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HDFEST 2004 World Tour which will take place in Australia, Los Angeles, Finland, Miami, London and New York, beginning May 21st in Sydney and concluding December 19th in New York. HDFEST is known as "the world's only high-definition film festival" as the event screens content created exclusively with high-definition technology. HDFEST material includes features, shorts, television programs, music videos, animations, documentaries and commercials; festival events also include a competition as well as a variety of panels and seminars on High-Definition filmmaking and subjects covering all aspects of utilizing this new technology. discreet, based in Montreal, is this year's "HDFEST Presenting Level Sponsor" for the HDFEST 2004 World Tour. The company offers "industry-leading solutions designed for digital media creation, management and delivery across all disciplines from visual effects, editing/finishing and color grading to animation, game development, web/interactive, and design visualization."

HDFEST was founded in 1999, and began screening exclusively high-definition content in 2000 at it's first festival event. At last year's 2003 Los Angeles event, HDFEST succeeded in screening what experts called the largest ever assembled collection of high-definition screenings to take place under one roof. For this year's HDFEST 2004 World Tour, the festival plans to include even more screenings of the newest and best high-def projects, more HD panels, and more HD seminars. HDFEST 2004 plans also include the first high-def festivals to take place in both Finland and Australia. The festival tour will include multi-national judging to determine the HDFEST 2004 Award Winners in over 15 categories exclusively considering high-definition films. In Sydney, Los Angeles, and New York, HDFEST will also offer "meet and greet...with discreet" in which industry professionals and independent filmmakers can ask their HD editing and software related questions to discreet professionals firsthand. The year also will be the long-awaited addition of an HDFEST e-newsletter which will offer industry news exclusively focused on high-def filmmaking, interviews, success stories and product development.