Portuguese film festival throws spotlight on mobile phone movie

Portugal has held its first-ever film festival featuring short movies made with mobile telephones, reports the AFP.

"More than 30 international films ranging in length from 30 seconds to 10 minutes were shown on a normal screen along with regular movies as part of the three-day "Olhares" festival which wrapped up Sunday.

One film examined the attachment Tokyo subway commuters have to their mobile phones, another took a close look at Paris rooftops while a third tracked the afternoon activities of an alcoholic.

The public was encouraged to vote for their favourite "pocket film" and the filmmakers behind the three most popular movies received new mobile telephones from British mobile phone giant Vodafone which partly sponsored the festival."

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