Tropfest Australia, the worlds’ largest short film festival is giving power to the people by providing our fans the opportunity to rate the films from this years’ festival via the new Tropfest – You Be The Judge mobile app.
Tropfest – You Be The Judge provides fans the opportunity to watch, review, rate and comment on our 16 finalists from within the app.
App Features:
- Rate all 16 finalists from Tropfest #22
- Add your comments about each film
- Read what other users have to say about the films you’ve rated
- View all 16 films after they play at the Tropfest event
- Contribute to Australia’s largest short-film democracy
It all takes place on December 8 2013 and with the Tropfest – You Be The Judge app you can contribute ratings and see how the general public feel the finalists films rate in comparison to our celebrity and industry judges.
Keep your mobile handy and join us on December 8 at Centennial Park, or catch the excitement of the festival on SBS 2 from 8:30pm that night.
Tropfest – You Be The Judge rating functionality will remain open for 4 days following the event with a people’s choice winner to be announced on 12th December 2013.
Tropfest is Australia’s most prestigious short film festival and one of its most iconic cultural events. It is also the largest short film festival in the world. At home, Tropfest is recognised for its enormous contribution to the development of the Australian film industry by providing unique platforms for talented filmmakers through its events and initiatives, and new and expanded audiences for their work.
John Polson started the ‘Tropicana Short Film Festival’ (as it was originally known) as an informal short film screening for cast, crew and friends at the Tropicana Cafe in Sydney’s Darlinghurst. More than 200 people showed up for that first screening. Inspired by the turn out, John decided that a full-fledged short film festival was the next step.
Twenty-one years on, Tropfest Australia attracts a live national audience of around 150,000 people on a single night. The event is hosted at Sydney’s Centennial Park, with live satellite links to outdoor locations in major cities including Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide and Surfers Paradise.
The annual short film competition is open to anyone who wishes to enter – regardless of their background or experience. 16 Finalists are selected from an entry pool of an average 700 annual entries and compete for more than $100,000 in prizes. Tropfest films are unique in that they have all been made specifically for Tropfest, will premiere at Tropfest and include the Tropfest Signature Item (or TSI), which changes each year. The TSI for Tropfest Australia 22 is “CHANGE”.