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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17 2018 PARRAMATTA PARK

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CGU Insurance is proud to welcome you to Tropfest 2018.

As Foundation Partner, we’re delighted to support Tropfest as they once again hold this festival that champions creativity and storytelling.

CGU shares Tropfest’s vision for an inclusive and culturally diverse Australia. In fact we’ve been passionate supporters of multicultural communities and small businesses for over 165 years.

We're thrilled that this year the focus is on telling stories that reflect the rich cultural tapestry of Australia, particularly amidst the backdrop of one of Australia’s most multicultural cities, the City of Parramatta.

We hope you enjoy the films from these entrepreneurial filmmakers, who are pursuing their passions, achieving their ambitions and working tirelessly, often against the odds, to pursue their dreams.

A MESSAGE FROM CGU INSURANCE

T H E F U T U R E O F S Y D N E Y L I V I N G

M E L R O S E P A R K . C O M . A U

P r o u d l y s u p p o r t i n g Tr o p f e s t , M e l r o s e P a r k i s a m a j o r u r b a n r e n e w a l p r o j e c t l o c a t e d a t t h e g a t e w a y t o G r e a t e r P a r r a m a t t a . D e v e l o p e d b y P AY C E , M e l r o s e P a r k

w i l l b e a b r a n d n e w s u b u r b c o m p r i s i n g n e w h o m e s , j o b s , e x c i t i n g r e t a i l s p a c e s , p a r k s a n d o p e n s p a c e s . M e l r o s e P a r k w i l l b e t r a n s f o r m e d i n t o

a s m a r t , s o c i a l a n d c r e a t i v e p l a c e t o l i v e , w o r k a n d p l a y .

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HEY TROPPERS!It’s truly wonderful to welcome you back to beautiful heritage-listed Parramatta Park in 2018 to celebrate Tropfest 26.

As many of you know, Tropfest started out in 1993 as a small screening of my own short film at a local Darlinghurst cafe, the Tropicana. Today, we are the largest festival of our kind in the world.

As well as wowing audiences around Australia and the world over the past decades, Tropfest has become an immensely powerful launch pad for emerging filmmakers, helping to propel the careers of literally dozens of Australia’s - and the world’s - most exciting talent. To date, we’ve held Tropfest in places as far and wide as New York, Abu Dhabi, Penang and New Zealand.

The festival’s core mission has remained the same since day one: to offer an accessible platform for undiscovered and unique filmmaking voices, and to provide a national and international audience for those people to tell their stories and showcase their talent. Over 26 years, we’ve continued to achieve this mission across our live events, TV broadcasts, online presence and more.

But that mission is only possible with the support of you and the tens of thousands like you who show up for us each year, so we thank you sincerely for that. We are also entirely reliant on the commitment of our filmmakers, and the passion and generosity of our partners.

I would like to express my enormous gratitude to CGU Insurance for continuing to stand behind Tropfest, our filmmakers, and our audience. Our foundation partner (aptly named!) stepped unabashedly into the fray when Tropfest famously fell on hard times back in 2015 through no fault of our own. CGU had heard the news along with the rest of Australia that Tropfest was in trouble, and they swiftly raised their hands and offered to literally ‘see us through’. I can honestly say had we not received CGU’s helping hand that day, Tropfest would now be banished to the history books of the Australian film industry. So thank you, CGU, thank you.

As if the partnership wasn’t already perfect enough, this year CGU and Tropfest unite around a shared passion: celebrating and encouraging cultural diversity in Australia. Like us, CGU believes we only strengthen as a nation when we embrace the many wonderful and diverse people - including those born elsewhere - that make up this unique country. For that reason, this year you’ll enjoy many wonderfully diverse stories within our Finalists, along with a gender balance in our filmmakers that helps lead the way to a new and improved reality in the Australian and international film and television industry - also a top priority for us.

I’d like to thank our other incredible sponsors and supporters as well, beginning with our new partner ABC TV - bringing Tropfest live to homes around Australia this year - and YouTube, who are webcasting us live globally. We’re deeply appreciative of new partnerships with Melrose Park by Payce and Holden Automotive, and we welcome back the Parramatta Park Trust, the City of Parramatta, Western Sydney University and Screen Australia. Each of these unique and wonderful partners has become an integral part of our event in their own way. Put simply, they are the ONLY reason we can usher Tropfest 26’s talented filmmakers onto the national and international stage.

We also thank our many other supporting partners for joining us on our journey, including our Friends Of Tropfest — which you will find acknowledged on our website and elsewhere.

Finally, without our amazing filmmakers - not just the finalists but all of those who made films this year - there would be no Tropfest celebration. And we thank our keen fans for their unwavering support of this iconic event, which may have its home in Parramatta but is recognised and loved around the world.

So whether you’re a filmmaker, a long-time fan, a sponsor, or someone who is attending Tropfest for the first time, we welcome you to Tropfest this year and hope you have a wonderful experience of great food, wonderful music and stunning short films.

Sincerely,

John Polson Founder and Chair, Tropfest

TROPFEST FINALIST FILMSPART 1

DIRECTOR DAMIAN McLINDONPRODUCERS DAMIAN McLINDON, CAT BURNETT, EMMA LOUISE PURSEY & HAYLEY SURGENOR

THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU

DIRECTORS STEVE POTTER & BYRON MEERSPRODUCERS ALEXANDRA PAYNE, BYRON MEERS, STEVE POTTER & ALICE MEERS

DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE

DIRECTOR VIRGINIA GAYPRODUCER NICOLETTE MINSTER

PAPER CUTLAST MAN STANDING

DIRECTORS LUCY KNOX & W.A.M. BLEAKLEYPRODUCER W.A.M. BLEAKLEY

I’M STILL HERE

DIRECTOR STEVE BAKER PRODUCERS STEVE BAKER & LEANNE TONKES

SMOOTH

DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS JOEL PHILLIPS & WILL GREEN

COMBINATION FRIED RICE

DIRECTOR SIMON FOWLER PRODUCERS JOSH SANDFORD, SIMON FOWLER, HUGO JOHNSTONE-BURT & ALEX MILLS

RASH DECISION

DIRECTOR JOHN CAVALLAROPRODUCERS BELLE OLIVA, THOMAS AH KUOI, JOHN CAVALLARO & MELISSA CAVALLARO

PART 2

(MY COUNTRY, YOUR COUNTRY) DIRECTOR GENEVIEVE GORMAN DEANE PRODUCER GEOFFREY JAMES

MI PAIS, TU PAIS

DIRECTOR GRETA NASHPRODUCERS GILLIAN CROSBY & GABRIELLE MCLEOD

TWO PIECE

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER NIKKI RICHARDSON

CANNOT PREDICT NOW

DIRECTOR NICK WARDPRODUCER JUSTIN MCINNES

BOYS DON’T CRY

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER IZZY STEVENS

PHENOMENA

ROCK BOTTOM

DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS NICK BAKER & TRISTAN KLEIN

REGIME

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER JESSICA PHOEBE KNOX

THE LIFE I’VE SEEN

DIRECTOR DEAN GINSBURGPRODUCERS JAMES CARR & DEAN GINSBURG

Tropfest Food Village and entertainment commencesSponsor Activations open in the Tropfest Food Village & The Crescent

Stage and screen content commences in the Crescent - Hosted by Andy Ryan and Kristy Best

Welcome to Country by Uncle Lex Dadd in the Crescent

Trop Jr 2018 final three films on the big screens in the Crescent

Best of Tropfest on the big screens in the Crescent

Cumbiamuffin Band Performance on the Crescent stage

Black Carpet Arrivals - Old Government House

Thandi Band Performance on the Crescent stage

Susie Youseff on the Crescent stage

ABC Broadcast - Tropfest 2018

Zan Rowe interview with Susan Sarandon in the Judges area

Tim Minchin performance on the Crescent stage

Tropfest 2018 award presentations on the Crescent stage

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DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADELAST MAN STANDINGPAPER CUT RASH DECISION THE LAST TIME I SAW YOUCOMBINATION FRIED RICE I’M STILL HERESMOOTH

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CANNOT PREDICT NOWROCK BOTTOMMY COUNTRY, YOUR COUNTRYBOYS DON’T CRYPHENOMENA TWO PIECE REGIMETHE LIFE I’VE SEEN

INTERVAL

FILM RUN ORDER

THE JUDGESSUSAN SARANDON

Academy Award®-winning actress, known for her performances in Thelma & Louise, The Client and Dead Man Walking. Recently Susan portrayed Bette Davis in the TV series Feud: Bette & Joan.

RACHEL GRIFFITHS

Academy Award® nominated and multi-award winning actress, Rachel’s film credits include Muriel’s Wedding, Hilary & Jackie, Six Feet Under and upcoming SBS series Dead Lucky.

JENNIFER PEEDOM

BAFTA nominated director, known for her gripping, intimate portraits of people in extreme circumstances. Jennifer’s credits include internationally renowned documentaries Sherpa and most recently Mountain.

PRIZES

Return trip to Los Angeles, USA, for a film immersion course, a ‘week of meetings’ with agents, studio executives and other industry professionals for networking, courtesy of Motion Picture Association (MPA).

$10,000 courtesy of Kennedy Miller Mitchell

WSU Studio Prize Package valued at $12,500

1 year Associate Membership with the Australian Director’s Guild

1 x Event Cinemas Gold pass for 12 months

Visit to YouTube Space in Los Angeles, USA

Dinosaur Designs exclusive-design Trophy

2ND PRIZE$500 cash courtesy of Nova Radio



3RD PRIZE$500 cash courtesy of Nova Radio



BEST ACTOR - MALE$3,000 courtesy of Nicole Kidman


BEST ACTOR - FEMALE$3,000 courtesy of Nicole Kidman


1ST PRIZEA HOLDEN EQUINOX LTZ VEHICLE, VALUED AT MORE THAN $45,000

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ROB COLLINS

Darwin-born television and stage actor, Rob’s known for his leading roles in the television series The Wrong Girl, Cleverman and Glitch.

GARTH DAVIES

Australian television & film director, Garth’s feature film directorial debut was the six-time Academy Award® nominated Lion. Davies has recently completed his upcoming biopic, Mary Magdalene, starring Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix.

TROP JUNIOR

1ST PRIZE$1,500 courtesy Event Cinemas

$500 Course Voucher courtesy of AFTRS

Behind-the-Scenes Production Experience on a film or TV show courtesy of the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

Short Film Premiere at Event Cinemas


Invitation to be a judge at Trop Jr 2019


2ND PRIZE$500 courtesy Event Cinemas

$250 Course Voucher courtesy of AFTRS



3RD PRIZE$500 courtesy Event Cinemas

$250 Course Vouchers courtesy of AFTRS



OUR SENSEOF SUMMER

The City of Parramatta

is proud to be the host city for Tropfest 2018.

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Our community is unique, our people inspire us and creativity is at our core. We invite you to awaken your senses with amazing sights, sounds, flavours and experiences at our festivals and events this summer in Parramatta.

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