Society for the Social Study of Mobile Communications


The Society for the Social Study of Mobile Communication (SSSMC) is intended to facilitate the international advancement of cross-disciplinary mobile communication studies. It is intended to serve as a resource and to support a network of scholarly research as to the social consequences of mobile communication.




Saturday, June 20, 2015

CALL FOR SMARTPHONE, MOBILE AND POCKET CAMERA FILMS

CALL FOR FILMS
#MINA2015 | 5th International Mobile Innovation Screening @ RMIT – Melbourne, Australia
19 November 2015
In Perspective

Deadline for submission: 17 July 2015 (www.mina.pro/submit)

CALL FOR SMARTPHONE, MOBILE AND POCKET CAMERA FILMS

The Mobile Innovation Network Australasia [ MINA ] aims to explore the possibilities of interaction between people, content and the creative industries.

The International Mobile Innovation Screening 2015 will showcase short films produced on and with smartphones, mobile, pocket cameras and drones. This year MINA is pleased to announce that RMIT University (AUS) will present the screening in Melbourne, Australia, on the 18th November. #mina2015 is co-organised by Colab (AUT University, NZ), Te Rewa O Puanga – School of Music and Creative Media Production and Toi Rauwharangi, the College of Creative Arts (Massey University, NZ) in conjunction with the Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposium.
Working in collaboration with Super 9 (Portugal), Mobile Motion Film Festival (Switzerland), Cinephone (Spain), Mobil Film Festival (USA), Mobile Film Festival (Macedonia), Mobile Screenfest International (Australia), MINA showcases mobile filmmaking projects from around the world at the 5th International Mobile Innovation Screening.
The MINA showcase will include micro-movies and micro-formats (Vine, Vyclone and live streaming apps), travel, mobility and adventure films (i.e. sports or skate videos) including projects realised with GoPro and/or drone cameras.

In its 5th edition the screening theme In Perspective will explore, but not limited too:
  • ACTUALITIES / Vine, Vyclone & live streaming…
  • ACTION / Travel, mobility & adventure (i.e. sports, skate…)
  • CONNECTIVITY / GoPro & pocket camera videos…
  • DIGITAL ART / iPhonography & animation…
  • FICTION / Short films & micro dramas…
  • MICRO / Extreme short-movies & emerging formats…
  • NONFICTION / Documentary, moving-image & experimental…
  • PERSPECTIVE / Drone & underwater…

Selected mobile films will be featured in the MINA showreel, MINA DVD, MINA eBook and MINA’s international partner festivals.

For further assistance regarding submission enquiries, please contact Dr. Max Schleser [ max@mina.pro | +64 226 920 872 ]

Deadline for submission via www.mina.pro/submit – 17th July 2015.
All screening proposals will be double peer reviewed and notification of acceptances will be send out on 31st August 2015.

MINA 2012 showreel: http://vimeo.com/51724574
Twitter @MINAmobile
Screening programms 2011-2014: https://www.scribd.com/mschleser