1st series of mobile-mentaries

micro-film-festivals

The following list provides an overview about micro-film-festivals in 2004 - 2006. Please feel free to add micro-film festivals in the comments list. A paper analysing the micro-movie filmmaking technique will be online in the near future.

(Festival Name / Sponsors / Regulations / URL / Location/date)


Pocket Shorts Scotland
Scottish Enterprise Nesta,Scottish Screen
Duration: 4 x 15sec. / 2 x 30 sec. / 1 x 60 sec. /
File Size: Less than 1 MB preferred. 2 MB maximum
http://www.pocketshorts.com/scotland/index.html
Scotland

First Time Mobile FilmMakers
Nokia, Discovery Channel
n/a
www.mobifilms.net
Asian-pacific / Australia

Dark- light Festival
Arts Council, Nokia
n/a
http://www.darklight-filmfestival.com/
Dublin / 17th-21st November

Potenza Film Festival
n/a
http://www.potenzafilmfestival.it./
International PhoneMovies
13./17.12.2005 / Italy

MicroMovie AWARD
Simens
various
http://www.micromovie-award.com/
Various - ongoing

DEPICT !
Orange
90 Sec.
www.depict.org
23 - 27 November 2005
Brief Encounters / Bristol International Short Film festival

Nokia Shorts 2005
Nokia
Raindance
15 Seconds (no more than three seconds of front and five seconds of end credits)
Nokia Shorts Handset-only Category
Shot entirely on a mobile phone with video-recording capabilities / personal computer for editing and add music, but no additional video material or visual effects.
www.nokiashorts.co.uk / U.K.

Filmwinter
Local, state, German government and European Union media programm
Mikrokino (microcinema) under 30 min.
www.filmwinter.de
Stuttgart, Germany 19.-22. Januar 2006

Going Underground
n/a
www.interfilm.de
Berlin, 1-6 Nov 05

Zoie Film festival
Cellular Cinema Festival
Under 5 min.
http://www.zoiefilms.com/cellularcinema.html
U.S.A. 2005

bitfilms
Sony, Intel, ATi, Studio Hamburg
90 sec.
3gp – Quicktime - .swf in the format 176x144 pixels
www.bitfilm.de / Hamburg, Nov 2-6 2005

Toronto International Film Festival
Motorola
n/a
http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2005/home.asp
Toronto, Sep 8-17 2005

San Francisco 49th Film festival
San Franscisco Film Society, SKYY, Virgin
Works made by mobile devices, works made to be specifically viewed on mobile devices, works that use wireless signals as a new aesthetic medium
http://www.sffs.org/festival/wireless06.html
San Francisco / April 21 – May 05 2006