POCKET SHORTS PREMIERE AT EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 05

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For immediate release
01/08/05

POCKET SHORTS PREMIERE AT EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 05

With over 65 million videophones already in use, most of us already have the means to shoot, edit, screen and distribute our own films. Also manufacturers such as Mitsubishi are developing tiny projectors which they expect be used in mobile within 5 years. This means filmmakers will have the ability to show films anywhere and everywhere. Network operators and major broadcasters are starting to recognise the potential of mobile phone film making which also offers a rare opportunity for creatives to actually make money.

In Nov 05, NESTA enabled Yorkshire creative technology company BLINK to launch Pocket Shorts commissions. 8 new shorts made especially for a small screen audience will be available for free download to phones at EIFF05 this August.

Among the mix of live action and animation shorts on offer is Evil Fun With Zimmy is a 60' tale about being disillusioned with a novelty bar of soap by Andy Sykes. My Inner Short by Matthew Austin is a series of 4 x 15 seconds shorts based on 4 of the most popular text messages such as 'Where are You?' Last but not least is While You Are Waiting by Andrew Quinn and Gary McKeown, a series of 4 x 15 seconds live action sound scapes which reveal that rhythm is all around us even when we are waiting for a kettle to boil.

Retaining the integrity of these mini works of art Pocket Shorts films will be presented via a brand new custom-made device. BLUEVEND is a wall-mounted Bluetooth vending machine designed for the wireless distribution of creative mobile phone content. POCKETS SHORTS and BLUEVEND is here for everyone who is baffled with WAP, tired of 'Crazy Frog' and who is unsure of the safety of buying anything by mobile.

Get your free Pocket Shorts films via BLUEVEND from 17-28 August in the EIFF Delegates Centre (next to the Scottish Screen stand).

Director of BLINK Lisa Roberts said,

"Our vision is to break down the barriers to success such as lack of money and resources. Pocket shorts and Bluevend offer new opportunities for filmmakers who want to explore new exiting and more pervasive platforms"

Pocket Shorts Scotland was launched this year with additional partners expecting to join the scheme in 2006.


POCKET SHORTS presentation
Filmhouse Cinema, Lothian Road Edinburgh - Tue 23 Aug - 5:45pm
With a panel of industry experts and premiere screening of the English Pocket Shorts films, this event promises a unique insight into the prospects, the pitfalls and the pocket-sized wonders of this burgeoning new field.

Useful links www.pocketshorts.co.uk: www.blinkmedia.org: www.edfilmfest.org.uk
www.nesta.org.uk: www.textually.org/picturephoning: www.filmhousecinema.com


All enquiries

Lisa Roberts
Director
BLINK
0779 649 027
01484 301805

Film stills and images available on request




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