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Tropfest

Season 2006 2006

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z on FEARNet
  • 7m
  • 1h 52m (16 episodes)
The Worlds Largest Short Film Festival The Tropfest short film festival is held in Sydney, Australia each year. Sydney hosts the live event which is then broadcast live via satellite to venues in Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, Hobart, Melbourne and Adelaide. The festival's name is derived from the first year's location -- the Tropicana Cafe in Darlinghurst, an inner-eastern suburb of Sydney. Created by John Polson, the first festival was held in 1993 with the films projected onto a blank wall and was called the Tropicana Short Film Festival in that first year. In 2006 there were over 700 entrants and every year 16 finalists are screened in public parks and cafes around Australia. Sydney's annual audience of around 100,000 people attend The Domain to watch the finalists on three large video screens.

17 episodes

Season Premiere

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x01 Applause

Season Premiere

2006x01 Applause

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

Struggling to find motivation, office worker Werner Brim is confronted with a most unusual situation - replacing the couch and coffee table in his office is a live audience...and they want to be entertained!

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x02 Goggles

2006x02 Goggles

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

Seven year old Billy encounters a couple of bullies on his way to the pool.

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x03 Tough Crowd

2006x03 Tough Crowd

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

A petulant little girl proves to be a tough crowd for a tireless mime artist.

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x04 The Story of Bubbleboy

2006x04 The Story of Bubbleboy

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

In a stab-happy world, a sad outcast wrestles with his demons. The story of bubbleboy is a film about being trapped by the past and redeemed by the future.

2006x05 Carmichael & Shane (Winner)

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

A single father has a unique approach to raising his two year old twin boys - pick a favourite.

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x06 Fishy

2006x06 Fishy

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

A perfect Christmas dinner is wasted on a demanding, picky, fussy snapper with impossibly high standards.

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x07 Glitch

2006x07 Glitch

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

Tim has a problem. The house he lives in no longer obeys the laws of logic. At times like this, there's only one man that can help.

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x08 Silencer

2006x08 Silencer

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

A secret rendezvous. A loaded gun. A most unexpected arrival. Nobody said it was easy offing your best mate. Beware the thoughts of ordinary evil men.

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x09 Carnivore Reflux

2006x09 Carnivore Reflux

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

In their lifetime the average meat-eating human will consume; 10 cows, 1/2 tonne of fish, 760 chickens, 37 sheep and 42 pigs.

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x10 Pacific

2006x10 Pacific

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

On a lonely beach, a chance encounter with a fisherman is the key to a young man letting go of his past and embracing his future.

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x11 The Sister

2006x11 The Sister

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

Amelia finally stands up to her sister, and discovers it's a piece of cake.

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x12 Last Stop

2006x12 Last Stop

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

Even the simple act of taking public transport seems to be fraught with peril these days. Especially if you're from somewhere else.

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x13 Snakepit

2006x13 Snakepit

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

Australia, two guys, a small room, sixty-three deadly snakes... only one man is at home.

Rosie visits the local medical centre for a routine check-up... unfortunately it's anything but routine! Are you due for a check-up?

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x15 A Room With Askew

2006x15 A Room With Askew

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

A room askew and a meal that may never happen.

2006-02-28T00:00:00Z

2006x16 Burst

2006x16 Burst

  • 2006-02-28T00:00:00Z7m

To forgive is to set yourself free.

Signature Item was Bubble

The Sydney screening of Tropfest 2006 was abandoned after 13 films due to severe electrical storms. Screenings in other cities were not affected. With the judges located in Sydney it was necessary to announce the winners two days later at a press conference.

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