“When Eduardo Cachucho, a 23 year old architecture student, entered the 2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking Awards, he had no idea his film would be seen by millions of people around the world,” said a star-making statement from Nokia today.

“It was a huge surprise for me to win this award,” Cachucho admitted. “I couldn’t believe it was me when the winner was announced at the broadcast.”

Cachucho said his film told the world that “children are children everywhere, no matter where they live, what their race is, or whether they are rich or poor. Children are the same all over and want to have fun and play.”

Filmmakers entered the 2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking awards through the Pangea Day Channel on Ovi, a free media sharing service that makes it easy to upload, manage and share personal media through mobile, desktop and other connected devices.

The competition received more than 600 submissions from around the world.

“Its incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is opened up and shared with the world,” says Jehane Noujaim, award-winning documentary filmmaker, competition judge and creator of Pangea Day. 
 
The Pangea Day broadcast on May 10 featured 24 short films along with internationally-known guest speakers and musicians, including Queen Noor of Jordan, Christiane Amanpour, Dave Stewart and Hypernova.

The live four-hour Pangea Day broadcast from six locations around the world was viewed by more than 1,600 Friends of Pangea Day events globally.
 
Noujaim created Pangea Day after winning the prestigious 2006 TED Prize as a way to connect people by harnessing the power of film and encouraging them to view the world through someone else’s eyes.