Our purpose is to encourage and support the wide range of filmmaking talent in Australia (and particularly the capital region) and to encourage the sharing of new film ideas, styles and skills from overseas with the Australian community.

SNOWYfest launched in June 2004 at Thredbo, Australia's premier alpine resort.

The 2004 festival offered two categories of competition, both open and Thredbo-Snowy River region of NSW. In 2005 the second category expanded to include the Australian Capital Region, with cash prizes for Best Film and Runner Up in the open category, and Best Film and Runner up for the Australian Capital Region.

The success of the debut festival in 2004 has carried over into subsequent years with entries flooding in from across the world and our first international winner of the Best Short Film prize in 2006. Finalists and prize winners from 2004 and 2005 have gone on to win global recognition, including shortlisting for Academy Award nomination, Slamdance Festival gongs and more. The Thredbo-Snowy River prize expanded in 2005 to take in the Australian Capital Region, a tradition which continues today.

More recent Festivals have also seen greatly expanded screenings and even more opportunities for filmmakers to get their works shown in the NSW ski capital. A small program of workshops for filmmaking, acting, scriptwriting or other topic areas are selectively conducted each year and will continue in 2007.

SNOWYfest enjoys the dedicated and generous support of the Thredbo community particularly Tourism Thredbo, The Thredbo Chamber of Commerce, Kosciuszko-Thredbo and festival host, the world-class Thredbo Alpine Hotel.

All photos used on this site are used with permission from the Thredbo Media Images library, and were taken around Thredbo Village, Ski Fields, Leisure Centre and the Alpine Hotel.

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