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World wide interest

World wide interest

Yesterday (8th July) saw the film competition begin to take off and in the lead up to the finals 688 visitors from 40 countries have got involved in viewing and/or voting for the films.

Drum Roll…..

For the first time in the 6 years of the competition overseas interest exceeded Australian!.

The USA took out first place with 295 unique guests, the UK had 132 and Australia was 3rd with 95, closely followed by Finland, Germany and South Africa.

A big welcome to you all and we hope you enjoy the films as much as we are

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