THANKS FOR ALL YOUR J-MOVIES!
Thanks again to everyone who entered JMoFest 2011. It was a huuuuge effort to write, cast, shoot, edit and upload a film or make a still image, and I’ve had loads of fun viewing the entries.
We announced the winners at the “LAUGHS FOR HOOTERS 2″ breast cancer fundraiser finals event at The Metro Theatre in Sydney on Wednesday 30th November… Congratulations to Jill Peacock & Jackie Thompson, Hayden Bevis and Dan Steele, Chris Kennedy, Elise Batchelor and Judy Nadin.
Thanks again to Canon, Camera House and Gary Pitts for donating the incredible prizes, to Jorge Menidis and the gang at Century Entertainment for making the night happen, to the team at 6dc, the judges, David Campbell, Mr Percival, Kitty Flanagan and Peter Berner for making it such a rocking-slash-hilarious night, everyone who entered and all the people who bought tickets to the night. This year we raised over $12,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
BEST MOVIE – “LADYCOP” by Jill Peacock & Jackie Thompson
Winners of flights and a week’s accommodation for two in Hollywood!!!!
BEST MOVIE 2ND PLACE – “IT’S AWKWARD” by Hayden Bevis and Dan Steele
…Hayden and Dan won a Canon XA10 video camera ($2499 RRP)
BEST MOVIE 3RD PLACE – “SUPER MASS MADE IN THE USA” by Chris Kennedy
…and Chris won a Canon HF G10 video camera ($1999 RRP)
BEST PHOTO – “MR BENSON’S FAREWELL ASSEMBLY” by Elise Batchelor
Elise received a Canon EOS DSLR 7DAK ($3199 RRP)
BEST COMPOSITION – “J-MOMMIE” by Judy Nadin
…and Judy won a Canon EOS DSLR 60DPK ($2399 RRP)
BACKGROUND TO JMOFEST
In 2009 my husband Dan and I attended a Pink Ribbon Charity Ball. Dan had one or two wines, got slightly overexcited during the charity auction and bought a full-colour page in the popular Daily Telegraph newspaper… I said to Dan – “Yes it would be a bargain… if we actually had something to advertise…”. The cash all went to breast cancer so that was great, but what on earth to do with the page? We thought long and hard and had a brainwave – what better gift to the wonderful people of the world than a full-size cut-out-and-wear Lady Julia Morris mask? From there it was just one, giant, silly, egomaniacal step to JMoFest…
We asked people to make short films (under 3 minutes) or still images featuring the mask and decided that the festival would support the NBCF. Then Gary Pitts who owns the Camera House in Castle Hill and the Camera Centre in Westfield Miranda teamed up with Canon to donate some incredible Canon prizes.
The response was truly overwhelming and between September and November 2010 we received nearly 200 entries – from Broome to Edinburgh and from young and old(er) alike. The amount of effort that people went to was quite staggering and entries included everything from dung beetles to boat people, sent me back in time, into the future and everywhere in between. The “Laughs For Hooters” fundraiser finals raised over $10,000 for the NBCF and it was all so much fun that we decided to do it all over again in 2011!
JMoFEST 2010 WINNERS
BEST MOVIE – A MASK TO REMEMBER” by David Fredlein
BEST MOVIE RUNNER-UP – “BOAT” by Stuart Smith
BEST STILL IMAGE – “BEING J MOKOVICH” by Simone Lahood
