Friday in Yokohama will take place the first Pocket Film Festival in Japan, organized by the Tokyo National University of
Fine Arts and Music, showing movies made entirely on mobile phone cameras. The festival will feature 48 films chosen from more than 400 entries from 18 countries — including Japan, Singapore, China, South Korea and Germany.
The competition has 2 categories, the first one is for films to be shown on regular screens and the other for films to be viewed on phones. The winning film will receive 500,000 yen (US$4,500).
“Being the first time for the festival, we weren’t sure what to expect, but we’ve had a range of films from regular narrative stories to more experimental films,” organizer Yuko Mori said.
“Of course, the resolution is comparatively low on phone cameras, so effective use of that is important,” Mori said. “People have also made films where only a camera phone could go. One entry, by grade-school children, was even shot inside a fridge.”
The festival also will feature symposiums on the possibilities for new content and applications using the medium of camera phones.
source: Reuters