Tropfest Featured Films

  • BE MY BROTHER

    A young man’s charm and charisma challenges the prejudices of a stranger at a bus stop.

    Directed by Genevieve Clay
    Tropfest Australia
    2009 Winner

  • Y2GAY

    We all remember how bad Y2K was. Well reinforce your doors and stock your cupboards, because it’s happening all over again. Get down to your bunker and prepare yourself for Y2GAY.

    Directed by Dan Ilic & James Pender
    Tropfest Australia 2011

  • SMOKING WILL KILL YOU

    Bill’s life was simple and uncomplicated. Sammy’s was contrived and controlled. Like a monkey with a gun, these two should never have met.

    Directed by Raphael Sammut
    Tropfest Australia
    2010

  • ONE

    Is life something that happens to everyone else?

    Directed by Gareth Davies & Damon Gameau
    Tropfest Australia
    2010

  • THE LIGHTER

    Directed by Patrick Hughes
    Tropfest Australia 2001 Winner

  • THE MAESTRO

    On unkind city streets an off-key derelict liberates a device empowering him to create a symphony out of the world around him. When the orchestra becomes as big as the city itself, will The Maestro still be able to control his world of sound?

    Directed by Adam Anthony
    Tropfest Australia
    Third Prize 2011

  • BARGAIN!

    When shy, dorky Linda finds herself alone with her sister’s hunky boyfriend Matt, she decides to make the most of situation…

    Directed by Rachel Givney
    Tropfest Australia
    2009

  • EFFECTIVE TOWEL FLICKING – INTRODUCTORY TECHNIQUES

    Do you want to learn how to hurt people?

    Directed by Mike Sharman & Andrew Tomazos
    Tropfest Australia
    2003

  • THE LITTLE WOMAN

    Ted wants the police to get his wife and kids back. The police are more interested in finding out just how nuts Ted is.

    Directed by Greg Williams
    Tropfest Australia
    2004

  • SHOCK

    A broken Man awakes to be confronted with his life, and the choices he’s made. His past,present and future collide as he faces the inevitable…

    Directed By Abe Forsythe
    Tropfest Australia

    2010 Winner
    Winner of Best Comedy

  • THE APPLICANT

    An Applicant. An Interviewer. An office. But what exactly is the Applicant applying for?

    Directed by Tim Dean
    Tropfest Australia

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Nash Edgerton – from Stunt Man to the Big Screen

Posted in Blog on Tuesday 05/15/12

Nash Edgerton is not the most conventional of filmmakers; making him the perfect choice for a Tropfest entrant. Edgerton got his start in films as a stunt man in films such as Superman Returns, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and The Matrix trilogy. Read more…

See Tropfest on Al Jazeera English Channel!

Posted in Blog on Wednesday 05/09/12

Check out one of this year’s Tropfest filmmakers, Hannah Soule, interviewed about her Tropfest film on Al Jazeera English Channel in this television segment by Al Jazeera’s New York correspondent Cath Turner. You can also see Tropfest’s founder/director, John Polson, being interviewed about Tropfest New York with a backdrop of Bryant Park on a glorious Spring day.

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