Still in their first year of trading, a young interactive media company have scooped no less than two awards at a prestigious international competition.

Bellyfeel secured two gongs at the 2008 Webby Awards for their project, Crimeface – an interactive mix of film, literature, music and gaming. Presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, The Webby Awards is the leading international awards honouring excellence on the net.

Described as “a glimpse of the future for onscreen fiction” by Pocket-Lint.co.uk, Crimeface has already enjoyed multi-platform success. It has been screened at a number of international film festivals and is also being serialised on Vodafone 3G. Whilst telling the story of a murder, it allows the user to delve deeper into the plot, learn more about the characters, read police files and even get a glossary of police jargon.

Producer/Director, Krishna Stott was confident that Crimeface had a winning formula: “I saw that another interactive movie had been short-listed last year – I knew that Crimeface was superior so I took the plunge and paid the $100 entry fee.”

On his success at the awards, Krishna said: “It’s great to get some recognition for all the hard work we put into making Crimeface. I hope that winning will make it more straightforward to fund and produce our next projects.”

Bellyfeel, who have recently moved into an office in Manchester city centre, have several new interactive movies in development. They’re also working with the BBC on some new IP-TV concepts.

W: www.crimeface.net
W: www.bellyfeel.co.uk