MOFILM is delighted to announce that TV personality and film enthusiastJonathan Ross will host its Barcelona Film Competition Awards 2011 at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress, in association with webtrends Mobile Analytics, on Monday 14 February 2011.

Ross, fresh from hosting the Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), will announce the 12 MOFILM winners live onstage the day before the GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards which he will also host in Barcelona. The MOFILM Awards will give the audience the chance to experience original ads and short films created by emerging filmmakers for famous brands including AT&T, Adobe, Motorola and Pepsi.

Two overall winners will also be announced: one for the MOFILM ‘make an ad’ Mobile World Congress Film Competition, and one for the Pepsi Short Film Competition. The Pepsi winner will be awarded the opportunity to work with Pepsi Spain on a project with a minimum production budget of $20,000.

James Walker, managing director of MOFILM said: “The best bit of any MOFILM competition is experiencing the creativity and originality of the entries, which is why it’s always such a pleasure to show our results to the knowledgeable and enthusiastic Barcelona audience. Many MOFILM filmmakers go on to great things in the film and creative industries, so we’ll be showcasing a lot of creative potential to the Mobile World Congress crowd. It will be doubly exciting for our finalists to share a stage with a personality such as Jonathan, who is known for his passion and knowledge about film.”

About the MOFILM GSMA competitions

Filmmakers were offered a choice of seven ‘make an ad’ briefs for AT&T, Young’s, Chevrolet, Findus, Mountain Dew, American Red Cross and Tropicana. A winner for each brief will be announced, plus an overall winner. Prize fund totals $110,000.

MOFILM Adobe and Motorola Ad and Short Film Contest

Filmmakers were offered ‘make an ad’ and short film briefs for Adobe and Motorola. Prize fund includes Adobe and Motorola products plus $5,000.

MOFILM Pepsi Short Film Contest

Filmmakers were given a choice of three short-film briefs. A winner for each category will be announced, plus an overall winner. Prize fund totals $39,000, plus the overall winner will be awarded the opportunity to work with Pepsi Spain on a project with a minimum budget of $20,000.

About MOFILM

MOFILM is a leading video crowd-sourcing agency that gives emerging filmmakers from around the world the opportunity to create original video content for global brands. MOFILM helps filmmakers find recognition for their talent while providing brands with innovative advertising and video content.

MOFILM runs several major video competitions every year, offering thousands of dollars in prizes to filmmakers plus the chance to travel to renowned festivals across the world. The MOFILM community supports and develops competition winners through MOFILM Pro – a forum for winners to create professional-quality video for brands. Current open competitions are Barcelona Video Contest, Goafest 2011 and New York Video contest.

10 January 2011, London, UK….MOFILM, leading video crowd-sourcing agency, has appointed James Walker as managing director. Walker joins MOFILM this month from Nunwood Consulting where he was chief strategy and corporate development officer.

While at Nunwood Consulting, which he joined in 2009, Walker oversaw two years of double-digit revenue growth and guided the agency’s global expansion opening new offices in Amsterdam, Sydney, Auckland and Los Angeles.  Previously he was a partner at Accenture for seven years and held senior positions at J. Walter Thompson and MindShare.

Walker comments, “The opportunity to be part of the MOFILM phenomenon was too good to turn down. There is an explosion in the demand for online video that many traditional agencies just cannot meet. MOFILM can, providing a volume of cost-effective content that is of a consistently high standard.  We have exciting plans to extend the MOFILM concept beyond the core Marquee service and create a wider range of services for our clients.”

Jeffrey Merrihue, CEO MOFILM, said: “MOFILM is barely two years old yet we have an enviable client list of global brands, such as Pepsi, AT&T and Chevrolet. We’ve held 12 competitions during that time, creating almost 7,000 videos for 60 different brands and given away over $1 million in prizes to creatives.” Merrihue continued, “We feel that we’re only scratching the surface of the talent that is out there and we’re thrilled that James has joined the MOFILM team to help lead our expansion.”

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.

Current open competitions are Barcelona Video Contest and New York Video Contest

Today, MOFILM, the leading provider for user generated competitions to major global brands, is pleased to announce our latest innovation – MOFILMpro.

Previously MOFILM has helped brands to access great content through our regular competitions, we’ll still be doing that, with more competitions than ever before planned for 2011. With MOFILMpro we’ll be helping brands that still want high quality video but in a shorter time frame to create content by working directly with some of our most talented aspring filmmakers.

The filmmakers invited to participate in the MOFILMpro programme will be selected from previous competition winners and runners up who have produced consistently high quality work across multiple brands and competitions. Brands can either request responses to their brief or request to work with a particular filmmaker.

MOFILMpro provides brands with professional grade video, rights cleared music and a comprehensive legal process that provides broad application and robust protection. For filmmakers it provides greater opportunity to work with brands names and establish your filmmaking credentials