3 Days to Mobifest

Tickets are on sale for Mobifest - Canada's first mobile film festival, created to recognize excellence and innovation in made-for-mobile films.

Festival tickets are $10 and the event will take place on May 17, 2006 (3 days left to go!!) at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto. Doors open at 6 p.m. and movie screenings will begin at 7 p.m.

The international competition is the first film festival of its kind, in that it is exclusively mobile - all film content is shot and created specifically for the "small screen" - either for a mobile phone, smartphone or other handheld device.

To date, more than 65,000 movies have been watched online, and 8,000 people have voted. Online voting will determine the pool of finalists in each of the three categories below, and winners will be selected by a panel of judges.

Films will be judged on mobile aesthetics, audience impact and degree of
creativity in the following three categories:

• Best Canadian Mobile Film - Entrants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
• Best of Festival - Films will be judged for originality and unique use of the medium.
• Best "Caught on Treo" - This special award recognizes innovation in movies shot exclusively on a Palm Treo smartphone.

Award-winning films will premiere on Movieola - The Short Film Channel and also have a special screening on Air Canada flights this summer. The Best of Festival winner also will receive a mobile movie production package, valued at $1,500, and be invited to be part of the judging panel for Mobifest 2007. Entries will be accepted through April 30, 2006 and must be no longer
than one minute in length. There is no fee for entering or for multiple submissions. The competition is open to filmmakers worldwide over the age of 16.

Palm Mobifest is a production of NowNow Corporation. For more information on voting, judging criteria, sponsorship opportunities, rules and regulations, or to enter online, please visit www.mobifest.ca.