The 5th edition of Pocket Films Festival : call for entries A camera in the pocket
It's been 5 years that cell phones in France have been equipped with a camera and a screen. In 2005 The Forum des images created the Pocket Films Festival, in partnership with SFR, to explore the potential of this new communications tool as an innovative means of artistic expression now available to the general public. The 5th edition of the Pocket Films Festival is organised by the Forum des images on June 12, 13, 14, 2009, in collaboration with SFR it's founding partner. Recognized today throughout the world for it's pioneering effort and expertise in the exploration of audiovisual creation with mobile technologies, the Forum des images opens its call for entries to all creators for the 5th edition of the Pocket Films Festival. Film directors, photographers, artistes, performers and amateurs of new technologies are invited to send their films, made with a video cell phone. The deadline for all entries is March 2nd 2009. Short or feature films, all types are accepted : fiction, documentary, experimental, clips, portraits... Fill out and sign the entry form as well as the rules of the Festival below and send them with your film before March 2, 2009 at : Forum des images Pocket Films Festival 2 rue du Cinéma 75045 Paris Cedex 01 France Please visit : http://www.festivalpocketfilms.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=91 to download the documents. Films submitted to the selection committee must be made with a pocket camera (video cell phone, digital camera...). The selected films may be shown either on a movie-theater size or pocket-sized screen during the festival. The selection committee is solely responsible for the choice of the screen size for each of the films chosen to participate in the festival. The 5th edition of the Pocket Films Festival is organised by the Forum des images on June 12, 13, 14, 2009, in collaboration with SFR it's founding partner.
