2007 Tropfest finalists
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The Tropfest
short film festival
is held in Sydney
, Australia
each year. This is the list of 2007's Short Listed films and winners.
There was controversy regarding the winning film "An Imaginary Life" due to similarities to the American television series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
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Tropfest
Tropfest is the world's largest short film festival.Tropfest began in 1993 as a screening for 200 people in a cafe in Sydney but has since become the largest platform for short films in the world. Tropfest Australia takes place in February each year in front of a live audience of approximately...
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Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
is held in Sydney
Sydney
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, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
each year. This is the list of 2007's Short Listed films and winners.
There was controversy regarding the winning film "An Imaginary Life" due to similarities to the American television series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an American animated television series created and produced at Cartoon Network Studios by animator Craig McCracken, creator of The Powerpuff Girls. It first premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2004, as a 90-minute television movie, which led to a series...
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The Story of Ned
- Synopsis: John Doyle, as the omnipotent yet not altogether totally reliable narrator, tells the tragic tale of Ned, a little story with a detective yarn for a father and a children's fable for a mother. But in this animation, Ned has a problem: he is a story without an ending.
- DirectorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
: Simon Weaving - ProducerFilm producerA film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
: Simon Weaving - WriterWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
: Simon Weaving - CinematographerCinematographerA cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
: Dan Miller - Sound designSound designSound design is the process of specifying, acquiring, manipulating or generating audio elements. It is employed in a variety of disciplines including filmmaking, television production, theatre, sound recording and reproduction, live performance, sound art, post-production and video game software...
: Mark Webber - ComposerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
: Troy Hambly - EditorFilm editingFilm editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking. It involves the selection and combining of shots into sequences, and ultimately creating a finished motion picture. It is an art of storytelling...
: Dan Miller Key - Key CastCastingIn metalworking, casting involves pouring liquid metal into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowing it to cool and solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process...
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- John DoyleJohn Doyle (comedian)John Partick Doyle AM is an award-winning Australian actor, writer, radio presenter and comedian.-Early life:Doyle was born in Lithgow, New South Wales in 1953 into a music-loving, Catholic household with three sisters and a brother. His mother was a business woman and father a railway fettler...
- Tony Turner
- John Doyle
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- Length: 6' 50"
The Grey Cloud
- Synopsis: This noirish film, set in a crime-ridden city, opens with a man walking a woman down an alley. Nearby is a mysterious piano bar, a place where the music can simply take you away.
- Director: Matt Peek, Cam Ford
- Producer: Matt Peek, Cam Ford
- Writer: Matt Peek
- Cinematographer: Cam Ford
- Sound design: John Kassab
- Composer: Craig Bryant
- Editor: Cam Ford
- Key Cast: Mick Preston, Katie Astrinakis, John Richards, Brett Cartlidge
- Length: 7'
- Shot On: Super 16mm
- Tropfest Awards: Best Cinematography - Cam Ford
An Imaginary Life (Winner 2007)
- Synopsis: What happens to an imaginary friend once they're forgotten? Where do they go? How do they live? And can their lives ever have any meaning again? For one such imaginary friend, life has been empty. That is, until he finds a potential answer to the one question that's been consuming him this whole time.
- Director: Steve Baker
- Producer: Steve Baker
- Writer: Steve Baker
- Sound design: Steve Baker
- Composer: Steve Baker
- Editor: Steve Baker
- Key Cast: Andrew Baker, Steve Baker
- Length: 4' 55"
- Shot On: Animation
- Tropfest Awards: First Prize
Being Boston
- Synopsis: When Jeff is dumped by his girlfriend, he buys a cute boxer puppy called Boston to keep him company. But the weeks, then months prove lonely and difficult. Jeff's unpredictable behaviour means it could be some time before Boston makes this man his best friend.
- Director: Justin Drape
- Producer: Justin Drape
- Writer: Justin Drape
- Cinematographer: Timothy Laffey
- Sound design: Simon Kane
- Editor: Simon Njoo
- Key Cast:
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- Sean Lynch
- Felicity Hopkins
- Ashlie Fellow
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- Length: 5' 4"
- Shot On: DV/HD
- Tropfest Awards: None.
Between The Flags
- Synopsis: How many rioters does it take to start a riot? When two guys from opposing sides of conflict are the first arrivals for a beach riot, they are initially unsure of the accepted etiquette.
- Director: Jayce White
- Producer: Jayce White
- Writer: Jayce White
- Cinematographer: Ian Nicholson
- Sound design: Jayce White
- Editor: Jayce White
- Key Cast:
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- Dan Feuerrigel
- Matuse
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- Length: 7' 4"
- Shot On: DV/HD
- Tropfest Awards: Best Comedy, Best Actor (Matuse)
Road Rage
- Synopsis: On a busy morning on the roads, there's a near traffic accident. One driver, shaken and angry, watches as the offending car speeds away without its driver acknowledging or apologising for the near miss. He decides to chase him down in a quest for revenge, cornering the offender in a nearby street.
- Director: Mark Bellamy
- Producer: Mark Bellamy, Lyndal Mebberson
- Writer: Mark Bellamy
- Cinematographer: Simon Harding
- Sound design: Rohan Charlton
- Composer: Simon Bailey
- Editor: Laurie Hughes
- Key Cast:
- Paul Kelman
- Alan Flower
- Scott Johnson
- Freddy Talib
- Length: 7'
- Shot On: HD
- Tropfest Awards: Second Prize; Audience Prize
Yellow
- Synopsis: When a well-dressed man climbs into a taxi one night, the tired driver settles in for another boring ride in silence. But things change quickly when the passenger starts talking earnestly about the troubling purpose of the journey. The driver finds himself parked outside a strange house, fearing for his life.
- Director: William Allert
- Producer: William Allert
- Writer: William Allert
- Cinematographer: Craig Jackson
- Composer: Andy Scott
- Editor: Brad Hurt
- Key Cast: Nathan O'Keefe, William Allert
- Length: 5' 50"
- Shot On: HD
- Tropfest Awards: Best Screenplay - William Allert
Pig Latin
- Synopsis: Two cops startle a woman working in the garden. That's the start of a story about two guys who remember that lucky kid from school who has the pool, the trampoline, the Atari and all that other cool stuff. It's been years since they've seen him, but they still want to play.
- Director: Nathaniel Kiwi
- Producer: Nathaniel Kiwi
- Writer: Nathaniel Kiwi
- Cinematographer: Stuart Simpson
- Sound design: Andrew Neil
- Composer: Mark Farrel
- Editor: Nathaniel Kiwi
- Key Cast:
- Stephen Curry
- Steven Stagg
- Diana Greentree
- Charlie Clausen
- Length: 5' 40"
- Shot On: DVCAM
- Tropfest Awards: None.
Counter
- Synopsis: A troubled accountant inherits a mysterious counter from a relative, who says "it will make everything clear". But what does it count? Desperate to know the purpose of his inheritance, Neville begins to question everything he does in his daily routine, becoming drawn into an obsessive and life-changing search for meaning.
- Director: Michael Noonan
- Producer: Michael Noonan, Carine Chai
- Writer: Michael Noonan
- Sound design: Michael Noonan
- Composer: Michael Noonan
- Editor: Michael Noonan
- Key Cast:
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- Christopher Sommers
- Kat Henry
- Catherine Glavicic
- Paul Bryan
- Michael Carter
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- Length: 6' 59"
- Shot On: HDV
- Tropfest Awards: None.
Real Thing
- Synopsis: A woman wakes up in bed. Beside her is the man who insists he is her husband. But is he really? She can't remember.
- Director: Rupert Glasson
- Producer: Hugo O'Conner, Rani Chaleyer
- Writer: Rupert Glasson
- Cinematographer: Ben Allen
- Sound design: Michael McMenomy
- Composer: John Gray
- Editor: Rani Chaleyer
- Key Cast:
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- Slava Orel
- Emma Jackson
- Jean-Marc Russ
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- Length: 5'
- Shot On: DVCAM
- Tropfest Awards: Best Original Score - John Gray
The Von
- Synopsis: It is 1982 and a schoolboy Alex Vonzitzavitz - possessor of a cool jacket and superhero card collection - is about to face the most humiliating experience of his life. Remember that nightmare you had about turning up to school naked? This is worse. But don't panic! Superheroes like The Von always find a way to get out of trouble.
- Director: John Mavety
- Producer: Robyn Sinclair
- Writer: John Mavety
- Cinematographer: Glenn Hanns
- Sound design: Nathan Brand
- Composer: Tewe Hanare
- Editor: John Mavety, Adam Harley.
- Key Cast:
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- Jacob Bicknell
- Zeke Collins
- Jaime Lee Parker
- Gabrielle Desdoigts
- Louis Desdoigts
- April Hayes Dickson
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- Length: 6' 59"
- Shot On: HD
- Tropfest Awards: Third Prize; Sony Foundation Young Talent Award - Jacob Bicknell
Bad Yoghurt
- Synopsis: On a hot summer's day, a hot sexy woman sits by a pool. She eats some hot sexy yoghurt. But everything is not as perfect as it seems. The glamour fades when she realises the yoghurt is bad.
- Director: Shaun Beagley
- Producer: Shaun Beagley
- Writer: Shaun Beagley
- Cinematographer: Jonas McGuiggin
- Sound design: Stuart Welch
- Composer: Bernard Houston
- Editor: Kurt Royan
- Key Cast: Natalie Lynn
- Length: 5'
- Shot On: 16mm
- Tropfest Awards: The Tropicana Award
Mere Oblivion
- Synopsis: The title, from Shakespeare, is a reference to growing old. Librarian Kenny Bunkport learns what it means when he takes his elderly grandmother to a swish restaurant.
- Director: Burleigh SmithBurleigh SmithBurleigh Smith is an Australian screenwriter, film director and actor. His films centre on relationships between men and women and often emphasise dry wit and desperate characters...
- Producer: Burleigh SmithBurleigh SmithBurleigh Smith is an Australian screenwriter, film director and actor. His films centre on relationships between men and women and often emphasise dry wit and desperate characters...
- Writer: Burleigh SmithBurleigh SmithBurleigh Smith is an Australian screenwriter, film director and actor. His films centre on relationships between men and women and often emphasise dry wit and desperate characters...
- Cinematographer: Jason Thomas
- Editor: Ross Farnsworth
- Key Cast:
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- Burleigh SmithBurleigh SmithBurleigh Smith is an Australian screenwriter, film director and actor. His films centre on relationships between men and women and often emphasise dry wit and desperate characters...
, - Elizabeth Caiacob,
- Michael Su,
- Kate RitchieKate RitchieKatherine "Kate" Ritchie is an Australian actress, best known for her long-running role as Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera Home and Away. She played the character for 20 years from 1988–2008...
- Burleigh Smith
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- Length: 7'
- Shot On: HDV
- Tropfest Awards: Best Female Actor - Elizabeth Caiacob
A-Z
- Synopsis: Muz's doctor has bad news: "Your aorta's clogged with fat, all your vital parts are weak". In this animations, that means Muz has to stop eating meat. To break the habit, the doc prescribes a radical new cure that goes from A to Z.
- Director: Zenon Kohler
- Producer: Zenon Kohler
- Writer: Murray Hartin
- Still photographerPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
: Greg Desmon - Sound design: Ash Maklad
- Composer: Pat Drummond
- Editor: Zenon Kohler
- Length: 4' 40"
- Shot On: Computer generated on a MacintoshMacintoshThe Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
with digital stills - Tropfest Awards: None.
Still
- Synopsis: When a man and a woman choose the paths they want to take in their relationship, their son is left aside. In this evocative film, there are three lives and two decisions on one still night.
- Director: Jayne Montague
- Producer: Jayne Montague
- Valentina Forno
- Assistant Director: Ashleigh Brooks
- Writer: Nick Thompson
- Cinematographer: Shing Fung Cheung
- Sound design: David Stalley
- Composer: David Stalley
- Editor: Rolmar Baldonado
- Key Cast:
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- Jodine Muir
- Pete Walters
- Giles Penfold
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- Length: 6' 41"
- Shot On: HD
- Tropfest Awards: None.
Fore!
- Synopsis: "Golf isn't a game," says Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
. "It's a choice that one makes with one's life." A man learns the truth of that statement when he heads to the driving range to hit a few balls. - Director: Duane Fogwell
- Producer: Stewart Brown
- Writer: Duane Fogwell
- Cinematographer: Geoff Ellis
- Composer: Geir Brillan
- Editor: Duane Fogwell
- Key Cast:
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- Daniel Bowden
- Paul Moxey
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- Length: 6' 30"
- Shot On: 35mm
- Tropfest Awards: Best Editing - Duane Fogwell