TROPFEST REVEALS TOP 20 ENTRIES TO VINE COMPETITION
#TROPVINE Top 20 Shortlist Revealed
Viners from all around the world have been busy creating extremely short films for the chance to take out the inaugural #TROPVINE Competition.
Tropfest have revealed the 20 most popular Vines as a shortlist ahead of the winner reveal on September 26.
Michael Laverty, Tropfest Managing Director explains “This year saw our first #TROPVINE Competition; we have been blown away by the submissions by filmmakers. The Vine platform is such an interesting platform for filmmakers; we have seen some very impressive storytelling in such a short time frame.”
With entries to Tropfest 2014 closing on October 9, Tropfest encourages filmmakers to check out the Vines for some last minute inspiration, “We saw some very interesting takes on the Tropfest Signature Item, there was everything from references to Michael Jackson to Twilight and Roulette animations. It has the Trop team in high anticipation for entries to the main Tropfest competition over the coming weeks.”
The winning Vine-maker will be the recipient of a VIP trip to Tropfest Australia 2014, including Qantas flights to Sydney, luxury accommodation at QT Sydney, Nikon camera gear, exclusive VIP tickets to Tropfest Australia 2014 and lunch with the crew from Twitter Australia!
Not only is this Tropfest’s inaugural Vine competition, but it is also the first official Vine competition in Australia.
In a partnership with Twitter, the competition ran over eight weeks with entries open from July 27 until midnight on September 21, 2014, with the winner to be announced on September 26.
Check out the Top 20 Shortlist
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The first official #tropvine competition was open for entries from 7pm, July 27, 2014 – midnight, September 21, 2014.
Entrants created a six-second Vine video incorporating the Tropfest TSI – ‘MIRROR’ – and posted it to Twitter using the competition hasthags #tropvine #mirror and @TROPFEST.
After entries were moderated, it appeared on the Tropfest website and open to a public vote.
Up to 20 of the most popular Vines will be judged by an internal Tropfest jury.
Anyone, from anywhere, was invited to enter.
Full terms and conditions of entry apply, and can be found at www.tropfest.com/au/tropvine
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This year’s festival is expected to be Tropfest’s biggest yet with scores of filmmakers competing for the chance to be one of the 16 finalists whose short films will premiere live to a national audience of around 150,000, as well as broadcast free-to-air on SBS 2 to an even bigger home audience.
Tropfest entries must be no longer than seven minutes, must include this year’s TSI and be entered before October 9, 2014.
It is completely up to entrants as to how they interpret and include the TSI in their film and filmmakers are encouraged to be as creative or as literal as they like.
A panel of industry and celebrity judges will select a winner live on the Festival Night, with the First Prize-winning filmmaker to take home an incredible prize pack including: a brand new Toyota, $10,000 cash, a trip to Los Angeles for a week of meetings with film executives thanks to Motion Picture Association and the Australian Screen Association plus a Nikon D800 + $2,000 RRP worth of lenses and accessories.
Tropfest had humble beginnings at the Tropicana Café in Sydney’s Darlinghurst where an eager crowd of 200 showed up to watch a short film screening that John Polson had organized. Twenty two years on, Tropfest attracts a live audience of around 150,000 in Australia and the Festival has grown internationally with standalone competitions in New Zealand, South East Asia, New York and the Middle East.