The deadline is approaching for the Barcelona Ad Competition and Pepsi Short Video Competition. Both contests, with prizes including over $170,000 and a chance to make a fully funded ad with renowned producer Jon Landau, close on 1 February 2010.
MOFILM prides itself on offering the best film-competition prizes in the industry.
Barcelona Ad Competition
MOFILM is offering video ad briefs from five brands: Yoplait, AT&T, Best Buy, Chevrolet and Samsung. Go to briefs (link to www.mofilm.com/competitions/barcelona2010).
As well as cash prizes, filmmakers can win an all-expenses trips to our Barcelona event, a Chevrolet car and filmmaking equipment. One winner will also get the chance to co-direct an ad with renowned producer Jon Landau.
The event is being held on 15 – 16 February 2010 at the Opium Theatre in Barcelona in tandem with the GSM Mobile World Conference. MOFILM uses its strong links with the mobile industry to help brands distribute winning competition entries online and via mobile devices.
Last year’s entries can be seen here. (link to www.mofilm.com/competitions/barcelona2009)
Pepsi Short Film Video Competition
MOFILM partner Pepsi is offering filmmakers a career-enhancing opportunity to submit a short film to be judged by Titanic and Avatar producer Jon Landau. The winner will be awarded $10,000 and a contract to shoot a commercial film for Pepsi with a budget of $20,000, while the winner will also get the opportunity to work with Landau himself.
Pepsi is also offering a further 55 prizes to winners in five categories.
Winners will be invited to showcase their films and meet Jon Laudau at the MOFILM Barcelona event in February.
Find out more here (link to www.mofilm.com/competitions/pepsi2010)
Why enter?
MOFILM competitions are a great way for aspiring filmmakers to enhance their industry reputation and win career-changing prizes.
One MOFILM regular, Jeff Gill, who has submitted films for the 2009 MOFILM Barcelona competition and the London Film Festival competition, works as an animator for South Park. He enters MOFILM competitions to sharpen his creativity and boost his industry reputation.
He said: “Entering the competitions is a fun exercise. Working to the briefs and working against a deadline improves your work. It’s like a maths problem, it’s inspiring. If you get onto the winner’s shortlist it also helps when you’re looking for jobs. You can genuinely say that a big brand was impressed with your work and that gives you traction with employers.”
MOFILM competitions are also recognised by the film industry as incubators for talent. Commented producer and judge Jon Landau: “It’s fantastic that aspiring filmmaking talents now have such a rewarding and creative way to get their name known. Ads and short films made outside of agencies and studios are going to start taking their place in showing the way in terms of originality. It’s going to shake up the industry.”
