Ignore the sentimentally sappy backing track in Jason van Genderen’s “Mankind Is No Island” the winning entry for New York’s offshoot of the Tropfest short film festival.
Shot entirely on his mobile phone in both Sydney and New York City, Van Genderen uses street signs and billboards to quite literally spell out his social message. If this doesn’t set off pangs of emotion somewhere deep in your heart you must be a robot.
Check it out below…
