Honor Announces New Digital Film Festival

PLANO, Texas, May 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading smartphone e-brand Honor will today unveil plans to launch the first smartphone digital film festival. The Honor Film Festival is designed to inspire and empower future filmmakers to explore their creativity and share their stories through their smartphone lens—a device they use every day.

Kicking off May 12, the film festival will partner with Owltainment, a film production company founded by two aspiring New York University graduates to showcase six films captured entirely by smartphones. The films will be featured, one a week for six weeks, on hihonor.com/hff. In addition to the film showcase, Honor is asking aspiring filmmakers to submit story concepts for a digital short focusing on the theme "You Are in Charge," a reference to today's millennials as brave, creative and energetic forces for change.

From the submitted story concepts, one winner will be selected to adapt their story into a three-minute short smartphone film. Professor Karl Bardosh, a mobile phone cinema pioneer and associate professor from New York University, will provide mentoring and support. The winner will also receive a $5000 USD cash prize, a $20,000 production budget and an Honor phone.

In addition to Professor Bardosh, the Honor Film Festival jury selecting the winning story from the top 10 submissions will be comprised of industry leaders, including Eva Cao, writer, producer and founder of Supernovo Entertainment; Robert Powers, associate director of global business and technology strategy for Twentieth Century FOX; and Max Epstein, vice president of content strategy for DMG Entertainment.

"We are thrilled to present our first digital film festival," said James Jiang, head of Honor USA. "Youth have the power to change and influence what is most important. With the Honor Film Festival we aim to create a platform where youth are inspired to use our products to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary."

Honor Film Festival Launch
Honor, along with Owltainment will host the festival kick off in New York City on May 12. Held at the Punto Space on West 38^th Street, the event will be open to the public and feature a seminar on mobile movie making from NYU Professor Bardosh.  

For more information on the event, and for submission guidelines, rules and regulations, visit http://www.hihonor.com/hff.  

About Honor
Honor is a leading mobile device e-brand under Huawei. In line with its slogan, "for the brave", the brand was created to meet the needs of digital natives through internet-optimized products that offer superior user experiences, inspire action, foster creativity and empower the young to achieve their dreams. In doing this, Honor has set itself apart by showcasing its own bravery to do things differently and to take the steps needed to usher in the latest technologies and innovations for its customers.

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About Huawei Consumer Business Group
With 16 R&D centers in countries that include Germany, Sweden, the US, France, Italy, Russia, India, and China, Huawei's products and services extend to over 170 countries, serving one third of the world's population. In 2014, Huawei's smartphone global shipment ranked third in the world. As one of Huawei's three business groups, Huawei Consumer BG offers mobile phones, mobile broadband (MBB) devices and home devices. With more than 20 years of rich expertise in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, an extensive global network, vast global business operations and network of partners, Huawei Consumer BG is dedicated to bringing the latest technology to consumers, offering a world of possibilities, creating extraordinary experiences and realizing dreams for people everywhere.

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