Abe Forsythe back for Tropfest after winning Grand Prix at Mofilm Short Film Competition

It’s been a big week for writer/director Abe Forsythe and producer Matt Reeder. The pair arrived home just in time for Tropfest, having collected the Grand Prize last Thursday at the Mofilm Pepsi Short Film Competition, announced in Barcelona, for their film GPS.

The award was judged by academy Award Winner Jon Landau, producer of Avatar and Titanic, and was selected out of a field of 761 entrants. Abe and Matt are pictured left with Landau.

GPS is about a man who begins receiving life advice from hisGPS navigational system. It stars Henry Nixon (The Pacific) and EmmaLung (The Jammed).

The Grand Prize includes a cash prize of US$10,000 and a contract toshoot a Pepsi commercial film with Jon Landau as co-producer.

Says Abe Forsythe of the win:  “It’s a great thrill to win thiscompetition, up against filmmakers from around the world, and I’mreally looking forward to the opportunity of making a commercial withJon Landau attached as co-producer.”

MOFILM is a privately funded company with offices in Manchester, Londonand San Francisco. Started as an artistic project in early 2007 withthe Sundance Institute and GSM Association, MOFILM has grown into aglobal community of filmmakers working with world-leading brands anddistributing content to much of the globe. MOFILM has pioneered’made-for-mobile’ content working with leading filmmakers such as KevinSpacey, Robert Redford, Isabella Rossellini and Spike Lee to highlightand champion talented MOFILMers from around the world. MOFILM also runthe world’s largest mobile film festival in Barcelona, Spain once ayear in conjunction with the GSM Association, as well as working withleading film festivals, including Shanghai, Cannes, Sundance, Locarnoand London.