HELPING HAND TO TROPFEST 2010

Tropfest winner Abe Forsythe (pictured middle)

GlobeCast Australia successfully delivered Tropfest 2010 live via satellite to audiences around Australia. This year, all films featured a dice. Movie Extra Tropfest is the largest short film festival in the world and Australia’s most prestigious, contributing to enhancing talent and creativity in the film and TV industry .. it’s launched more than a dozen stellar careers since actor and director John Polson conceived it 18 years ago. Nationally, more than 150,000 people gathered at free events to watch the 16 finalist films live on big screens on Sunday February 21, from Cairns in the north to Hobart in the south, Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne, Surfers and Brisbane.In 2009, for the first time, Movie Extra conducted a live television broadcast of the event as part of their naming rights sponsorship of the Australian events.

GlobeCast Australia delivered that live TV signal as well for the 2010 events. This partnership brings the festival to more than 1 million subscribers live at home and at unofficial sites including pubs, clubs and community centres around the country.