Chindamo Has A Little Fun

Winning: Mobile World Congress' Best Short Mobile Film

Fun Little Movies, a Los Angeles-based production company created by SCA's Frank Chindamo, captured GSMA’s grand prize at the 2009 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona for Best Short Mobile Film.

Fun Little Movies is a pioneer in the creation and distribution of original content for global accessibility and use on mobile phones and the Internet.

And the winner is...
Turbo Dates:
English as a Second Language
Director - Jocelyn Stamat
Co-writer - Terry Rossio
Producer - Frank Chindamo

Turbo Dates: English as a Second Language was selected from a roster of films that had been submitted from more than 100 countries.  

Rossio served as the writer and/or producer of several Hollywood hit film franchises, including Shrek, Aladdin, Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure. Stamat worked with Chicago Second City and the Harvard Lampoon and is in fact a Harvard M.D.

Kevin Spacey, (Actor/Director, co-founder of Triggerstreet.com) host and keynote speaker for the MoFilm Festival, presented the award to winning producer, Frank Chindamo. 

Spacey stated, “I am excited about the opportunities for MoFilm as a platform for the discovery of new talent and a catalyst for short films on the latest global mass medium of mobile.”

“Thank you MoFilm for finally putting mobile movies on the map." Chindamo, founder and president of Fun Little Movies, stated. Giving a nod to Spacey, Chindamo joked, “When it comes to big awards like this, we’re not one of the Usual Suspects. I just hope we can… Pay it Forward. I feel like a real American Beauty!”

Other awards won by Fun Little Movies:

Associated Person:

Frank Chindamo