First Mobile Film Award presented in Locarno
The first Swisscom Mobile Film Award was presented at the Locarno Film Festival. Visitors and celebrities chose their favorites from the numerous cell phone short films submitted.
A total of 116 short films were submitted and could be rated on the Swisscom website for one month. After around 10,000 votes were cast, "The Beautiful Way" won the Audience Award. A prominent jury also nominated the five best films, which could be judged at the Swisscom stand at the Locarno Film Festival. The more than 1,500 visitors chose "Lost Property" as the winner of the Swisscom Leopardino Mobile Film Award.
The Swisscom Leopardino Mobile Film Award was presented for the first time this year. A total of around 10,000 votes were cast for all films and 2,500 comments were written by visitors. The website, created by the Zurich agency Duckstance, attracted 56,000 visits and over 40,000 unique visitors over a two-month period.
Winner of the Jury Prize - "Lost Property" by Adam Razvi and Giordano Canova:
Winner of the Audience Award - "The Beautiful Way" by Elmer Martinez:
