Tropfest future still in doubt despite 90,000 turning out to see Shiny take top prize

An estimated 90,000 people turned out to Sydney’s Centennial Park to watch animated short Shiny take out the Tropfest 2016 crown, but the competition’s future still appears far from secure.

In his opening address to the crowd, founder John Polson described CGU, which stepped in to provide funding in November after the festival had been cancelled, as the “real winners” of the night.

However Polson’s Pozible crowdfunding efforts to raise $100,000 to fund a business review looks to be falling well short – with less than $16,000 pledged by 124 supporters with four days to go for the campaign.