Cellphone shorts

January 27, 2006 2:58 PM

Cellfilms.Ithica College in New York is hosting the Cellflix Film Festival, and has asked students between 13 and 20 to submit 30-second movies shot entirely with their cell phones. They have narrowed down the nearly 200 entries they received to 10 finalists that can be found here. (My votes to the shadow puppets and the progression of life.)
posted by onlyconnect (11 comments total)

iPodfest is something similar for shorts less than 10 minutes that are designed to be watched on Video iPods and other portable media players. The $15 entry fee includes video format conversion.
posted by marc1919 at 3:20 PM on January 27, 2006

"I like long walks and cell phone movies/You're six-foot tall and East Coast bred" -- Andrew Bird, "Fake Palindromes"
posted by ford and the prefects at 3:40 PM on January 27, 2006

That's Ithaca College; as in Ithaca, NY
posted by ChasFile at 3:44 PM on January 27, 2006

Great PR campaign. I wonder which handset maker is behind it.
posted by slogger at 4:01 PM on January 27, 2006

Who knew there were hundreds of adolescents in Ithaca making cell phone movies? Wow, do I feel out of touch.
posted by mickeyz at 4:26 PM on January 27, 2006

I like the grandparents one the best.
posted by ArsncHeart at 4:51 PM on January 27, 2006

Title: "Demographic," a film about understanding your identity and yourself

I'm TIRED of feeling guilty for being white and male! This sophomoric 30-second salvo from a an Ithica College student has solidified my resolve to release and be true to my inner dolphin. Oh, wait, pizza's here.
posted by longsleeves at 5:45 PM on January 27, 2006

The #1 voted pilot from Channel 102 last month, Running From Johnny Law, was also entirely shot in Ithaca. New episode on Monday.
posted by Remy at 8:03 PM on January 27, 2006

That Postal service commercial was so low-budget shitty that I thought it was one of the entries!

'Art is Everywhere' really was a beautiful little film. The escalator, the plane, the train and the music were all a simple and impressive combo. American Beauty anyone?
posted by dgaicun at 8:33 PM on January 27, 2006

I just hope the NYU taking out the trash one doesn't win. Fuck that kid with his production logo at the end. Pretentious.
posted by piratebowling at 9:11 AM on January 28, 2006

Great PR campaign. I wonder which handset maker is behind it.

(I'm an alumnus of Ithaca College's Roy H. Park School of Communications)

I don't think any cell phone providers are behind it. I think the communication school wanted to attract attention to itself, because it had been about 15 years since they were featured on Entertainment Tonight.
posted by bugmuncher at 9:33 PM on January 29, 2006