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1 online resource (streaming video file) (25 min. 17 sec.) ; 147562140 bytes |
| Summary |
To celebrate the Tropfest broadcast on SBS 2 later this year, the channel is launching Tropfest TV; an entertaining Sunday night in, showcasing some of the best films from the world's largest short film festival.The 13-week season will feature the funniest, sharpest, and most compelling short films from the last three years in Australia, New Zealand, USA and the Middle East. Each episode will feature a different theme starting with love and hate, and covering other subjects including sacrifice, money, authority, sex and obsession.The theme for episode three of Tropfest TV is Money. Emptys, a Tropfest New York 2012 winner, is a documentary which follows people who collect discarded cans and bottles as their main source of income. Cash Cow, a Tropfest Australia 2013 Finalist, is the story of the desperately unhappy Ca$h Cow on Channel 7's Sunrise who hatches a plan to break out of his dodgy cow costume once and for all. Luck and What's Beyond was a Tropfest Arabia 2011 Finalist in which a homeless man finds a wishing well and thinks it will solve all his troubles before discovering it is a trap. The Hustle was a Tropfest Australia 2013 Finalist and follows a pub pool game where everyone is not only playing, but getting played. (Commissioned by SBS) (Film) M(L) Follow the conversation on Twitter #tropfest |
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Broadcast 2013-09-29 at 22:00:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Film festivals.
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Gambling.
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Homeless persons -- Psychology.
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Money -- Psychological aspects.
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Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Costs.
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Short films.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Field, Topher, director
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Leake, Josh, director
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Reisinger, Dan, director
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Sabry, Mohammed, director
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