Great news folks, today we’re welcoming a new sponsor to VCN; the excellent contest site MOFILM.com. Though I’ve only entered one or two of their competitions in the past, I’ve always loved the concept behind MOFILM because they combine two of the most exciting things a filmmaker can experience; winning a video contest and getting accepted to a film festival.
Every MOFILM contest is connected to a different renowned International Film Festival or media event and the winning submissions are screening during the fest. There are categories for different well-known products and the top winners in each category win money AND a trip to the featured festival. Winning money is nice but winning money and being able to spend it in New York or India or London would obviously be extra sweet.
Interested in getting in on the globe-trotting, cash-winning action? Well if so you still have 17 days to submit to MOFILM’s current contest the “Barcelona : 2011 GSMA Film Competition.” The top winners in each category will win a lot of cash plus a trip for 2 to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. I have wanted to go to spain since I read Don Quixote and tasted my first tapas back in college. So I think I’m going to have to get my act together and submit something for this one.
There are lots of categories to choose from. Each MOFILM competition is like 8 video contests rolled into one. The big daddy of the contest is the special Pepsi “Refresh your World” project. Three filmmakers will each win $10,000 and then at the festival, Pepsi will announce one grand prize winner that will receive the opportunity to shoot a short film for Pepsi Spain. There are a bunch of runner-up prizes too. Take note: The Pepsi contest has an earlier deadline of Jan 22nd. MOFILM has a special relationship with Pepsi and this is the first of seven such competitions that will take place in 2011. If you’re anything like me, you’re probably already thinking about recycling your Pepsi Max Crash the Super Bowl entry, right? Well this time Pepsi isn’t really looking for commercials. They want short films that are based on one of several themes. You don’t even have to include Pepsi in your video and if you do, it doesn’t get you any extra points.
Most of the brands are different in each MOFILM contest. This time the featured brands are AT&T, Mountain Dew, Tropicana, American Red Cross, Findus and Young’s. Each of these categories have top cash prizes of $6,000 to $8,000 plus trips for 2 to Barcelona. Adobe and Motorola are also running a “short film and ad” contest that works a little differently than the other competitions. Check out the details here.
Like I said, there are still about 2 1/2 weeks to go before the January 31st deadline. So get filmin’. And if you do enter and win a prize, let me know and I’ll post about your good fortune. And if you win a trip to Barcelona, why not consider taking your e-pal Beardy as your +1? To read the full contest rules and to download the creatives briefs for the different brands, click here: http://www.mofilm.com/competitions/barcelona2011/
