Abe Forsythe finally takes TROPFEST.
February 21st 2010 14:22
No wonder we are critics and not stars. Today I attended both Trop Jr and Tropfest and while I was happy with the choices for Trop Jr with only a slight disappointment for one filmmaker, I found it amusing to be discussing Abe Forsythe with another film writer about 90 minutes before he was announced this year’s winner of TROPFEST. Was the award a just a personal social commentary or a good piece of filmmaking.
For those not in the know, last year a huge scandal occurred when a shock jock on morning radio made major headlines around Australia regarding young kids and sex. While not completely at fault, the jock has always pushed things a little further than good taste and was finally brought to task, being axed from his TV slot and suspended from his radio show. Unfortunately, this means that we digress from what was another brilliant night of short film making and everyone at the water cooler will be talking about Abe’s kick up the bum to Sandilands.
Final words from Abe – “Four words I never thought I would say: thank you Kyle Sandilands,"
Films have always been a way to inform as well as to entertain, and TROPFEST is probably the best forum to inform and entertain for a short film festival, considering that there are over 150,000 people watching live at the event and Fox broadcasts the event live on their Movie Network as well as podcasts on the internet.
That said, both the day and evening was full of some extremely entertaining films from the 16 TROP senior and 14 TROP Jr finalists
And the winners are:
TROPFEST 2010
1st : SHOCK – Abe Forsythe.
2nd: MY NEIGHBOURHOOD HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY BABOONS –Cameron Edser and Michael Richards
3rd: THE LAST ROLL OF THE DICE – Matthew Chuang
My Call!
so the order is ...
MY NEIGHBOURHOOD HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY BABOONS
HAPPENSTANCE
NO DICE HOLLYWOOD
ONE
HOW GOD WORKS
SMOKING WILL KILL YOU
SHOCK
FISH LIPS
FALLING BACKWARDS
AWAKENING
THERE HAD BETTER BE BLOOD
THE LAST ROLL OF THE DICE
TESTICLE
NIC AND SHAUNA
EVERY SECOND WEEKEND
STAKEOUT
And if there was a ranking system, its all within a 2 pt radius for all.
Junior wrap to follow.
Host Adam Spencer and Tropfest winner Abe Forsythe
Final words from Abe – “Four words I never thought I would say: thank you Kyle Sandilands,"
Films have always been a way to inform as well as to entertain, and TROPFEST is probably the best forum to inform and entertain for a short film festival, considering that there are over 150,000 people watching live at the event and Fox broadcasts the event live on their Movie Network as well as podcasts on the internet.
That said, both the day and evening was full of some extremely entertaining films from the 16 TROP senior and 14 TROP Jr finalists
And the winners are:
TROPFEST 2010
1st : SHOCK – Abe Forsythe.
2nd: MY NEIGHBOURHOOD HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY BABOONS –Cameron Edser and Michael Richards
3rd: THE LAST ROLL OF THE DICE – Matthew Chuang
My Call!
so the order is ...
MY NEIGHBOURHOOD HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY BABOONS
HAPPENSTANCE
NO DICE HOLLYWOOD
ONE
HOW GOD WORKS
SMOKING WILL KILL YOU
SHOCK
FISH LIPS
FALLING BACKWARDS
AWAKENING
THERE HAD BETTER BE BLOOD
THE LAST ROLL OF THE DICE
TESTICLE
NIC AND SHAUNA
EVERY SECOND WEEKEND
STAKEOUT
And if there was a ranking system, its all within a 2 pt radius for all.
Junior wrap to follow.
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Comment by Jason King
Sydney Table
Salty Popcorn
Total Randomness
Are u sure 150,000 is correct? Did you mean 15,000 - I don't think 150,000 would fit in the Domain
I missed it again and have to wait for the Sydney Morning Herald to bring it out so I can have the DVD - spewing - I wanted to stalk Elijah Wood
Comment by SimonC
World Film Festivals
Sorry to take so long to get back. 150,000 is nationwide. Its just one of those things used to build it up for those outside Sydney and Australia. In Sydney it was over 50,000.
BTW Elijah is a funny little geeky fellow who is continually smiling and looks like he loved being there, unlike some of our 'A-List' celebrities who complained about having to stop for photos on the red carpet.
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