Thumbs up for Robert Redford whose Sundance Institute is financing an effort "to bring short films from independent filmakers to mobile phones". Sundance and GSM is co-funding the project the films of which will premier at the 3GSM World Congress in February next year. Redford and guys is definitely on to something, I think, short film made by pros for the breaks where you are bored while waiting for the bus, and fiddling with your phone anyway, might just be a viable concept. It will be interesting to see what visual and narrative strategies they develop in order to storytell with this medium. Read more here: Getting Redford on the Phone.
- Oh, and by the way, this article is the first article, I've seen, that employs the word "mobisodes" (about the "24 hours" series for mobile) - wonder if that term will have staying power?

And finally, talking about mobile phones, today a friend showed me that with the new Ericsson mobile k800i, there is a pre-installed "blog this" option installed as part of the 3MB camera functions. Works instantly, pretty nifty. And if you're more of a Flickr than a Blogger-type, Nokia has teamed up with Flickr for the same kind of functionality, apparently.
# posted by Lisbeth at: 18:53