VIFF

Those ViFF and PocketCine guys are way ahead of the curve...

A recent post over at RCR Wireless News provides details of a recent industry meeting, the Third Screen Festival in Los Angeles, CA. The tenor of the meeting seems to have been very welcoming to so-called "made-for-mobile" video clips. Here is a quote:

"The overwhelming majority of wireless users continue to view the phone simply as a platform for voice conversations. For a handful of aspiring filmmakers, though, it's a potential ticket to Hollywood."

"Entertainment industry executives and wireless types gathered last week at the Museum of Television and Radio in Beverly Hills at the Third Screen Film Festival, described as the first such event for films made specifically for mobile phones. Todd Spence's "The Lost" beat out the nearly 1,000 submitted short films garnering the festival's top prize of a $10,000 filmmaker grant. Spence's clip will also air on Sprint Nextel Corp.'s GoTV Super Channel."


Mobile VIFF 2006

Mobile VIFF is up and running now, and it's quite cool. For those who don't know already, VIFF stands for the Vancouver International Film Festival, which opened yesterday. For those who are so inclined, there's a good description of what's going on behind the scenes with Mobile VIFF (and the company responsible for it, Seam Mobile) over at Beyond Robson.
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