Tropfest, the world’s largest short film festival, gears up in New Zealand for 2014, with entries to the competition now open.
The second year of the competition on these shores includes some exciting new developments. Chief Executive of the Taranaki Arts Festival Trust, Suzanne Porter says, “Tropfest NZ is off with a bang this year and is proud to announce our exciting new Industry Partner, the Yoobee School of Design.”
Yoobee will support two new prize categories for Animation and VFX. The winner in each category will win a prize of $2,500 plus a Free Short Course on Campus or a Free Online Course, depending on their location.
“Part of the beauty of Tropfest is also its simplicity. Each film can be no more than seven minutes, must be made specifically for Tropfest, and contain the Tropfest Signature Item which this year is ‘Glasses,’” adds Porter.
Maureen Manson, Marketing Manager Yoobee School of Design, says “Yoobee School of Design is pleased to be introducing two new awards in Animation and VFX and to have Yoobee associated with the largest short film festival in the world! It’s a great opportunity for our students and staff to be a part of such an iconic event.”
The competition is open to anyone and attracts talented NZ film makers and creative teams. The competition is presented by the Taranaki Arts Festival Trust and is a free outdoor event held at the TSB Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth, 16 February 2014.
At this stage interested parties are invited to register with Tropfest to keep up to date with competition news and announcements. Entrants are now invited to send an email to anne-maree@taft.co.nz with the subject line “Registering my interest in making a film” to be kept up to date on the news from Tropfest NZ. The final deadline for entries is Monday 6 January 2014.
Submission forms and information available here: http://www.tropfest.co.nz/submit/submission-information.html
Yoobee Online: http://yoobee.mrooms.net/
Yoobee Short Courses: http://www.yoobee.ac.nz/shortcourses
