was last seen in captivity in 1933.

Mr Waters has founded a Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia on Facebook and is leading a nationwide search to rediscover the tiger.

Victorian director Naomi Ball said that winning the pitching competition was the biggest breakthrough in her five-year filmmaking career.

She noted that the project would allow Mr Waters' search to be documented in real time.

Ms Bell said: 'What we're focusing on is the search as it ramps up... It is more sophisticated than ever before and Mr Waters has been able to fund a fleet of trail cameras.'

She explained that the gardener was 'fielding lots of reports of evidence' and that 'the story will really follow that journey.'

The documentary will follow Tasmanian gardener, Neil Waters (pictured), who dedicated his life to searching for the thylacine and founded a like-minded community on Facebook

Ms Bell said that she was on the fence about the existence of the thylacine but that the evidence was hard to ignore.

'If we were able to catch the Tasmanian tiger on film the evidence would be indisputable and I would lose my mind. I'm sure the rest of Mr Waters' Facebook awareness group would too,' Ms Bell said.

The Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia has almost 8,000 members is 'dedicated to the research, recognition and conservation of our most elusive apex predator.'

'Ultimately, the group aims to prove the continued existence of Thylacines in both Tasmania and the Australian mainland.'

Screen Australia will donate the generous $50,000 grant to the production team as they develop the documentary to air on SBS Viceland.

Ms Ball expected that the documentary would be completed and released within 12 months.