Congratulations to the winners of the 2009 UW PocketMedia Film Festival!

UW PocketMedia received many superb submissions, all of which exhibited exceptional skill and passion on the part of this year’s participant filmmakers, but only 5 videos could go home winners of the 1st ever UW PocketMedia Film Festival!  Above is an embedded playlist where you can view all 5 honorees.  You may also access the playlist at the University of Washington’s official YouTube channel: 2009 UW PocketMedia Film Festival Winners

Grand Prize Winner

Mark Blasco, 7 Steps

UW Staff member, winner of two full series passes to the Seattle International Film Festival

People’s Choice Winner

Jonathan Groat, A Life in Ink

UW Sophomore, winner of an iPod Nano

Honorable Mentions

Faraz Zarghami, G-RAD

UW Alumnus, winner of an iPod Touch

Cheryl Crow, All in a Day’s Shoe

UW Staff member, winner of a Flip MinoHD camera

Mary Kawamura, Cleaning House

UW Sophomore, winner of Apple Final Cut Express Editing Software

Thanks to all of our participants!  To view all of the contest submissions, go to our sponsor site, Zooppa.com, by visiting http://zooppa.com/contests/uw-pocket-media-film-festival