SNOWYfest 2005 closed with almost 200 entries (more than double that received in 2004) and as a result expanded into a week long festival from 14 to 19 June, screening over 10 hours of short films, together with its established feature film program. For details of the official selection, follow the links to our Finalists, Directors' Choice & Best of the Rest listings for 2005.

Following the Best Short Film Finalist screening, the Awards Presentation saw the following results of the SNOWYfest Judges' deliberations:

• $2,000 Kosciuszko-Thredbo Prize for Best Film, "RAY" (Tony Mahony & Jannine Barnes)
• $500 Best Film Runner Up, "SPEAKIN' OUT" (Christopher Mill & Matthew Walker)
• $1,000 National Acting School Best Capital Region Film, "GIMME SHELTER" (Serge Ou & Michael Tear)
• $500 Capital Region Runner Up (JOINTLY AWARDED), "FIRING ON ALL PINS" (Clare Young) and "SMOOTHIE" (David Easteal & Brian Tam)

Check out the 2005 judging panels here.

Thank you to everyone who travelled to and attended the festival (with a special mention for our filmmakers who flew over from Perth and to Greg Pakis of "The Garth Method" who hitchhiked from Melbourne).

FINALISTS - Kosciuszko Thredbo Prize for Best Film

AUSSIE IDOL
Damien Cassar
Damien, Terry, Jessica & Rachel Cassar

THE SAVIOUR
Peter Templeman
Stuart Parkyn

SOMEWHERE NEAR KOKODA
Brad Haynes
Brad Haynes & Sasha Huckstepp

ION FILMS
Marcus Kjellberg
Jessie Franken & Katherine Webb

RAY
Tony Mahony
Jannine Barnes

MR MONEY
Jamie Clennet
Jamie Clennet & AIM @ RMIT

METHOD OF ENTRY
Greg Van Borssum
Greg Van Borssum

STALKING RAY
Liam Doyle
Liam Doyle

FRITZ GETS RICH
Eddie White & James Calvert
Sam White

SPEAKIN' OUT
Christopher Mill & Matthew Walker
Christopher Mill

BOXING DAY
Zak Hilditch
Zak Hilditch & Antony Webb

I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
James The
Lacey Fitzgerald

FINALISTS - National Acting School Best Capital Region Film

BELOW YOU FALLING
Brett Holgate
Brett, Colin & Kim Holgate

POLITICALLY SPEAKING
James Hunter

SHED
Kathryn Goldie
Therese Engel & Kathryn Goldie

THE LITTLE AERIALISTS OF AINSLIE
Matthew Higgins

SMOOTHIE
David Easteal
David Easteal & Brian Tam

SMACKED
Brendan Ray

FIRING ON ALL PINS
Clare Young

DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
Duane Charles Fogwell
Shannon Wilson

STATUS: ZERO
Joshua Ziegler
Joshua Ziegler & Rachel Gregson

GIMME SHELTER
Serge Ou
Michael Tear

RIPPLES
Masoud Varjavandi

DIRECTORS' CHOICE (Screening 7pm, Sunday 19 June)

The Director’s Choice screening is for those films that the SNOWYfest team loved and wished they
could have included as Best Film Finalists.

AUSTRALIAN SUMMER (NSW) Luke Eve
FRANKEN CHICKEN (VIC) Ann-Marie Demum
LOVESONG (NSW) Robert Lorrigan
MOINTAINFOLD (NSW) Renee Boucher
NUMBO (VIC) Michael Boland
SPOONMAN (NSW) Daniel Di Marco & Heath David
STRANGER SO FAMILIAR (NSW) Mark Lee

BEST OF THE REST

The Best of the Rest Screenings showcase films that missed the finals but were simply too good to go unshown.

BEST OF THE REST #1 (Screening 7pm, Tuesday 14 June)

BAD COMPANY (SA) Aaron Cartwight
COLOUR BLIND (VIC) Kurt Breitenmosser
DRACENSTEIN (TAS) Tom Priestley & Bill Flowers
SNAP (VIC) Kurt Breitenmosser
SPIN (NSW) Thomas Nupen
STEP IN TIME (NSW) Tracey Wilson & Carolyn Yates
THE INSIDE MAN (UK) Adam Erbacher
WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS (NSW) Daniel Sieff

BEST OF THE REST #2 (Screening 7pm, Wednesday 15 June)

PEACE & QUIET (VIC) D. Redman & D. Armstrong
ROAD TO REALITY (VIC) Shaun Franklin
SHAMEFUL LEGACY (NSW) Travis Earl
SOLACE (VIC) Sam Holst
TACKLE (NSW) Beth Armstrong
THE INTRUDER (NSW) Janine Hewitt
THE UMBRELLA MEN (VIC) Matt Norman
THE WORD (NSW) Sue Wicks

BEST OF THE REST #3 (Screening 7pm, Thursday 16 June)

CLOWN STORY (VIC) Michael Adante
GOING TO THE DOGS (WA) Paulo Alberton
IN CASE OF ALAN (VIC) Matthew Walker
IN THE BAG (NSW) Jon Robinson
MOI JE CHANTE LE JAZZ (VIC) Mello Jell-O Productions
MUFF BEFORE MATES (NSW) Ed Clarke
THE WRITER (VIC) Matt Norman

BEST OF THE REST #4 (Screening 9pm, Sunday 19 June)

CLEAN (NEW YORK) Nina Chernik
HARRY SMITH A CLEANER'S STORY (WA) David Lee Smyth
MR KRUGER (QLD) Haley Stibbard
NON REM SLEEP CREATES DREAMS (WA) Grant Sputore
THE PARLOUR (QLD) Dean Chircop
TONGARIRO-THE SACRED MOUNTAIN (NSW) Werner Mayer

Judges for SNOWYfest in 2005

KOSCIUSZKO THREDBO BEST FILM JUDGES

• Julia Overton, Australian Film Commission
  
• Stavros Georgiadis, ACT Filmmakers Network
  
• Graham Patrick, NRS Group
  
• Anthony O'Connor, FILMINK Magazine
  
• Georgina Willis, Potoroo Films
• Louise Smith, Film Depot Pty Ltd

NATIONAL ACTING SCHOOL BEST AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL REGION FILM JUDGES

• Don Allan, columnist with the Canberra Chronicle
  
• Ross MacDiarmid, CEO Australian Capital Tourism
  
• Brendan Sloane, Actor and "The Magnet Mart Man"
  
• Gary Humphries, SENATOR for the ACT
  
• Greg Pakis, Independent Feature Filmmaker "THE GARTH METHOD"
• Rod Quinn, ABC Radio Canberra

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