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SUGAR Shorts Stunner
Shorts Stunner
DREAMS
Port Shorts
Cane growers' Festival Director
Ali George
and host Stephen
election hopes Curry on what was
a magical night.
Pic: Bryan Littlely
Jules Foxlee
Journalist The biggest Port Shorts Film
Sugar industry peaks Cane- Festival to date entertained
more than 800 guests on Satur-
Growers and the Australian day night, perfect conditions in
Sugar Milling Council (ASMC) a spectacular setting at the Rex
have outlined their election pri- Smeal Park eclipsed only by the
orities, saying their needs to be high standard of films from ac-
a sweeter deal for the battling claimed and local filmmakers.
industry. While the big winner from
Demanding ‘urgent govern- the two day festival was clear-
ment action,’ the peaks called ly Port Douglas for hosting
for greater investment in the an ever-growing film festival
sector which employs over considered one of the best in
20,000 Queenslanders and Australia, NSW filmmaker Jack
contributes $4.4 billion to the Shepherd won the open catego-
economy. ry with Yacca.
ASMC is seeking investment Newsport Online has all the
in yield expansion, improved in- winners from the big event and
frastructure, workforce devel- features the work of Local Film
opment and R&D, including de- winner James “Fry” Allen pay-
veloping a pathway to increase ing homage to local adrenaline
annual yield from 30m to 34m junky Rob “Rickety” Parry. De-
tonnes, a $1.2m Cane Rail fund, tails. More pictures on Page 5.
Continued on Page 5

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