Twenty-nine
short films representing 16 countries have been selected
to screen in competition at the 10 th Bermuda International
Film Festival, March 16-24.
The
29 competition shorts are eligible for the M3 Wireless
Bermuda Shorts Award, the winner of which will be selected
by the festival’s short film jury. The winner of
the award will receive a $3000 cash award donated by M3
Wireless.
As
BIFF is a qualifying festival for the Short Film Academy
Award, the winning film will be short-listed for the 2008
Academy Awards.
M3
Wireless, the premier Bermudian GSM wireless provider,
offers voice and data services through best of breed phones
and devices on a network that spans more than 100 countries.
“We
are delighted to partner with M3 Wireless to make a cash
award to a deserving short filmmaker,” says festival director
Aideen Ratteray Pryse. “We are all aware how difficult
it is for short filmmakers to raise the money for their
next film, and this award provides a welcome boost to
the director of our winning short film. Now that we are
in the second year of offering the M3 Wireless Bermuda
Shorts Award, we have also seen how it has had a positive
effect on our ability to attract top films to the festival.”
“As
a leading wireless provider on the island, we are thrilled
to team up with one of the Island’s leading arts organisations
to help filmmakers achieve their dreams,” says Lloyd Fray,
CEO of M3 Wireless. “We are all looking forward to another
great festival, and we are keenly anticipating the wonderful
line-up of short films assembled by festival organisers.”
M3
Wireless offers individual and business users a full range
of cellular phones having voice, e-mail, text-messaging,
Internet, and video clip capabilities. M3 Wireless also
offers high-speed Internet access via their easyConnect
service. Services are available from a variety of outlets
in Bermuda, including the M3 Wireless retail outlets at
3 Burnaby Street and in P-Tech at 5 Reid Street in Hamilton.
M3 Wireless is the exclusive provider of cell phones and
service to BIFF staff and volunteers during the annual
festival.
Click
here for a guide to all the competition shorts.
Aside
from the 29 shorts in competition, the festival will screen
six short animated films for children ages three and up
in a short film series named A Walk in the Woods, while
a film made by local youngsters in a BIFF Film Academy
workshop, Theatre Madness, will also screen at the festival.
Tickets
to BIFF 2007 are on sale now at www.biff.bm
and at the BIFF Front Room festival box office at
# 6 Passenger Terminal, Front Street, Hamilton. The box
office is open daily from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Media
Contact:
Duncan
Hall
Deputy
Festival Director
Bermuda
International Film Festival
Tel:
293-3456
Fax:
293-7769
E-mail:
deputydirector@biff.bm