iW’s Favorite Online Video of the Day: The Award-Winning Nokia Cell Phone Romance
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Last week, Edinburgh International Film Festival audiences were treated to eight short films shot on N8 cell phones supplied by Nokia. The films were vetted after the filmmakers submitted pitches to the Nokia contest.
After the Edinburgh screening, it was announced that JW Griffiths’ transatlantic two-frame romance, “Splitscreen: A Love Story,” was the contest’s winner. Griffiths received a cool $10,000 for his winning film. Check out all eight of the contest’s finalists here.
As for the winning film: If a cell phone can produce a movie like this, it’s no wonder that the much-loved Flip went out of business.
Splitscreen: A Love Story from JW Griffiths on Vimeo.
