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Trop Jr talent JUMPs into finals

The Trop Jr finalist filmmakers for 2013 are all aged between 11 and 15 years and come from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, ACT and Western Australia. Their Trop Jr films will be screened for a celebrity judging panel in the Domain, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney on Sunday 17 February from 11am to 2pm. There will also live satellite links to outdoor locations in major cities around Australia; including Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Wollongong and Surfers Paradise...

The Trop JR finalists for 2013 are:
Dream – by Keshava Head (14) and Sanjaya Gibbons (14)
Where’s My Sandwich? – by Harri Gilbert (15)
Bumper - Ben McCarthy (12)
Bob – by Maya Sandor (11)
Here I am – by Isabelle Lees (15)
Pretty Normal Activity – by Jack Dignan (12) and Julian Kopkas (12)
Alice – by Seetha Tan (14) and Marnie Drake (15)
Aussie Kids at Christmas – by Max Newton (13), Kurt Montana-Borg (14) and Paul Burns (14)
Hungry Panda – by Sarah Brennan
Needs and Wants – by Peter Hoskins (15)
Operation Retro – by Calum Peiris (13)
Rubies are Red – by Leing Reupana (15), Emma Crisp (14), Megan Penny (15), Phoebe Jamieson (14), Susannah Packer (14)
I know I’m a Sensation – by Oliver Levi Malouf (15)
Transilience – by Eamon Coulthard (15)
Five Little Monkeys – by Catriona Warren (11)
How to Make a Horror Movie – by ‘The Screen Seekers Club’ ...