How an Underbelly actor won Tropfest with this $85 film.

Damon Gameau, has won the 19th annual Tropfest, in front of 150,000 people nationwide and a live broadcast on Movie Extra to hundreds of thousands more film fans. He spent a total of $85 on making the film.

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From Tropfest:

“Animal Beatbox was voted in by some of the film industry’s most respected, including Bruce Beresford, Olivia Newtown-John, Jack Thompson, Xavier Samuel, Stephan Elliott, Liz Watts, last year’s Tropfest winner Abe Forsythe and Tropfest Founder and Director John Polson.
Surprise judge Shakespeare in Love actor Joseph Fiennes weighed in live from Majorca Spain before casting his vote online.

Founder and Director, John Polson says Animal Beatbox literally reverberated throughout the crowd. “It’s such an interesting and unusual film, unlike anything I have seen. The crowd reaction was incredible.  It’s the sort of film that’s difficult to describe – an animated poem – that somehow resonated with the huge audience,” he says.