14 year old Gabriel Colomb of New South Wales has been awarded first place winner of Trop Jr – the world’s largest short film festival for kids - by kids.
Gabriel Colomb lives, eats and breathes the medium and is determined to pursue a career in filmmaking. His film is about a Famous Hollywood director, Winston Kubrike, waxes lyrical about his new masterpiece. Every film had to contain the Trop Jr Signature Item, or TSI, to be eligible for Trop Jr. The TSI for this was ‘Squeeze.’
“I am very excited to win Trop Jr, I am glad everyone liked my film, it was fun to make and very exciting to be part of today,” says Gabriel Colomb.
Trop Jr featured 12 short films by Australia’s youngest and most talented filmmakers, all under the age of 15. Watched by a crowd of families, fans and film buffs at the Domain, Sydney. The films featured everything from documentary, to horror, comedy and claymation.
Gabriel Colomb has won an array of prizes valued at close to $12,000 and aimed at gearing them up for a future career in film:
- Return flights, accommodation and visit to Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank thanks to Cartoon Network, where the lucky winner will experience the making of a Cartoon Network show.
- $3000 in cash from EnhanceTV
- 1 day Australian film industry tour comprising of a visit to post production facilities Atlab, The Lab and the set of a major feature in production, courtesy of Kodak
"The number of entries more than doubled since last year, and the Gabriel's entry was exceptional," said Mike Lynch, Head of EnhanceTV. "We're very proud to be associated with TropJr and congratulate all the finalists on their work."
“This year’s turn out has been phenomenal,” says John Polson, founder and creative director of Movie Extra Tropfest and Trop Jr. “This is the second Trop Jr – and the incredible range of creativity shown by our young entrants bodes well for the future of Australia’s film industry.”
For more information go to www.tropjr.com.au To preview the finalists and winner's entries from TropJr 2009 click here, and TropJr 2008, click here.
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Winners and judges
Gabriel with his mother
Trop Jr 2009 was held in Sydney, Sunday 22 February 2009 |
