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Trop Jr is a short film festival
featuring films produced by Australians aged 15 years and younger. Trop Jr has been part of the Tropfest
film festival since 2008 and is held in Sydney
, Australia
each year. Trop Jr is billed as "The Worlds Largest Short Film Festival for Kids! By Kids!".
Each year, Trop Jr has a theme of a "signature item", an item or action being incorporated in the entry films to ensure that they are unique and are made specifically for Trop Jr. The films must be seven minutes or less. The prize includes a digital camera, an ABC3 educational filmmaking experience and film and television short courses.
program since 2008, when 8 films were entered into competition. It had been planned for three years, and has support from the Australian Children's Television Foundation, Boomerang and the Cartoon Network.
One of the judges in 2009, when 12 films were screened, was child actor Brandon Walters
. Around 150 films were entered in 2010, of which 14 were finalists including two separate films by a brother and sister; the elder brother won. The 2008 runner-up also made the finals in 2009. The 2011 winner, "Imagine", was inspired by Inception
, and was made on a camera phone for $AUS70 over three days.
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...
featuring films produced by Australians aged 15 years and younger. Trop Jr has been part of the Tropfest
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...
film festival since 2008 and is held in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, 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. Trop Jr is billed as "The Worlds Largest Short Film Festival for Kids! By Kids!".
Each year, Trop Jr has a theme of a "signature item", an item or action being incorporated in the entry films to ensure that they are unique and are made specifically for Trop Jr. The films must be seven minutes or less. The prize includes a digital camera, an ABC3 educational filmmaking experience and film and television short courses.
History
Trop Jr has been included as part of the TropfestTropfest
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...
program since 2008, when 8 films were entered into competition. It had been planned for three years, and has support from the Australian Children's Television Foundation, Boomerang and the Cartoon Network.
One of the judges in 2009, when 12 films were screened, was child actor Brandon Walters
Brandon Walters
Brandon Walters is an Indigenous Australian child actor known for his performance as Nullah in the 2008 film Australia.-Life and career:...
. Around 150 films were entered in 2010, of which 14 were finalists including two separate films by a brother and sister; the elder brother won. The 2008 runner-up also made the finals in 2009. The 2011 winner, "Imagine", was inspired by Inception
Inception
Inception: The Subconscious Jams 1994-1995 is a compilation of unreleased tracks by the band Download.-Track listing:# "Primitive Tekno Jam" – 3:23# "Bee Sting Sickness" – 8:04# "Weed Acid Techno" – 8:19...
, and was made on a camera phone for $AUS70 over three days.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Signature item | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Guy Verge Wallace, "Poor Joshua Verde" | Jasmin-Johanna Mobbs, "Besties" | Green | |
| 2009 | Gabriel Colomb, "Dry Water: The Making Of" | Andrew Mills, "Big Bad Baz" | Squeeze | |
| 2010 | Peter Richardson and Josh Raish, "Every Coin Has Two Sides" | Sam Wickham, "D'Amoure Courte" | Dot | |
| 2011 | Simeon Bain, "Imagine" | Emily Williamson & Mayfield State School, "The Groundsman" | Fan | |
| 2012 | Juice |
External links
- Official Trop Jr Site
- Official Tropfest Site
- Finalists on YouTube: 2008 winner, 2009, 2010, 2011