2004 Festival Details - Snowyfest International Short and Feature Film Festival, The Not So TropFest in Australia's Thredbo Ski Fields

SNOWYfest 2004 closed with 94 entries received and 38 shortlisted finalists (below), screening in Thredbo before an appreciative audience.

Following the screening, the Awards Presentation saw the following results of the SNOWYfest Judges deliberations:

WINNER BEST SHORT FILM ($2,500)
Splintered
Produced: Stuart Parkyn
Directed: Peter Templeman

RUNNER UP BEST SHORT FILM ($500)
Ward 13
Produced: Peter Cornwell (Trephine Productions in association with the AFC)
Directed: Peter Cornwell

WINNER THREDBO SNOWY RIVER BEST FILM ($500)
Incite my addicition
Produced & Directed: Mel Macpherson

Successes of the 2004 SNOWYfest Winners

Splintered (Produced: Stuart Parkyn, Directed: Peter Templeman) winner of the $2,500 Best Short Film in 2004, won the 2005 Grandy Jury prize for Best Narrative Short at the Slamdance Short Film Festival, making it eligible to enter the Academy Awards.

Ward 13 (Produced & Directed by Peter Cornwell in association with Trephine Productions and the AFC) winner of the $500 Runner Up Short Film in 2004, has won numerous international awards and was shortlisted for a 2005 Academy Award nomination.

Shortlisted Finalists in 2004

The following films were selected as finalists for the 2004 SNOWYfest screenings (sorted by State):

Colour (ACT)
Ten Stories (ACT)
Else Rust (ACT)
Small Things (ACT)
The Stone Thrower (NSW)
Gifted Thumbs (NSW)
Reubens (NSW)
Hello (NSW)
Incite My Addiction (NSW)
Enough is enough (NSW)
In Too Deep (NSW)
Luck (NSW)
Restoration (NSW)
Splintered (NSW)
Blandville (NSW)
Ward 13 (NSW)
The Tooth (NSW)
The Number (NSW)
The Money (NSW)
Victa (QLD)
Love Tricycle (QLD)
Descendant of the First (QLD)
Digging Dirt & Doing Pannies (SA)
Payback pty ltd (TAS)
The Watch (VIC)
Cash Out (VIC)
On the Rocks (VIC)
Son of Pickle Pete (VIC)
Collier Brothers Syndrome (VIC)
Sweetheart (VIC)
Little Noel Wants to Fly (VIC)
Kindling (VIC)
The Little Woman (VIC)
In the Can (VIC)
Top Shelf (VIC)
Thoona: as fast as we can (VIC)
Excursion (VIC)
Destiny's Child (VIC)

The Judges for 2004

SNOWYfest Best Film

Brendan Sloane, Canberra's Magnet Mart Man
Adam Bowen, Lights Camera Action ABC Radio
Georgina Willis, Potoroo Films

SNOWYfest Best Local Filmmaker

"Chook", Director FLAKE Film Festival
Anthony Seldon, Snowy River Shire Councillor
Jo Hearne, Tourism Thredbo