CANBERRA brothers Brent and Scott Holgate have been named finalists of the Tropfest film competition.
Their film “Matchbox Brothers”, about two brothers and one matchbox car, joined 14 other finalists in the national competition.
Other finalists include second generation filmmaker Matilda Brown, Damian McLindon, director of the self-help documentary “The Secret”, and Tropfest’s youngest ever finalist, 16-year-old star of the Foxtel hit series “Tangled”, Eva Lazzaro.
The Holgate brothers were born and raised in Canberra. Brent studied film in Sydney, while Scott attended UC. They are currently working on another short film called “Pocket money”.
The Tropfest winner will receive a massive prize pool of cash, equipment and international travel to a value of about $100,000.
Tropfest will be screened live on Sunday February 19 to an anticipated audience of 150,000 at free outdoor public events across Australia and New Zealand.
It will also televised live on pay TV channel Movie Extra.
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