Last Call for the Treo Film Festival

Posted By: Ryan Kairer Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:15:21 PM

Palm and MobiTV invite filmmakers to submit their funniest made-for-mobile films to compete in the first Treo Mobile Comedy Film Festival. Deadline for entry is Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. Susie Essman (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and John Henson (TV Guide Network and Talk Soup) are co-hosting the festival. Penn & Teller and Adam Ferrara (The Job, Rescue Me) will also be on the panel of judges. The festival is being held at the historic Grauman’s Chinese Theatre is Los Angeles on October 18th.

Treo Film FestThe film festival will award thousands of dollars in cash and prizes to the aspiring filmmakers from the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom, who come up with the funniest made-for-mobile comedy films. Films will run exclusively on the MobiTV service from Sept. 18 - Oct. 18 and Treo users can get a free one-month trial of MobiTV at www.mobitv.com/treofilm.

“It sounds easy, but making a 60-second film, and a funny one too, is a great creative challenge. This festival is kind of like the Oscars for the time-deprived,” said John Henson.

Film Categories and Prizes
Entrants can submit films on any topic. Winners will receive a trip to Los Angeles to attend the awards show and a package of Treo products valued at $1,200. The Best of Festival winner, selected from all entries regardless of category, will earn a Grand Prize of $5,000. In addition, one $2,000 prize winner will be selected in each of three categories:

This Mobile Life: Mobile romance, mobile manners – the lighter side of life as a mobile warrior.

Retake: Rewrite the ending to a famous movie or shoot your own version of a scene from TV. Go ahead and parody that film, TV show, or commercial.

Animation: Create your very own made-for-mobile comedic animated short on any topic you choose (No nudity, foul language, or graphic violence, please).

Filmmakers are invited to submit comedy films of 60 seconds or less at www.treofilm.com. The entry deadline is Sept. 24, 2007, and entrants must be 18 or older. Submissions will be judged on originality, technical excellence and how effectively the film works as a mobile experience.

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