TORONTO — A gross-out film in which a cash-poor couple spit up their meal to avoid paying the bill has won a contest for the very, very, very small screen.

Harley Hay of Red Deer, Alta., took the top prize at the inaugural Palm Mobifest: Canada's Mobile Film Festival honouring films that were shot and created for a mobile phone, smart-phone or other handheld device.

Hay's 59-second film, Regurgitation, was named best of the festival and earned him a mobile movie production package valued at $1,500.

The best Canadian mobile film was Swings/Sits, by Michael Tung of Toronto; and the best film caught on Treo was The Trio, by Luciano Leraci of Toronto.

Comedian Sean Cullen hosted an awards ceremony Wednesday night in Toronto.

Festival winners were chosen from a pool of 60 finalists from Colombia, Argentina, Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain, the United States and Canada.

Finalist films can be viewed at www.mobifest.ca.

Award-winners will be aired on Movieola - The Short Film Channel and on Air Canada flights throughout the summer.