If a picture is worth a thousand words, what can you do with six seconds of footage?

#TROPVINE is the lovechild of TropfestAustralia and Twitter’s short video app,Vine.Entrants are called to make an original six second Vine film, using this year’s Tropfest Signature Item ‘CARD’,and Tweet it to @TROPFESTusing the competition hashtags #tropvine and #card.

Last year’s winner, Tee Ken Ng (@teekenng) says winning #TROPVINE 2014 created opportunities in the filmmaking industry that would have otherwise been impossible. His entry,Mirror Copy,went on to be nominated for a Shorty Award, where he attended the ceremony in New York.

Check out Tee Ken Ng’s winning Vine below:

This year’s winner will take home acash prize of $5,000 AUD, a Nikon 1 V3 Kit with a 10-30mm lens, one year of Spotify Premium, plus a VIP trip to Sydney for Tropfest Australia 2015 this December, including Qantas flights to Sydney and accommodation at hip designer hotel QT Sydney.

The competition is open to entrants in Australia and overseas until Friday July 31. For more details, visittropfest.com/au.

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