Going Batty at Tropfest

Well the plan . . . was to go and watch the Twilight Parade to celebrate the second week of Chinese New Year but as plans do, ours changed. On the same night we discovered that Tropfest was also happening in the Domain.

So, after a lovely lunch with friends, I met Clare in the city on a 35 degree evening and hunkered down on the grass with a bottle of chardy and a packet of chips to watch the famous short film festival. Not quite the photo opportunity I'd hoped for but definitely fun and a wonderful way to spend a balmy Sydney Sunday night.

There was the 'red carpet' with the Tropfest founder John Polson enjoying the limelight. I was there a little too early to catch Elijah Woods and Toni Collette.

The crowds found their niche!


Nope, not a dirty camera lens. Not seagulls or birds coming in to roost.
These are Australian Fruit Bats coming into the Botanical Gardens for a feed of figs as dusk falls.

Big aren't they? About the size of a small cat with a huge wingspan!

And we're underway with 16 short films from across Australia.

⁃Abe Forsythe has landed first prize at Tropfest 2010 for his film Shock - his entry inspired by the live-on-air lie detector scandal involving disgraced and generally disliked-to-the-point-of-hatred radio presenter, Kyle Sandilands.

If you're interested, you can watch the other finalists here . . sorry, I couldn't find the whole movie in embedded text.http://tropfest.ninemsn.com.au/

And a little music from Whitley who played a short set at intermission. It's a short film in itself and I really like the song.

Thanks to DuprocessAustralia and Steve Baker on You Tube: