Tropfest, masculinity and the gendered everyday

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dc.citation.volume38
dc.contributor.authorClarke KJ
dc.date.available2018-05
dc.date.issued2018-05
dc.description.abstractFollowing its resurrection in 2016, Tropfest, self-described as “the world’s largest short film festival”, was critiqued for the lack of female directors in the list of finalists, and the lack of women depicted in the films. Over the years, Tropfest has been criticized for the content of finalist films and choice of winners, homophobia, licensing of the films entered, as well as the impact of the competition on Australian short filmmaking in general. Despite this, much of the media surrounding the 2017 festival was positive, noting a significant increase in female finalists to ‘half’. While increasing attention to the gendered structures and practices of the industry (including the Tropfest competition) is important, we also need to pay attention to the gendered content of the competition films, which continue to privilege men and masculinity. In this paper, I compare the 2016 and 2017 winning films, to consider how ‘everyday’ issues of gender and masculinity play out in the representation of the festival and particularly the content of the films. This is considered alongside Trop Jr, the festival for people under 15 years, which has received less critical attention but is significant for thinking about long term change.
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dc.edition.editionMay 2018
dc.format.extent1 - 22
dc.identifierhttp://www.outskirts.arts.uwa.edu.au/volumes/volume-38/kyra-clarke
dc.identifier.citationOutskirts: feminisms along the edge, 2018, May 2018, 38 pp. 1 - 22
dc.identifier.elements-id413161
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn1445-0445
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSchool of Humanities at the University of Western Australia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.outskirts.arts.uwa.edu.au/volumes/volume-38/kyra-clarke
dc.relation.isPartOfOutskirts: feminisms along the edge
dc.relation.urihttp://www.outskirts.arts.uwa.edu.au/volumes/volume-38/kyra-clarke
dc.subject.anzsrc1699 Other Studies in Human Society
dc.subject.anzsrc2002 Cultural Studies
dc.subject.anzsrc2103 Historical Studies
dc.titleTropfest, masculinity and the gendered everyday
dc.typeJournal article
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