Tropfest 2012

Alethea Jones

Alethea Jones, from Melbourne, has won the 2012 Tropfest competition for her short film Lemonade Stand.  Her prizes include a trip to Los Angeles to meet film industry executives, a $6000 camera and $10,000 cash.

The seven minute film is a comedy about a man and his grandfather's attempts to sell lemonade. The 700-plus entries in the competition were required to include a ''lightbulb'' as the signature item.

Second prize went to actor Rupert Reid for Boo!, a comedy about an elderly couple who play tricks on each other, while Michael Noonan's Photo Booth, about soldiers who stumble on a mysterious photo booth, was third.

Here is the winning entry.

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