Festival Date The festival has been held for 2010.
Below is the media release for the 2010 festival and the Show-Fest TV videos from the 2009 festival.
This festival is the way cinema is meant to be experienced!
In a night of wonderful entertainment, NAFA is proud to present its highly anticipated Show-Fest International 2010. Now in its seventh successful year, it promises to be bigger and better than ever.
Located at Randwick’s famous heritage-listed Ritz Cinema, Show-Fest will project films to the highest standard (HD and 35mm film), giving you the ultimate viewing on the big screen.
This year, the up-and-comers appear in shorts alongside veterans such as Roy Billing, Lynette Curran, and Heather Mitchell. Previous years have seen shorts starring Marcus Graham & Rhys Wakefield, Max Cullen, Mark Trevorrow (aka Bob Downe), and many more.
Show-Fest, famous for its ‘Show & Tell’, will once again give festival-goers front row access to the filmmakers and actors.
This year’s festival will be hosted by TV presenter and 2009 Cleo Bachelor of the Year contender Ben Damon. Ben’s film was the winner of both the Best Film Award and Audience Choice Award at the 2009 festival.
This is a night no-one can afford to miss!
Best Film Award — Total Value $5500
Sponsors LANNI.com, Halyucinations Studios, Xytech Australia, DX Sound & DCP Australia Cash AU$1500.00 In Kind AU$4000.00
The independent judging panel will choose the Best Film from the list of finalists.
The cash component is sponsored by LANNI.com (AU$1000), the maker of Lanni Ultimate Moisturiser, and Halyucinations Studios (AU$500), provider of visual media for visual artists.
The in-kind component is sponsored by film lighting hire company Xytech Australia, production and post-production audio services provider DX Sound, and digital cinema mastering provider DCP Australia.
Xytech’s New Zealand parent company supplied equipment to a number of major Hollywood features shooting there, winning contracts from international competitors due to the quality of their equipment. A long-term sponsor of Show-Fest, Xytech Australia is once again offering a voucher for hire to the value of AU$1000 (see their Web site for rates).
A new sponsor for 2010 is DX Sound, the audio services business of sound recordist and post sound mixer Dave Sims. The winner of the Best Film Award will receive two days of sound recording on a short film in Sydney (or elsewhere excluding expenses), valued at AU$1000.
Our provider of digital projection mastering services, DCP Australia, is offering the winner of Best Film the prize of free DCP mastering of a short film of up to 20 minutes duration. This prize is worth AU$2000.
Cinema projection from 35mm film prints has been the gold standard for generations. DCI (Digital Cinema Initiatives) is the successor to film projection, and major cinemas across Australia are currently making the transition. A DCP (Digital Cinema Package) is the digital equivalent of a film print that is projected at the cinema.
Audience Choice Award
Sponsor International Film School Sydney (IFSS) Cash AU$200.00
This is the NAFA prize pack consisting of a variety of items from local film industry sponsors. Details will be confirmed closer to the festival.