Get Into Shorts in Taranaki This Summer

Tropfest New Zealand

The World's Largest Short Film Festival

GET INTO SHORTS IN TARANAKI THIS SUMMER

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12 November 2013

Tropfest, the world’s largest short film festival, returns for its second year in New Plymouth, Taranaki this February. Sixteen New Zealand finalists will have their films screened in front of an industry jury and public audience with some great prizes on offer.

“Short films spanning the entire gamut from documentaries and comedies to dramas and animation entertained more than 8,000 people last year, says event head Suzanne Porter. “This year we’re expecting it to be bigger and better.”Tropfest is held Sunday 16 February 2014 at New Plymouth’s stunning out door venue, the TSB Bowl of Brooklands. See www.tropfest.co.nz for details.

About Tropfest

Tropfest began twenty-one years ago when director John Polson showed a six-minute film he made for under $100 at his local café (‘The Tropicana’) in Sydney for 200 friends and family. Today the free Australian event is attended annually by a live audience of around 150,000 film-lovers and reaches hundreds of thousands more via its live national TV broadcast and other platforms.

In the past two decades, Tropfest has become recognised as one of the world's most exciting launchpads for emerging filmmakers. Tropfest is also known for securing the support of some of the biggest names in the international film community including Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush, Liev Schreiber and Tobey Maguire. Tropfest launched last year in New Zealand, Arabia and in the USA with Tropfest Las Vegas and Tropfest New York.

New Zealand Tropfest Ambassadors are Sam Neill, Martin Henderson Robyn Malcolm, Sarah Wiseman Taika Waititi, Vincent Ward, Katie Wolfe and John Barnett.

The Tropfest YouTube Channel has had over 11 million video views, with around 40% of those coming from the United States. The channel provides film enthusiasts the chance to watch the top films from past festivals at: http://www.youtube.com/tropfest

The first Tropfest NZ event was held in 2013. The winner was a short film called ‘Cappuccino Tango.’

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