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Tropfest is the world's largest short film festival. It is held in Sydney, Australia each year and...

Tropfest is the world's largest short film festival. It is held in Sydney, Australia each year and broadcast live via satellite to venues in Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide and Perth. The festival's name is derived from the first year's location -- the Tropicana Cafe in Darlinghurst, an inner-eastern suburb of Sydney. Created by John Polson, the first festival was held in 1993 with the films projected onto a blank wall and was called the Tropicana Short Film Festival in that first year. Previously well known and not so well known patrons helped the event financially including Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, as well as funding from big ticket sponsors such as Intel, Sony, Showtime, Cointreau and MadFish Wines. Sony is the primary sponsor of Tropfest. The winners are selected by a panel of judges made up of well known Australian and international film directors, actors, screen writers and producers, in addition to the previous year's winner. In 2006 there were over 700 entrants and every year 16 finalists are screened in public parks and cafes around Australia. Sydney's annual audience of around 100,000 people attend The Domain to watch the finalists on