Tag-Archive for ◊ tribeca ◊

Mar
25
Author: Kerrymg
• Friday, March 25th, 2011

MOFILM is delighted to announce that Jon Landau, producer of the two top-grossing movies of all time, Titanic and Avatar, has taken on the role of Chairman of MOFILM’s advisory board.

Landau will also head the jury who will decide the overall winner at the MOFILM award ceremony at the TriBeCa Film Festival in April. A call for entries has been issued for Cadillac, Chevrolet, AT&T, Pepsi and a mysterious secret brand, whose identify will be revealed at a later date. An overall winner will be decided and announced on that night and will take home the prestigious ‘Moby’ statuette. Landau will also be working on a number of projects with MOFILM filmmakers, including the production of a short video for Chevrolet Europe with Henry Schofield, the overall winner of MOFILM Barcelona 2010.

Landau commented, “I’ve never failed to be impressed with the creativity and the quality of work that MOFILM filmmakers produce. It’s exciting to be involved with a company that supports aspiring filmmakers, giving them the opportunity to produce work for big brands and be well rewarded for it.” He continued, “I’m greatly looking forward to spending time with the winners during their trip to TriBeCa.”

Jeffrey Merrihue, MOFILM CEO, said: “Jon has been a long-time supporter of MOFILM and what we are trying to achieve. He attended two of our award ceremonies in 2010 and our filmmakers really appreciated the time and industry insights that he gave them.”

Apr
22
Author: MOFILM
• Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

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

Tribeca Film Festival, New York 22nd 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.

www.mofilm.com

For more information, please contact:

Press@mofilm.com

Apr
20
Author: MOFILM
• Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

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

New York 19th 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 21st 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 22nd 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

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