February 22, 2006

Shangai launches first cameraphone film fest

metroer.jpg A local Shangai Website is organizing a nationwide cameraphone film festival The site expects office workers in Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou to produce most of the movies. [via English.eastday]

Cellflix.metroer.com) kicked off the competition on Monday and will accept entries until April. The contest is open to anyone who can produce a short film and send it to the site by mobile phone. The films must be two minutes long or shorter, and must be original works that haven't been shown in competition.

... The public and professional filmmakers will vote on the winners, who are expected to receive cell phones as prizes."