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1 THE WORLD S LARGEST SHORT FILM FESTIVAL SATURDAY FEBRUARY PARRAMATTA PARK AMAZING FILM, FOOD & LIVE ENTERTAINMENT VISIT TROPFEST.ORG.AU FOR MORE INFORMATION

A MESSAGE FROM CGU INSURANCE CGU Insurance is proud to welcome you to Tropfest 2018.

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.

2 A MESSAGE FROM CGU INSURANCE CGU Insurance is proud to welcome you to Tropfest 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. THE FUTURE OF SYDNEY LIVING COMING 2018 Proudly supporting Tropfest, Melrose Park is a major urban renewal project located at the gateway to Greater Parramatta. Developed by PAYCE, Melrose Park will be a brand new suburb comprising new homes, jobs, exciting retail spaces, parks and open spaces. Melrose Park will be transformed into a smart, social and creative place to live, work and play. MELROSEPARK.COM.AU

3 HEY TROPPERS! It s truly wonderful to welcome you back to beautiful heritagelisted 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

MEERS DIRECTORS LUCY KNOX & W.A.M. BLEAKLEY PRODUCER W.

4 TROPFEST FINALIST FILMS PART 1 DON T RAIN ON MY PARADE LAST MAN STANDING PAPER CUT RASH DECISION DIRECTORS STEVE POTTER & BYRON MEERS PRODUCERS ALEXANDRA PAYNE, BYRON MEERS, STEVE POTTER & ALICE MEERS DIRECTORS LUCY KNOX & W.A.M. BLEAKLEY PRODUCER W.A.M. BLEAKLEY DIRECTOR VIRGINIA GAY PRODUCER NICOLETTE MINSTER DIRECTOR JOHN CAVALLARO PRODUCERS BELLE OLIVA, THOMAS AH KUOI, JOHN CAVALLARO & MELISSA CAVALLARO THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU COMBINATION FRIED RICE I M STILL HERE SMOOTH DIRECTOR DAMIAN McLINDON PRODUCERS DAMIAN McLINDON, CAT BURNETT, EMMA LOUISE PURSEY & HAYLEY SURGENOR DIRECTOR SIMON FOWLER PRODUCERS JOSH SANDFORD, SIMON FOWLER, HUGO JOHNSTONE-BURT & ALEX MILLS DIRECTOR STEVE BAKER PRODUCERS STEVE BAKER & LEANNE TONKES DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS JOEL PHILLIPS & WILL GREEN

EVENT RUN ORDER FILM RUN ORDER 12:00pm 4:00pm 4:10pm 4:30pm 4:45pm 5:25pm 5:30pm 6:30pm

Sponsor Activations open in the Tropfest Food Village & The Crescent Stage and screen

by Uncle Lex Dadd in the Crescent Trop Jr 2018 final three films on the big screens in the

on the Crescent stage Black Carpet Arrivals - Old Government House Thandi Band Performance

Rowe interview with Susan Sarandon in the Judges area Tim Minchin performance on the

MY PARADE LAST MAN STANDING PAPER CUT RASH DECISION THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU COMBINATION

YOUR COUNTRY BOYS DON T CRY PHENOMENA TWO PIECE REGIME THE LIFE I VE SEEN PART 2 CANNOT

DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS NICK BAKER & TRISTAN KLEIN (MY COUNTRY, YOUR COUNTRY) DIRECTOR GENEVIEVE

TWO PIECE REGIME THE LIFE I VE SEEN DIRECTOR/PRODUCER IZZY STEVENS DIRECTOR GRETA NASH

5 EVENT RUN ORDER FILM RUN ORDER 12:00pm 4:00pm 4:10pm 4:30pm 4:45pm 5:25pm 5:30pm 6:30pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 8:02pm 9:15pm 10:45pm Tropfest Food Village and entertainment commences Sponsor 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 PART 1 DON T RAIN ON MY PARADE LAST MAN STANDING PAPER CUT RASH DECISION THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU COMBINATION FRIED RICE I M STILL HERE SMOOTH INTERVAL PART 2 CANNOT PREDICT NOW ROCK BOTTOM MY COUNTRY, YOUR COUNTRY BOYS DON T CRY PHENOMENA TWO PIECE REGIME THE LIFE I VE SEEN PART 2 CANNOT PREDICT NOW ROCK BOTTOM MI PAIS, TU PAIS BOYS DON T CRY DIRECTOR/PRODUCER NIKKI RICHARDSON DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS NICK BAKER & TRISTAN KLEIN (MY COUNTRY, YOUR COUNTRY) DIRECTOR GENEVIEVE GORMAN DEANE PRODUCER GEOFFREY JAMES DIRECTOR NICK WARD PRODUCER JUSTIN MCINNES PHENOMENA TWO PIECE REGIME THE LIFE I VE SEEN DIRECTOR/PRODUCER IZZY STEVENS DIRECTOR GRETA NASH PRODUCERS GILLIAN CROSBY & GABRIELLE MCLEOD DIRECTOR/PRODUCER JESSICA PHOEBE KNOX DIRECTOR DEAN GINSBURG PRODUCERS JAMES CARR & DEAN GINSBURG

RACHEL GRIFFITHS THE JUDGES SUSAN SARANDON Academy Award -winning actress, known for her performances in Thelma & Louise, The Client and Dead Man Walking.

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

Jennifer s credits include internationally renowned documentaries Sherpa and most recently Mountain.

Radio Return trip to Los Angeles, USA, for a film immersion course, a week of meetings with agents, studio executives and other industry professionals for

6 RACHEL GRIFFITHS THE JUDGES SUSAN 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. 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 1 ST PRIZE A HOLDEN EQUINOX LTZ VEHICLE, VALUED AT MORE THAN $45,000 2 ND PRIZE $500 cash courtesy of Nova Radio 3 RD PRIZE $500 cash courtesy of Nova Radio 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 Visit to YouTube Space in Los Angeles, USA BEST ACTOR - MALE $3,000 courtesy of Nicole Kidman BEST ACTOR - FEMALE $3,000 courtesy of Nicole Kidman

GARTH DAVIES Australian television & film director, Garth s feature film directorial debut was the

Davies has recently completed his upcoming biopic, Mary Magdalene, starring Rooney Mara and Joaquin

UNDER THE STARS IN PARRAMATTA PARK ROB COLLINS Darwin-born television and stage actor, Rob s known for

PROUDLY SUPPORTING TROPFEST TROP JUNIOR 1 ST PRIZE $1,500 courtesy Event Cinemas $500 Course Voucher

Event Cinemas $250 Course Voucher courtesy of AFTRS 3 RD PRIZE $500 courtesy Event Cinemas $250 Course

7 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. UNDER THE STARS IN PARRAMATTA PARK 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. PROUDLY SUPPORTING TROPFEST TROP JUNIOR 1 ST 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 ND PRIZE $500 courtesy Event Cinemas $250 Course Voucher courtesy of AFTRS 3 RD PRIZE $500 courtesy Event Cinemas $250 Course Vouchers courtesy of AFTRS OUR SENSE OF SUMMER The City of Parramatta is proud to be the host city for Tropfest 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. #TROPFEST2018 oursenseofsummer.com.au #oursenseofsummer

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11 KARLA ŠPETIĆ BORN CROATIA ARRIVED AUSTRALIA 1993 OWNER AND FOUNDER, KARLA ŠPETIĆ AUSTRALIAN AS IT GETS We had to start over and when I first arrived everything was a complete contrast to my old home. Originally from Dubrovnik, Karla moved to Australia as the war in Croatia intensified. A naturally creative person, Karla decided to branch out and start her own fashion label. She is now a regular at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week with customers around the globe. CGU proudly backs small businesses, just like Karla s. For more real stories visit cgu.com.au/migrantsmallbusiness

SUBMISSION FAQs Tropfest Australia 2019

SUBMISSION FAQs Tropfest Australia 2019 What is the deadline for Tropfest Australia 2019? Entries will close at midnight (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) on 4 January 2019 When is the Festival held?