By Staff, April 28, 2004
HDFEST, the world's only high-definition film festival, will launch its 2004 World Tour in Sydney, Australia May 22-23. HDFEST's Sydney event will showcase films created using high-definition technology, all screenings will also be in HD format.
HDFEST's "high-definition only" screenings May 23 at the Chauvel Cinema will allow Sydney attendees the full experience of what high-definition and digital cinema currently have to offer audiences and will include films from Japan, Canada, UK/France, and the US. On Saturday May 22, three high-definition panels discussions will be held which will include industry professionals currently working with the medium. Admission to all HDFEST Sydney events are free of charge with pre-registration and are open to general film-goers as well as industry professionals.
HDFEST was created in 2000 as a film festival exclusively focused on high-definition technology. HDFEST's 2004 World Tour this year is taking place in Sydney, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Finland and London
. Each year the festival presents the best new works created in high-definition formats including features, shorts, documentaries, animation, and music videos. A variety of awards are handed out to filmmakers recognizing various achievements in HD filmmaking. Panel discussions featuring industry experts are also an important part of HDFEST events. In Sydney, the three panel discussions to be presented at the Fox Studios Function Room include "Post-Production & HD, what Filmmakers Need to Know," "HD and Independent Filmmaking," and "Special/Visual FX and HD."
Films to be presented in the HDFEST Sydney line-up include features, dramas, experimental and animation chosen from the HDFEST 2004 World Tour, all presentations are Australian Premieres. HDFEST Sydney Screenings to be presented include the UK/ France sci-fi feature "Luminal" which recently won the award for Best Feature at the Rome International Film Festival. "Luminal" is set in a futuristic Paris and is based on a best-selling novel by . The Japanese documentary piece "Manpukuji Sound Stage" which features the music of Sarah Brightman, Yundi Li, and Jiang Xiao Qing, will also be screened at HDFEST Sydney.
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