BEST OF SNOWYFEST SCREENING, 8.30PM 14 JUNE 2008
ALL NEW FESTIVAL RETURNS IN 2009!!

SNOWYfest is taking a short and sharp break from competition in 2008, in order to put together a brand new festival together with our sister festival Home Brewed, which will burst onto the Thredbo slopes and tour across Australia in 2009.

Don't despair though, for those faithful audience members who have been making the treck to SNOWYfest over the last 5 years, or to those new to our world-class films in the snow, we will be hosting a "Best Of" screening on Saturday 14 June 2008 at 8.30pm in the Kosciuszko Room at the Thredbo Alpine Hotel.

The Best of Screening runs for about 100 minutes and includes the Directors' top picks going back to 2004, including our two Oscar-Nominated/Shortlisted films from 2007!

ENTRIES IN 2009 AND ALL THE LATEST SNOWYfest NEWS

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OUR 2007 COMPETITION

Thanks to our sponsor Mount Majura Vineyard, SNOWYfest 2007 saw attendees enjoying complimentary wines and wine tasting at a number of our film screening sessions. Situated near Canberra on the drive from Sydney to Thredbo, Mount Majura wines are some of the best in the Capital Region.

For more information on the wines of Mount Majura Vineyard, please visit www.mountmajura.com.au

Check out the 2007 Festival Winners:
  • Winner Kosciuszko Thredbo Best Short Film ($2,000 cash)
     SMALL BOXES
    Director: Rene Hernandez
    Producer: Kristina Ceyton
  • Best Australian Capital Region Short Film ($1,000 cash)
     LOVE, WAR & AUDITIONS
    Director: Patrick J. Gallagher
    Producer: Patrick J. Gallagher
  • Runner-Up SNOWYfest Best Short Film ($500 cash)
     JE TE LOVE
    Director: Richard Lacombe
    Producer: Richard Lacombe

  • Runner-Up Australian Capital Region Short Film ($500 cash)
     EYES DOWN AND WELCOME TO HAY
    Director: Clare Young
    Producer: Clare Young

2007 JUDGING PANEL

As with previous years, our winners are picked by totally independent judging panels, with a separate panel for each of the Best Short Film and Best Capital Region Short Film categories. The judges for the 4th Annual SNOWYfest competition were:

BEST SHORT FILM JUDGES

  • Georgina Willis (Potoroo Films)
  • JoJo Hearne (Ski Bum)
  • Rebel Penfold-Russel (Filmmaker Producer - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert)
  • Anthony O'Connor (Journalist - FILMINK and ACP)
  • Julia Overton (Film Finance Corporation)
  • Angela Papaloukas (Filmmaking Graduate)
  • Samantha McDonald (Filmmaking Graduate)

BEST CAPITAL REGION JUDGES

  • Stavros Georgiadis (President Act Filmmakers Network)
  • Samantha McDonald (Filmmaking Graduate)
  • Angela Papaloukas (Filmmaking Graduate)
  • Brendan Sloane (Filmmaker & Actor)
  • Don Allan (Canberra Chronicle)
  • Dan Miller (Lecturer, Academy of Interactive Entertainment)
  • Tom Maggil (Lecturer, Academy of Interactive Entertainment)




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Then check out our Links page for more details. Featured links this month include the Thredbo Alpine Hotel, MyWeekend and the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC).

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