There Was Only One Female Finalist At Tropfest This Year
“Women were grossly under-represented tonight,” said Simon Baker, and everyone else who was paying attention.
The world's largest short film festival, Tropfest, returned to Sydney last night, which was great for the film industry and anyone who enjoys drinking wine on a Sunday.
The event was held in Centennial Park and saw a crowd of around 100,000 people.
The winners of the night were Daniel Campos and Spencer Susser, the directors behind animated film, Shiny. Much less celebrated however, was the work of female directors and actors, because well, there were hardly any of them there.
And by hardly any we mean you had to squint pretty damn hard to see a woman anywhere in the list of finalist directors. Prizes for cinematography, editing, scoring, screenwriting, VFX and sound design were also given out alongside the top award for best film, and awards for best actors.
Spencer Susser / Daniel Cloud Campos
Twenty-two-year-old Angela McCormack was the only female director with a film in the final 16. That's right. THE ONLY ONE.
Her film Tay Man, produced by Jessica Campbell (shown on the left of McCormack above) and Joel Perlgut, followed the fictional struggles of three Aussie blokes who are big fans of Taylor Swift.
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