EA names Battlefield Film Challenge Winner

21 year-old Patrick Mazzolo won the $10,000 grand prize in the Battlefield Film Challenge.

EA’s competition challenged budding filmmakers to create two to five minute videos inspired by the Battlefield series.

Mazzolo won for his short film, Battlefield: Take Point.

Five finalists were flown to Bondi Pavilion in Sydney where a special screening of the shorts were shown. Judges for the prized included Battlefield creators Lars Gustavsson, Roland Smedberg, Aleksander Grndal and Alan Kertz.

We were absolutely blown away by the calibre of short films that were submitted in the Battlefield Film Challenge.” said Lars Gustavsson, creative director on Battlefield.

It was incredible to see such diverse talent from our Australia and New Zealand fans, inspired by our game. On behalf of the entire team at DICE, we would like thank all of those who participated and of course congratulate Patrick on his well-deserved win.”

The other top videos included Focused by Luke Matthews (View here), Play Time Updated by Rob Hardy (that’s through this link), Battlefield Noir by Luke Snadden (here) and Types of Players in Battlefield by Rebecca White (just through here).

Here is Mazzolo’s video: