About

The Treo Mobile Comedy Film Festival has been created to celebrate the emerging art form of made-for-mobile films.

The entry deadline is September 24th, 2007. Entries will be accepted from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Entrants must be 18 or over. Select films will also be featured during the festival on MobiTV.

Both experienced and inexperienced filmmakers are welcome. Entrants may create and edit video using any means. In other words, there’s no requirement to use a Treo™ smartphone or another mobile phone to capture video.

Award Categories:

Choose a category below or enter at-large. The Best of Festival winner does not have to come from one of these categories.

This Mobile Life: You'll be asked to focus on subjects such as mobile romance, mobile manners, or the lighter side of life as a mobile warrior.

Retake: Rewrite the ending to a famous movie. Shoot your own version of a scene from TV. Here's your chance to 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.)

For more details about prizes and the judging process, please see Treo Film Festival Guidelines. For all the Rules and Terms, please see Treo Film Festival Rules. For more information about how to make mobile films, please see Mobile Movie Making Tips.

For aspiring filmmakers, there are a growing number of mobile film competitions worldwide, including Mobifest and the Global Mobile Awards at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The Treo Film Festival is a production of Mobigardens Corporation, creators of Mobifest.

About MobiTV:

With MobiTV your phone becomes a portable TV. Watch your favorite channels right in the palm of your hand. See channels you watch at home, made for mobile programming, and the latest primetime shows from NBC, like Friday Night Lights. The Emmy® Award winning service is available through your wireless carrier and offers over 100 TV channels worldwide, such as MSNBC, ABC News Now, CNN International, FOX News Channel, Fox Sports, ESPN 3GTV, NBC Mobile, Bravo To Go, Sci Fi Pulse Mobile, Telemundo Mobile, Discovery Channel, TLC, The Weather Channel and others that deliver the latest music videos, cartoons, comedy, and more.