Young filmmaker receives exclusive red-carpet premier at Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival, New York 22^nd April 2010 — MOFILM, the video contest community that helps aspiring film-makers showcase their creative talent for big brands and social causes, has announced the Grand Prize Winner of its Tribeca ‘make an ad’ competition. MOFILM is supporting emerging talent at the Tribeca Film Festival by sponsoring the Discovery Film Series.

The Grand Prize winners Lloyd Choi and Simon Yang who are from Vancouver made Be Proud of your Feet about a man who uses his feet for everything with hilarious consequences. Watch the video here

The winning video will be screened before the MOFILM red carpet premier of ‘Beware the Gonzo’ tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Lloyd Choi, said, “The Lamisil® brief really struck me as something that represented a challenge. You don’t normally see such an interesting mix of briefs in filmmaking competitions and Lamisil® sparked our imagination. What’s great about MOFILM competitions is that they allow us to showcase our work.”

Competition participants from all over the world had just six weeks to make an ad for one of seven leading international brands, including Best Buy, Chex Mix, Lamisil®, Nature Valley, Nokia, Seven Bar and Voltaren Emugel®.

Each of the seven individual winners was flown to the Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) in New York, where the top three videos were chosen by interactive vote at the MOFILM Awards. The MOFILM Grand Prize Winner, was selected by text voting and then the final three were narrowed down to one winner by a distinguished panel of judges, including filmmakers and brand representatives.

Watch the finalists’ videos here.

About MOFILM

MOFILM is the leading video and film contest community for aspiring filmmakers, with members all over the world. MOFILM works with global brands to showcase talent and create innovative new ideas.

MOFILM filmmakers are valued by brands. Our competitions give our partners a chance to tap a huge reservoir of international filmmaking talent, as well as developing a wealth of content to be distributed online and via mobile devices. MOFILM contests also help brands engage with creative talent around the globe.

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Global brands praise quality of ads made by aspiring, independent filmmakers

New York 19^th April 2010 — MOFILM, the video contest community that helps aspiring film-makers showcase their creative talent for big brands and social causes, has announced the first place winners of the recent Tribeca Film Festival ‘make an ad’ competition. MOFILM is supporting emerging talent at the Tribeca Film Festival by sponsoring the Discovery Film Series.

Competition participants from all over the world had just six weeks to make an ad for one of seven leading international brands, including Best Buy, Chex Mix, Lamisil ^®, Nature Valley, Nokia, Seven Bar and Voltaren Emulgel^®.

The winners will all be flown to the Tribeca Film Festival as part of their prize, and will go head-to-head in a grand prize finale on the 21^st of April 2010 at the Tribeca Film Festival, where a distinguished panel of judges and over one hundred Chief Marketing Officers will pick the overall winner.

The winning video will be shown before the MOFILM premier of “Beware the Gonzo” on the 22^nd April 2010 in front of distinguished guests, celebrities and press.

Ralph Cochrane, Co-Founder of MOFILM said, “Congratulations to all of our winners who have shown incredible talent, both in their ideas and the final production of their films. We look forward to showcasing the overall winner, here at the Tribeca Film Festival, before the MOFILM Premier; part of the Tribeca Discovery Film Series, which showcases new filmmaking talent. ”

The winning filmmakers are:

Best Buy: Frames of Mind by Lawrence Chen: http://mofilm.com/p/2cba81

Chex Mix: A Mix For Every Season by Pete Herron: http://mofilm.com/p/9f0113

Lamisil^®: Be Proud of Your Feet by Lloyd Choi: http://mofilm.com/p/c3d401

Nature Valley: Across Generations by Perrine Lievois: http://mofilm.com/std/355a6f

Nokia: How to Make a Good First Impression, James Hillier: http://mofilm.com/p/3f0962

Seven Bar: Trade Guilt for Good by Kate McLaughlin: http://mofilm.com/p/e74eda

Voltaren Emulgel^®: Voltaren Statue by Hugh Mitton: http://mofilm.com/p/30b445

DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASE IN PDF FORMAT

See the full list of winners and their videos on the competition page here.

MOFILM LAUNCHES OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL AD COMPETITION WITH ALL WINNERS HEADING TO NEW YORK FOR THE WORLD FAMOUS TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

March 8th 2010

MOFILM is delighted to officially launch their latest make-an-ad competition which sees 7 (seven) major global brands asking amateur and professional filmmakers to make a short video for them.

The brands include:

• Best Buy
• Chex Mix (General Mills)
• Lamisil (Novartis)
• Nature Valley (General Mills)
• Nokia
• Seven Bar Foundation
• Voltaren (Novartis)

Filmmakers have to be aged 16 or older but can enter from any country.  All skill levels are welcome and past winners have included first-time filmmakers working on domestic equipment through to professional agencies.  The beauty of these contests is that MOFILM encourages it’s community to support each other through Facebook, Twitter and through offering previews of past winning films on the www.mofilm.com website.

You can download the briefs for each brand and find out more at www.mofilm.com/tribeca

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