Tropfest has released a beguiling 2013 trailer directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet indebted winner of last year’s competition, Alethea Jones, who plays the revisionist history card in a sweet but ultimately morbid short film detailing the little known origins of the balloon, this year’s signature item. Watch it below…
In some sadistic alternate universe a little girl died so we could all have party balloons. Yay?
The winning filmmaker will receive a $10,000 cash prize, a trip to
Los Angeles (for networking reasons), and, for the first time in
Tropfest
history, a brand new car thanks to Toyota – as well as an 86% chance of
landing on the cover of the Sydney Morning Herald the next day and a
potential viewing
audience in the millions. The winning film will be chosen by a jury of
celebrity experts which has
previously included Nicole Kidman, Toni Collette, Geoffrey
Rush, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Baz Luhrmann, Ewan McGregor, Asher
Keddie, Elijah Wood and Tobey Maguire.
Tropfest 2013 will screen at The Domain, Sydney and at other live venues across Australia on Sunday, February 17.
Watch Jones’ winning entry from last year, Lemonade Stand, below…
