Mobile Jam Fest, the world's largest youth creativity festival, in partnership with REMG and Embrace, announce the winner of the 2007 MJF/Rogers Picnic Film Competition.
On July 29, 2007, at the historic Fort York, The Roots, Bedouin Soundclash, Bad Brains, Tegan & Sara, The Dears, The New Pornographers, Little Brother, and Apostle of Hustle became the back drop for films created by audience members, and their mobile "video" phones.
During the day long event more than 60 filmmakers took up the challenge to create a little piece of art and history. Using mobile "video" phones, courtesy of Nokia, the film making teams produced, directed and acted in their own short films, all for the chance to win an Xbox 360 console, and tickets to the MJF launch party.
Drum roll please....
After tabulating the almost 700 text votes, the winner of the 2007 MJF/Rogers Picnic Film Competition is: MJF 10! Visit http://rogerspicnic.com to view the winning film.
Please visit the Rogers Picnic website to view the winning film.
MJF would like to thank all those who participated in the competition and all those who voted. All prizes will be awarded at the MJF Launch Party September 24, 2007, featuring Common and Q-Tip. For more information on Mobile Jam Fest please visit http://mobilejamfest.com.
About MJF
MJF is a democratic, user-generated, platform that challenges youth (age 14-25) from around the world to creatively express themselves - however, wherever and whenever possible. You will be competing for tuition prizes and Xbox 360 Entertainment Consoles; and it's all FREE!
MJF, the world's largest youth creativity festival, is challenging youth from around the world, through a series of creativity competitions, to create and upload dynamic projects in the areas of Film, Music, Fashion, Photography, Machinima and the Millennium Development Goals.
MJF is all about creativity, education, social awareness and action. MJF and their international partners have created a sustainable model for content creation, education and promotion of youth expression. This models purpose is to provide non-traditional opportunities for youth in the creative arts, as both an artist and an industry
Our sponsors and supporters include Yahoo, Covergirl, Movie Storm, National Film Board, Xbox, dosomething.org, Toronto Foundation for Student Success, TakingITglobal.org, Schools Without Borders, The Shooting People, Apathyisboring.com, REMG, Studentphones.com, Portable Film Festival, Manifesto, Shoot Nations, Jambo Mobile, Goldfenix Communications, and many more.
