eNews Media Release — THE BEST OF TROPFEST 2009 will showcase the best of the world’s biggest short film festival in a special two-hour presentation from the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace hosted by Richard Wilkins on Saturday, April 11 at 9.30pm on Channel Nine.What started out 17 years ago as a tiny event at the Tropicana Café in Sydney is now a nationwide festival with international recognition as festival organisers encourage entries from film makers of all ages, backgrounds and levels of experience.
The short films can be about anything but they must be no more than seven minutes in length and include the annual Tropfest Signature, an item or word that must appear in the film. For 2009 it was “spring”.
Over 600 entries were received for Tropfest 2009. The finalists featured some of Australia’s best creative talent and includes two well known faces from the other side of the film and television cameras: Underbelly star Gyton Grantley and the hilarious Rebel Wilson (who won the Best Actress Award).
The comedy Being Carl Williams leads the showcase, which also features the controversial documentary The Furry Cheque Book, Song for a Comb, winner of the Animation Award, and Be My Brother, the heartwarming tale of a bus-stop romance which won the Best Male Actor and Best Film Awards.