-HDFEST launches the HDFEST 2004 World Tour taking place in Sydney, London, New York, Los Angeles, Finland and South Florida
-Historic HD firsts for 2004 include "The First Australian HD Film Festival," "(taking place at Fox Studios Australia and the Chauvel Cinema) "The First Scandinavian HD Film Festival," (in Hameenlina, Finland) "The First HD Film Festival of the South" (Fort Lauderdale) and the "The First NYC HD Film Festival" (in Manhattan at Goldcrest Post Screening Room)
-HDFEST's Los Angeles event also marks the "First 2K Film Festival" as all festival content is projected using new 2K High-Definition projection technology
-HDFEST teams up with the Raindance Film Festival and CLONE Digital Film Festival
-HDFEST presents a series of HDFEST Panel Discussions at Showbiz Expo in NYC
-HDFEST events include a record 16 HD panel discussions with over 80 panelists from across the globe.
-HDFEST screens breakthrough presentations "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" and "Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation" at December 2004 New York event.
-2004 becomes the first year for the "HDFEST Deffie Awards" which recognize achievement in HD filmmaking. HDFEST's 2004 Deffie Award ceremony gives out 12 Deffies to HD filmmakers and technical innovators."
