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Mobile Jam Fest - www.mobilejamfest.com

Mobile Jam Fest (MJF) is the world's first international mobile film festival to celebrate the creative potential of today's youth. This movement towards the mobility of ideas signifies a revolution in both borderless communities and connectivity where creativity, thoughts, ideas, values, and expression can be shared. Youth (age 14-17, 18-24) will participate by producing, directing, acting and interacting in their own films.

2 min films win you Tuition! - 2-Minute Interactive Films

Youth will produce 2-minute films in many different categories. Audiences for the first time ever will be able to view, vote and interact with festival films on their mobile phones, online, and at the National Film Board Mediatheque theatre in Toronto, Canada. These films are sure to be irreverent, aware, raw and edgy. Each entrant has an opportunity to submit a film in each of the 12 categories. That's 12 opportunities to win the Grand Prize.

The Motivation

A total of $10,000 is available to be won towards tuition to any recognized university or college in the world. That's $5,000 in tuition for ages 14-17 and $5,000 in tuition for ages 18-24. Youth will also compete for prizes in individual categories TBD. Youth will upload their films to www.mobilejamfest.com and the audience will vote to decide which film is the best.

Education – MJF Online Film School

Presented by MTV MJF will be creating the first ever online film school where anyone will be able to access video tutorials from directing and guerrilla filmmaking, to learning the fundamentals of lighting, editing, sound, working with actors and much more. The MJF Online Film School will include appearances by some of today's top filmmakers. You can also share your own techniques with everyone by uploading them directly to the website.

The Music

ccandco is excited to announce their collaboration with ANR Lounge, Sound Dogs Toronto, and thousands of other music labels which will collect music from independent record labels from around the world for youth to use as the 'scores' for their films. Sound Dogs Toronto has also provided thousands of free sound effects for youth to use in their films. During the closing party, the most downloaded independent band will play live.

The Judging Process

The audience is the judge, that's you!

Why it's cool!

Here's why portable video is so cool: It changes us, but more importantly, we can change it. Don't like what you're watching on your mobile phone? Grab your digital camcorder and make your own show. Companies called 'aggregators' are gathering as much video as they can to get airtime on mobile phone networks. They are striking deals with independent producers, sharing in any revenue without taking away any rights. 'The same people who dismiss this 'democratization' of video [also] misunderstood the power of blogs and podcasts to blur the lines between spectator and creator.'

Festival Schedule

September 4, 2006 - 9 am: Festival begins accepting submissions begins.

November 30, 2006 - 12 am: Festival stops taking submissions and voting ends for Mobile Jam Fest 2006.

November 30, 2006 - 12 am: Top three films in each of the 12 categories are available to be voted upon. As well these film will be availble to be viewed and voted on over video enabled mobile phones.

December 1, 2006 - 12 am: Top three films in each category will be available to be streamed, downloaded, viewed and voted upon over your mobile phone. Canadian residents only. Available on Telus, Rogers and Bell platforms.

December 2006 - Mobile Jam Fest Awards and concert series. TBD

Tuition and Prizes

MJF will award one filmaker from each of the age categories (14-17, 18-24) $5,000 in Tuition to any recognized educational institution in the world!

Each category winner will receive an Xbox 360 Entertainment Console.

Winners can only win once.

December 2006 - MJF grand prize and category winners will be announced and screened during the MJF Awards and Concert Series.