Tropfest NY 2008 winner, "Mankind Is No Island" by Jason van Genderen
Founded in the 1993 by film director John Polson, the ‘Tropicana Short Film Festival’ [as it was originally known] started as an informal short film screening for cast, crew and friends at the Tropicana Cafe in Sydney’s Darlinghurst. More than 200 people showed up. Inspired by the turn out, John decided that a full-fledged short film festival was the next step.
Tropfest has expanded internationally to include a new competition and festival in North America, Tropfest NY (previously known as Tropfest@Tribeca during its two-year partnership with the Tribeca Film Festival.)
Last year winner was this film, which is simply breath taking… very powerful! And this film was shot entirely on a cell phone.