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    2011 TROPFEST Australia

    The 2011 Movie Extra Tropfest short film festival took place today in Australia, and of the 16 films, Animal Beatbox by Damon Gameau was declared the winner. [caption id="attachment_4816" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Click to Watch "Animal Beatbox""][/caption] The field was strong this year, with Joel Edgerton of the Blue-Tongue Collective represented for his film Monkeys, as well Mankind is No Island filmmaker and prior winner of Tropfest New York, Jason Van Genderen for The Unspoken.

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    Experimental Philip Bacon

    Yellow Belly End

    A sparse, metaphorical rotoscope animation that made waves at Ottawa, Annecy, and Stuttgart.

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    Dark Comedy Renee Zhan
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    Hold me (Ca Caw Ca Caw)

    Flap flap flap flap. A large bird and a small boy cohabit in an unhappy relationship, trapped by four walls and a mutual codependence. The fragile balance of their relationship is cracked by a new arrival.

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    Experimental Phinehas Hodges

    ALONE

    An experimental exploration of who we are when no one is watching: the freedom we experience, and the loneliness—the way we sing, dance, love, cry, and dream when we are alone.

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    Experimental Renee Zhan

    Soft Animals

    Two ex-lovers cross paths at a train station.

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    Fantasy Anna Budanova

    Among The Black Waves

    Based on an ancient folklore, when a hunter captures a seal-girl’s skin, she can't change back to her animal form and return to the sea

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    Dark Comedy Evan DeRushie

    Birdlime

    A bird who barely manages to escape the exotic pet trade remains trapped in a cage and surrounded by unfamiliar sounds and un-birdlike creatures.

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    Documentary Lynn Tomlinson

    The Elephant's Song

    The sad but true story of Old Bet, the first circus elephant in America, set to a tune sung by her friend, an old farm dog.

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    Dark Comedy Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby

    When the Day Breaks

    After witnessing the accidental death of a stranger, Ruby the pig seeks comfort from her everyday life in the City.

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    Documentary Danny Yourd

    The Wizard Oz

    Meet Oberon Zell-Ravenheart (aka "Oz”), a self-described wizard who has created a life for himself that is truly stranger than fiction.

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