Tropfest Featured Films

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  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

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  KILLER BAGELS FROM OUTER SPACE
  Directed by Jacinda Klouwens

  Mysterious object’s from another planet invade earth. Don’t be fooled by their culinary allure – they are ‘Killer Bagels from Outer Space’!

  Jacinda Klouwens was born in Wellington, New Zealand. She is a trained cel animator who has worked in both New Zealand & Australia. ‘Killer Bagels from Outer Space’ is the first festival film she’s made in 7 years.

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  MINGO
  Directed by Romy Randev

  A young girl wants a puppy but her mother won’t let her have one. Instead, she meets Mingo who takes her on a day of fun around San Francisco.

  Romy Randev moved to San Francisco to grow his small interactive media shop. In 2011, he enrolled in a workshop and learned the basics of filmmaking. MINGO is his first film.

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  I’M HAPPY
  Michael Neithardt

  I’M HAPPY follows a young man at the moment of death being forced to face the regrets of his life.

  Michael Neithardt began his career as Assistant to Miramax Film’s Bob Weinstein. He’s held posts at MTV Networks, Sony Music, ran Stardust Studios NY and currently is an Executive Producer at Psyop NY. He works extensively in theater as an actor and producer.

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  TIME

  DIRECTOR: Liam Connor
  PRODUCER: Lucas Thyer, Julie Forster, Brad Francis

  STATE: QLD

  SYNOPSIS: Time Travel, it is easier done than said.

• Tropfest, the world’s largest short film festival which staged its hugely successful U.S debut in Bryant Park earlier this year in front of a 10,000 plus capacity crowd, today announced its next phase of programming, the Roughcut film symposium. Produced in the United States in partnership with The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Roughcut is an exclusive and intimate day-long series of lectures, conversations and presentations about the art of storytelling on screen. The event will feature actor/writer/director Liev Schreiber (Salt, X-Men: Origins, Everything Is Illuminated), film editor Sarah Flack (Lost in Translation), producer/writer Scott Rosenberg (Gone in 60 Seconds, Con Air), Entertainment Weekly’s film critic Lisa Schwarzbaum, Global Chief Creative Officer of R/GA Nick Law and Tropfest’s founder and director/producer John Polson (Swimfan, Hide and Seek) in moderated conversations with FSLC Associate Director of Programming, Scott Foundas.  Best-selling author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point, Outliers) will keynote the event in a conversation with internationally celebrated screenwriter Charles Randolph (Love and Other Drugs). Roughcut will be held on Friday, December 7^th beginning at 10 am at The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s landmark state-of-the-art Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center.

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  Malcolm Gladwell

  Today Tropfest announced that Academy Award winning producer Fisher Stevens (The Cove), Journalist and author Malcolm Gladwell (The New Yorker, The Tipping Point, Blink), and WNYC host Leonard Lopate will be among the Judges at Tropfest New York on June 22nd in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Other jurors will be announced soon. Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan) will host the festivities.

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  ELVIS: THE LONELY HUNTER OF CIRCLE BEACH
  Directed by Matt Hulse

  Circle Beach: a God-forsaken corner off the coast of the once-great city New York. Only the toughest can survive an environment this unforgiving.

  Matt Hulse is a British artist film-maker. His feature ‘Dummy Jim’ based on the life of a profoundly deaf Scottish cyclist is almost complete > dummyjm.com
  Elvis is a chubby wee bullet from Noyack, Long Island. This is his first movie.

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  Director/Producer: Damon Gameau
  State: Victoria

  What is the true call of the wild? Here we travel down a very special river and are introduced to a wide variety of the animal kingdom who all contribute their name for the sake of music

• Exciting news – you can now register for your FREE space at Tropfest NY 2013 by heading to our Eventbrite reservation page!

  Tropfest NY takes place at beautiful Prospect Park, Brooklyn on Saturday June 22 this year. The event will feature music, food, art installations and, of course, short films that will be screened and judged LIVE by an esteemed panel of industry and celebrity judges.

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  ELEVATOR
  Directed by Jennifer Ross

  ‘Elevator’ is a suspense/ drama about a single mother, Jenny and her young son, Cody.

  Loosely based on the Director’s personal experience, ‘Elevator’ depicts the feeling of panic that ensues when mother and son are unfortunately separated.

  Jennifer Ross is from Melbourne, Australia. She is currently working on a film documenting a year in the running of vineyard, Bluestone Acres. ‘Elevator’ is her first short film.