Palm Mobifest Tickets on Sale Now - Box Office Open for Canada's First Mobile Film Festival2 May 2006
Palm Canada today announced that 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 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:
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- 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(R) Treo(TM) smartphone.
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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.
About Movieola - The Short Film Channel
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Movieola - The Short Film Channel launched in 2001, as the first of six digital services to be offered by Channel Zero Inc. Movieola - The Short Film Channel presents the very best of action, comedy and drama films that can all be enjoyed in under 40 minutes. It's A Feature Film Experience in A Fraction of the Time(TM).
About NowNow
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NowNow Corporation is a producer and distributor of made-for-mobile movies, based in Toronto, Canada.
About Palm, Inc.
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Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM), a leader in mobile computing, strives to put the power of computing in people's hands so they can access and share their most important information. The company's products for consumers, mobile professionals and businesses include Palm(R) Treo(TM) smartphones, Palm LifeDrive(TM) mobile managers, and Palm handheld computers, as well as software, services and accessories.
More information about Palm, Inc. is available at http://www.palm.com.
Palm, Treo and LifeDrive are among the trademarks or registered
trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc. All other brand and product
names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or
services of, their respective owners.
For further information: Media Contacts: For media attendance and for more information: Laura Mergelas, Laura Watton, Environics Communications for Palm Canada, (416) 969-2711, (416) 969-2766, lmergelas@environicspr.com, lwatton@environicspr.com
Source: newswire
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