Tropfest, the world's largest short film festival was held in Sydney's Domain on Sunday, and CNET.com.au was right there among the action to find out what the finalists and punters had to say about filmmaking, online video and high-definition formats. Enter our Tropfest competition for the chance to win a Sony HD camera valued at $2,000 and shoot your own film for next year's festival -- the theme is the number "7".
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The Tropfest Signature Item (TSI) for the 2007 film festival was "Sneeze". Filmmakers must incorporate the TSI into their submissions to demonstrate movies were made specifically for Tropfest.
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Held annually in The Domain in Sydney, this year's event was a balmy summer night -- a pleasant change from last year's rained out festival.
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Over 150,000 people gathered together to watch the film screenings, many armed with their own cameras to capture the action of the day.
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One group of early arrivers settled in for the event prepared for anything -- in a big inflatable swimming pool.
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Several groups of people set up shelters to shade themselves from the sun and be protected from possible thunderstorms. These guys even brought a decapitated papier mache panda as a mascot.
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Hats were necessary for keeping cool and standing out so friends could be spotted in a crowd of thousands.
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Patrons were kept entertained pre-show by crowd participation. Film and photography are a great way to capture your memories, but we wonder if a "pashing contest" was going a bit too far?
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Out of more than 600 entries, 16 lucky finalists took to the red carpet.
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Some of the finalists came armed with props from their films, including a golf ball and golf club from Fore! and the canine star of Being Boston.
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John Mavety picked up $2,500 as third prize winner with his film The Von.
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Jayce White's Between the Flags took out awards for Best Comedy and Best Actor. Besides his filmmaking success, we were also impressed to discover Jayce designed the emoticons for Yahoo Instant Messenger.
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The only female finalist, Jane Montague's Still was shot in high-definition.
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Our video editor, Matt Oxley, staked out a position on the Tropfest red carpet, where all the pre-show action took place.
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Australian comic writer-director-actor Yahoo Serious and his wife stepped out for the Sneeze-themed Tropfest.
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Australian identity Andrew Denton presented the award for Best Comedy to Jayce White for Between the Flags.
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Clayton Jacobson stopped on the red carpet to speak to CNET.com.au. The director, producer and co-writer of the 2006 Australian hit comedy Kenny shot the film mostly on a handheld camcorder, but told us he would have loved to have shot on HD had it existed then.
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Australian film director Philip Noyce was among the VIP guests, presenting the award for second place to Road Rage.
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Oscar winner Catherine Martin was one of six celebrity judges on the night. She has received two Academy Awards for production and costume design.
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Stars of the inaugural Tropfest Feature Program film September, which commenced post-production in January.
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Star of Between the Flags, Matuse won the Tropfest award for Best Actor.
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Australian actor David Wenham was among the celebrity guests, presenting Matuse with his award for Best Actor.
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The first place winner of Tropfest 2007, Steve Baker, for his animated film An Imaginary Life.
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