Mobile Screenfest International 2011 open for submissions

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After a successful 2010, Mobile Screenfest International 2011 just launched again in Australia. This year, the festival is debuting a Best International Film Award which is open to any mobile filmmaker from around the world.  (MobilizedTV is an official sponsor.)

Shoot it on mobile phone or tablet and upload into any of Mobile Screenfest 2010′s categories. Filmmakers can submit as many entries as they want. The categories are:

1. Best Drama - Fictional drama scene, sketch or monlogue. Intense or suspenseful
2. Best Comedy - Examples: a joke, funny moment, comedy routine or sketch, a comedic film
3. Best Actor/Actress- All entries are automatically eligible, you need not enter separately
4. Two Best Junior Awards - Open to anyone in Australia aged 15 and under. There are 2 Junior Awards up for grabs- One ‘Open’ Award for any type of mobile film shot on a mobile phone or tablet device. One ‘Recycle’ theme Award for any story using the theme or word ‘Recycle” in the film. Be creative with it!
5. Best International Film - Open to anyone from around the world (except Australia) of any age, using phone or tablet device to shoot the film.
6. Best Music Video- Examples: a song, a dance routine to music, a group performance

7. Best Journalism - Example: a story reported like a journalist, newsworthy moment, or interesting event

8. Best Mobile Photograph- Any still image captured on you phone
9. People’s Choice Award - Its is decided by viewers rating your entry on the website combined with audience voting on the event night

Dr. Avnesh (Avi) Ratnanesan

Each of the prizes comes with $500 cash and other goodies (except the junior category, which is a $250 prize). For now, thanks to sponsors, there are no entry fees to the festival. According to festival director Dr. Avnesh (Avi) Ratnanesan, who is also CEO/producer at Araya Pictures, festival organizers and judges reserve the right to move a film from one category to another, if it is deemed  more appropriate for that category. In this instance, the filmmaker will be notified and have a right to refuse any change.

The birth of the Mobile Screenfest International took place in 2009 in Los Angeles when Avi met Professor Karl Bardosh, where

Karl Bardosh

they were both attending a film festival. Avi’s film won the Best Directorial Debut for an International Short Film while Professor Karl, educated filmmakers in mobile filmmaking at the festival seminars. After a conversation, the all-mobile Screenfest International was launched in 2010.

Check out the video below for the highlights of the 2010 festival and visit the website for more information on how to enter and who’ll be judging the awards!

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 at 8:00 am and is filed under Content, Devices, Home Feature, Monetizing Mobile.

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