John Polson, Founder and Director of Tropfest, has today announced recently named Australian of the Year and AACTA President, Geoffrey Rush, will be one of the stars judging the 20th anniversary competition. He will also join the line-up at Tropfest’s inaugural filmmaker symposium, Tropfest Roughcut, on Saturday 18 February 2012.
The all-day event is staged in collaboration with Screen NSW, the NSW Government’s screen development and funding agency, a day before Tropfest’s huge 20th Birthday on Sunday 19 February. Rush joins keynote speaker and celebrated international screenwriter and producer of the 2011 box office hit Love and Other Drugs – Charles Randolph direct from New York.
High-profile Australian film editor Jason Ballantine; Kieran Darcy-Smith – whose new feature Wish You Were Here opened the Sundance Film Festival earlier this month; and leading international composer – Lisa Gerrard will also present as well as 2011 Tropfest Runner Up, Jason Van Genderen.
Rush says he is looking forward to meeting with emerging filmmakers. “Tropfest is turning 20, that’s serious frisky adulthood – so vicenarians, please join this sexagenarian for a cinematic chat on known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns… it’s a Q and A and I’d love to hear from you, ” he says.
The day will be hosted by actor, filmmaker and past Tropfest winner, Rob Carlton.
To find out what makes these industry heavyweights ‘tick’ creatively and how their respective disciplines contribute to filmmaking, pick up a ticket to the symposium from www.tropfest.com/au.
Film-makers
beware of film festivals.
700 x entry
fees at $ 40 for the privilege of making a commissioned work for Tropfest, with
film makers consuming thousands of dollars in value of labour and equipment use
just for an empty promise. On top of that you sign away up all your rights to
the organisers. How crazy is that? There is
no assurance that the film has even been viewed and if so by who and on
what criteria.. Just look critically at Withoutabox. Tropfest just seems to be
about the self aggrandisement and promotion of its organisers.
Even Sundance has been accused of not even having enough physical time available to look through entries.
Be angry
very angry Filmmakers