Thursday 19 February 2009, Barcelona: Today at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the short film “English as a Second Language” produced by Frank Chindamo and directed by Jocelyn Stemat, won the grand prize in the Mofilm mobile short film festival.

English as a second language” was selected from a roster of over 250 films that had been submitted from more than 100 countries in a ceremony that followed a keynote at the congress by actor, director and Co-founder of Triggerstreet.com Kevin Spacey, host of the Mofilm film festival.

“I am excited about the opportunities for Mofilm as a platform for the discovery of new talent and a catalyst for short films on the latest global mass medium of mobile,” said Kevin Spacey.

Thanking the host, Kevin Spacey, the winning producer Chindamo offered, “I thank you for this opportunity to share my work via a great new creative medium, mobile, and someday I hope to pay it forward”

Wayne Brannon, COO of Chevrolet Europe said: “In today’s world, we need to find more cost-efficient ways to reach consumers than in the past. We are partnering with Mofilm because we are exploring new opportunities for Marketing with a specific focus on digital and emerging media. At the same time, the connection between art and commerce through the idea of a film contest for everybody, blends well with our ongoing activities to support young artistic talents through our annual ‘Young? Creative? Chevrolet!’ contest.”

During the awards ceremony that followed, Mofilm film festival grand prize winner, Jocelyn Stamat was awarded a brand new Chevrolet Cruze car by Wayne Brannon the COO of Chevrolet Europe.

The complete category prize winners, and overall winner are as follows:

Grand Prize Winner

English as a Second Language – Jocelyn Stamat, writer / director, Frank Chindamo, Producer.
Turbo Dates series: Jocelyn Stamat, creator, co-writer / co-director, Terry Rossio cowriter/ co-director, Frank Chindamo, Producer – Comedy

Prize Winners

Pushkin – Trevor Hardy – Animation
Enough – Tor Kristoffersen – Drama
The Science of Attraction – Claveski – Documentary
Star Chicks – .Jay Lee – Science Fiction
Rockwell – Lisa Mills – Outstanding Cultural achievement

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About MOFILM

MOFILM is a pioneer of content for mobile and online services, working with the mobile industry and filmmakers to promote exciting and simple to use services. For the latest information on MOFILM competitions please visit www.mofilm.com. MOFILM distributes independent film content to mobile operators and content service providers around the world.

For further information contact:
www.mofilm.com
Email: press@mofilm.com
Tel: +44 207 193 2453

Over a thousand people watched Kevin Spacey host the 2009 MOFILM Awards in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress, with thousands more experiencing made-for-mobile content at the MOFILM stand. Sponsored by Chevrolet, Gigafone and Accenture, MOFILM not only allowed delegates to watch films on their own ‘phones via Bluetooth or the iPhone application kindly provided by Vizimo, but also the chance to win a car by making their own short film on the stand.

The MOFILM Category winners were: Best Comedy (Frank Chindamo for English as a Second Language), Best Drama (Tor Kristoffersen for Enough), Best Documentary (The Science of Attraction by Claveski), Best Science Fiction (Star Chicks by Jay & Angela Lee) and Best Animation (Pushkin by Trevor Hardy). The overall winner was a close run content but in the end Frank Chindamo won the Chevrolet Cruse. Our congratulations go to all the winners and watch out for the next film competition brought to you by MOFILM.

MOFILM and The IberMinuto One Minute Festival announce Partnership to Create and Promote Mobile Short Film for Spanish Speakers.

11th February 2009, Madrid, Spain: MOFILM, the world’s biggest mobile film festival and IberMinuto, the Spanish One Minute Film Festival of Spain & The Americas, today announced a partnership to collaborate more closely on promoting short form video content for mobile.

The MOFILM Mobile Short Film Festival is the biggest mobile film festival in the world with backing from the GSM Association. Founded in 2007, originally as a collaboration between the Sundance Institute and the mobile industry, MOFILM highlights the increasing influence of the mobile medium on the entertainment industry, bringing together art, commerce and technology. MOFILM 2009 will be hosted by Kevin Spacey, two-time Academy Award winning actor and director. MOFILM also works with mobile operators and service providers to distribute ‘made-for-mobile’ content.

“The Iberminuto One Minute Film Festival of Spain & The Americas was founded in 2006 to show how mobile films can be created and produced either by professionals or amateurs, for the new entertainment, information and education mobile medium. Iberminuto focuses on promoting creativity and content for mobile in a growing world-wide marketing of more than 500M (five hundred million) spanish speaking subscribers”

Ralph Cochrane, co-founder of MOFILM commented “Creativity and expression are values shared by MOFILM and Iberminuto. To create a short film of just one minute requires real story-telling ability. We are delighted to work with Roberto and Iberminuto more closely to serve the Spanish speaking markets and beyond.”

“MOFILM bring an incredibly refreshing experience to the made-for-mobile market. Teaming up with superstars is a must when talking about successful movie production and distribution. We will always support these kind of events, which we understand are very good for the development of the mobile industry as a whole.” said Roberto Ponieman, Managing Director of the Iberminuto Film Festival.

The 3rd MOFILM Festival takes place as part of the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from the 16th to the 19th of February 2009, with more than 50,000 visitors expected while the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival will start from June 13-21, 2009.

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About the Iberminuto One Minute Film Festival

For further information:
www.iberminuto.com
Email: info@iberminuto.com
Tel: + 34 665 575 315

About MOFILM

MOFILM is a pioneer of content for mobile and online services, working with the mobile industry and filmmakers to promote exciting and simple to use services. For the latest information on MOFILM competitions please visit www.mofilm.com. MOFILM distributes independent film content to mobile operators and content service providers around the world.

For further information contact:
www.mofilm.com
Email: info@mofilm.com
Tel: +44 207 193 2453