List of Tropfest finalists

Tropfest is the world's largest short film festival. ^{[1] [2]} The following is an incomplete list of finalists.

1993

No 1993 TSI ^[3]

1994

TSI: Muffin ^[3]

1995

TSI: Coffee bean ^[3]

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Swinger	Gregor Jordan	First	[4] [5]
Pizza Man	Paul Fenech	Third	[5]

1996

TSI: Teaspoon ^[3]

1997

TSI: Pickle ^[3]

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Rust Bucket		Second Best Actor: Rowan Woods	[4] [5]

1998

TSI: Kiss ^[3]

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
		Best Female Actor: Julia Zemiro	[5]

1999

TSI: Chopsticks ^[3]

2000

TSI: Bug ^[3]

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Old Man	Robin Feiner, Jesse Gibson	Best Actor: Basil Clarke	[6]
Noise
How far can you wear your underpants from the beach?

2001

TSI: Horn ^[3]

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
A Matter of Life	Jennifer Perrott		[7]
Tickler	Clayton Jacobson	Tropicana Prize	[8] [7]
Muffled Love	Rene Hernandez		[7]
The Lighter	Patrick Hughes
Just Not Cricket	Matt Wheeldon
The Art of Farewell	David Napier
Beep	Eddie Edwards
Like It Is	Chris Begley, Tony D'Aquino
Home Straight	Mickey Power
Chopper	Bernard Derriman
A Day at theZoo	Matthew Gidney
Playin’Hard to Get	Tim Bullock
Boambee return	Liz Crosby
Burn	Michael Dunning
The Cutting Room Floor	Steve Baker
Ride On	Nick Wyles

2002

TSI: Match ^{[3] [9]}

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
		Best Male Actor: Sam Worthington	[5]

2003

TSI: Rock ^[3]

2004

TSI: Hook ^[3]

2005

TSI: Umbrella ^{[3] [10]}

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Bomb	Alister Grierson	People's Choice Award	[11] [10]
Rattus Pistofficus	Josh Reed
In Your Dreams	Greg Williams
Benny Unseen Hero	Darren Arbib, Steven Hirst
Fingerprints	Cathrine McVeigh
Lucky	Nash Edgerton	Second
Garbage Man	Henry Naylor
Coma	Stuart Charles
This Film is Yet To Be Classified	Jayce White
Too Sunny, Too Cold	Tania Yuki
Too Far	Matthew Peek
The Razor's Edge	Gabriel Dowrick
A Family Legacy	Rory Williamson
Money	James Wilson
Chiuso	Hugh Rutherford
Australian Summer	Luke Eve	First

2006

Main article: 2006 Tropfest finalists

TSI: Bubble ^{[3] [4]}

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Carmichael and Shane	Rob Carlton, Alex Weinress	First	[12]

2007

Main article: 2007 Tropfest finalists

TSI: Sneeze ^[3]

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
An Imaginary Life	Steve Baker	First	[13] [14]
Road Rage	Mark Bellamy	Second
The Von	John Mavety	Third Young Talent Award: Jacob Bicknell
Between The Flags	Jayce White	Best Comedy Best Actor: Matuse
Mere Oblivion	Burleigh Smith	Best Actress: Elizabeth Calacob
Real Thing	Rupert Glasson	Women in Film Award: Rani Chaleyer Best Original Score
Yellow	William Allert	Best Screenplay
Bad Yoghurt	Shaun Beagley	Tropicana Award
Fore!	Duane Fogwell	Best Editing
The Grey Cloud	Matt Peek	Best Cinematography
A-Z	Zenon Kohler
Being Boston	Justin Drape
Counter	Michael Noonan
Pig Latin	Nathaniel Kiwi
Still	Jayne Montague
The Story of Ned	Simon Weaving

2008

TSI: The number 8 ^[3]

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Ascension	David Easteal		[15] [16]
Beggars Belief	Colin Cairnes
Blues For The Soul	Dean Preston
The Code	Murray Fahey	Sony Foundation Young Talent Award
Dusk	William Allert
Fault	Daniel Miller	Best Animation Award
Glass	Jayne Monague	Balance Water Women in Film Award Best Cinematography
Great White Hunters	Gary Doust	Third Best Comedy
Looped	Sarah Crowest	Best Screenplay
Made In Australia	Monte Macpherson
Marry Me	Michelle Lehman	First Best Female Actor: Jahla Bryant
Mouse Race!	Paul Williams
Scab	Koichi Iguchi	Best Editing The Tropicana Award
Smitten	Grey Rogers	Best Male Actor: Andrew Gilmore
Uncle Jonny	Mark Constable	Second
White Lines	Craig Maclean	Best Original Score

The Bright Spark Awards were awarded to the shortlisted films My Brother, My Sanctuary (dir. Johnny Tran), Loveless (dir. Karl Madderoom) and Spider (dir. Steven Woodburn). ^{[16] [17]}

2009

TSI: Spring ^[3]

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Be My Brother	Genevieve Clay	First Best Male Actor: Gerard O’Duyes	[18] [19]
Being Carl Williams	Abe Forsythe	Second Best Comedy
Fences	Tim Dean	Third Best Cinematography Best Screenplay Best Editing
Songfor a Comb	Sal Cooper	Women in Film Best Animation Award
Bargain!	Rachel Givney	Best Female Actor: Rebel Wilson
NYE	Duane Fogwell	Best Original Score
Jackie's Spring Palace	Matthew Phipps
Beyond Words	Armand de Saint-Salvy
Blue	Nathan Stone
Dream What You Want	Dimitri Ellerington
Left Unspoken	Avi Lewin
Notes From A Scaresmith	Scot Edwards
One in a Million	Tom Vogel
The Delivery	Gerlee Scanlan, Rohan Jones
The Furry Cheque Book	Bassett Dickson, Oliver Purser
The News	Luke Shanahan

The Bright Spark Award was awarded to the shortlisted film The Chicken Lady (prod. Shanti Rajini). ^[18]

2010

TSI: Dice ^{[3] [18]}

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Shock	Abe Forsythe	First Best Comedy	[20] [21]
My Neighbourhood Has Been Overrun By Baboons	Cameron Edser, Michael Richards	Second Best Original Score
Last Roll Of The Dice	Matthew Chuang	Third Best Female Actor: Bel Delia
Happenstance	John Marsh	Best Male Actor: Clarke Women In Film Award
Testicle	Sheldon Lieberman, Igor Coric	Best Animation
Fish Lips	Duane Fogwell	Best Editing
No Dice Hollywood	Paul Watters	Best Screenplay Best Cinematography
Awakening	Liam Newton
Every Second Weekend	Damon Gameau, Gareth Davies
Falling Backwards	Harrison Murray
Smoking Will Kill You	Raphael Sammut
Stakeout	Gene Alberts
How God Works	Matilda Brown
Nic & Shauna	Alyssa McClelland
There Had Better Be Blood	Charles Williams

Telstra Mobile Masterpieces Award

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Missing You	Gerry Tacovsky	Winner	[20] [21]
Design Crimes	Jason Van Genderen
Frequency	Joel Sabadin

2011

TSI: Key ^{[3] [20]}

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Big Feet	Brad Wilson, Jonathan Cockett	Shortlist	[22] [23] [24]
The (Ex)terminator	Summer DeRoche	Shortlist	[22] [24]
Squeeze	Will Goodfellow	Shortlist	[22] [24]
Tinman	James Hunter	Shortlist	[22] [24]
In Loco Parentis	Paul Ashton	Shortlist	[22] [24]
Pet	Luke Shanahan	Shortlist	[22] [24]
One Night Stand	David Coussins	Shortlist	[22] [24]
Bars and Tone	Ariel Martin	Shortlist	[22] [24]
Train Girl	Tim Bathurst	Shortlist	[22] [24]
Bird Therapy	Damien Freeleagus	Shortlist	[22] [24]
Animal Beatbox	Damon Gameau	Winner	[25] [26] [27]

Telstra Mobile Masterpieces Award

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Following	Steve Baker	Winner	[27]

2012

TSI: Light Bulb ^{[3] [26] [27]}

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Lemonade Stand	Alethea Jones	First	[28] [29] [30]
Alice's Baby	Eva Lazarro
Boo!	Rupert Reid	Second Best Male Actor: Don Reid Telstra Crowd Pleaser
How Many More Doctors Does It Take To Change a Light Bulb?	Marie Patane	Women in Film Award
I'm Free To Be Me	Trent Holmes, Bassett Dickson
Jack and Lily	Damian McLindon
Kitchen Sink Drama	Nicholas Clifford	Best Female Actor: Kate McNamara
Matchbox Brothers	Scott Holgate, Brent Holgate
Min Min	Matt Bird
My Constellation	Toby Morris
One Thing	Matilda Brown
Photo Booth	Michael Noonan	Third
RGB	Kailas Prasannan
The Mistake	Bryan Moses
The Unusual Suspects	Steve Mitchell

Telstra Mobile Masterpieces Award

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
	Jason Van Genderen	Winner	[30]

February 2013

TSI: Balloon ^{[31] [29]}

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
We've All Been There	Nicholas Clifford	First Best Female Actor: Laura Wheelwright	[32] [33] [34]
Better Than Sinatra	Jefferson Grainger	Second	[32]
Punctured	Nick Baker, Tristan Klein	Third
Time		Best Male Actor: Nick Hamilton
Great Day	Hannah May Reilly		[35]

Nikon DSLR Award

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Let It Rain	Matt Hardie	Winner	[32] [36]

December 2013

TSI: Change ^[37]

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Sorry Baby	Spencer Harvey, Lloyd Harvey		[37] [38]
Bamboozled	Matt Hardie	First	[37] [38] [36] [39] [40]
Sine	Adrian Cabrié		[37] [38]
Truth Is...	Ben Davies		[37] [38]
Off the Meter	Carl J. Sorheim		[37] [38]
Ariel	Claude Gonzalez		[37] [38]
Still Life	Martin Sharpe		[37] [38]
Makeover	Don Percy		[37] [38]
Darkness Comes	John Marsh		[37] [38]
Stew	Steven Woodburn		[37] [38]
Honi soit qui mal y pense	Tom Abood		[37] [38]
The Squirrel King	Dimitri Ellerington		[37] [38]
Charades	Julian Lucas		[37] [38]
Revive	Ruben Pracas		[37] [38]
L.O.V.E. Insurance for the Heart	Rachel Lane		[37] [38]
Coping	Kaiya Jones		[37] [38]

2014

TSI: Mirror ^{[41] [39] [40]}

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
A Bit Rich	Gregory Erdstein		[42]
A Lady & A Robot	Toby Morris	Best Female Actress: Caitlin Scullin	[42] [43]
Cavity	Jacobie Gray		[42]
Evil Mexican Child	Michael Noonan
FiXeD	Codey Wilson, Burleigh Smith
Granny Smith	Julian Lucas	First	[42] [43]
Here Today	Joel Kohn		[42]
The Home Video	Nhu Hoang Dang
Inverse	Liam Connor
Little Bondi	Michael Demosthenous, Stephen James King
Red Nuts	Jackson Mullane	Second Best Male Actor: Kevin McIssac	[42] [43]
Shotgun Wedding	Darren McFarlane, Rod Saunders		[42]
Spirit Stones	Millie Rose Heywood
Twisted	Stuart Bowen	Third	[42] [43]
Untitled	David Karacic, Michael Karacic		[42]
You Wanna Order Pizza?	Laura Hughes

2016

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
Shiny	Spencer Susser		[44]

2017

TSI: Pineapple ^{[45] [46]}

2018

TSI: Rose ^{[47] [48]}

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
The Last Time I Saw You	Damian McLindon	Third Best Screenplay Best Editing Best Production Design Best Sound	[47] [49] [50] [51]
Regime	Jessica Phoebe Knox
Last Man Standing	Lucy Knox, W.A.M. Bleakley
Rash Decision	John Cavallaro
The Life I’ve Seen	Dean Ginsburg
Boys Don’t Cry	Nick Ward	Best Cinematography
I’m Still Here	Steve Baker	Best Original Score
Mi País, Tu País	Genevieve Gorman Deane
Combination Fried Rice	Simon Fowler	Best Male Actor: Hugo Johnstone-Burt
Rock Bottom	Nick Baker, Tristan Klein	Second Best VFX/Animation
Don’t Rain On My Parade	Steve Potter, Byron Meers
Paper Cut	Virginia Gay
Smooth	Will Green, Joel Phillips
Cannot Predict Now	Nikki Richardson
Two Piece	Greta Nash	First Best Actress: Freya Van Dyke
Phenomena	Izzy Stevens

Holden 7 Second Film Competition

Title	Director	Awards Won	Ref
In-Laws	Ben Kumanovski	Winner	[52] [53]

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