In its 13th edition MINA, the Mobile Innovation Network and Association, will present a public screening of smartphone, mobile and pocket films in November 2024.
MINA is the longest-running film festival dedicated to celebrating mobile and smartphone filmmaking in the Southern Hemisphere. MINA creates connections between filmmakers, communities and the creative industries.
The #MINA2024 International Mobile Innovation Screening will showcase short films (8 min maximum duration) produced on and with smartphones, mobile and pocket cameras.
In the last 13 years, MINA featured new developments in narrative and non-narrative explorations, in documentary, experimental and abstract filmmaking. In 2017 MINA successfully introduced drone, in 2018 Cinematic VR productions and in 2024 Mobile AI as part of the screening program. Mobile AR, mobile VR and drone project videos can include project showcases and documentation (maximum duration 4min).
In 2024 MINA will present
– an open call for mobile, smartphone and pocket films
– New Voices: Next Generation smartphone filmmakers – a category for young and emerging filmmakers (including students).
– Mobile Cinematic VR & 360° Video Production: The Future is Now – a category for Cinematic VR and 360° Video Production.
– Innovation category: Mobile AI, Mobile AR, Mobile XR, MoJo, drone videos, AR, Mobile Storytelling, micro-movies & micro-formats – a category for live streaming, mobile social media apps, drones and other pocket cameras (such as GoPro) & mobile devices.
– #EcoSmartphoneFilms – a new category for stories and creative solutions for all kinds of environmental issues in the form of eco-centered short documentaries, narrative movies, experimental or animation short films, all shot on mobile.
MINA Screening Partners:
Adobe
FilmConvert
Dream Grip
Luma Touch
Institute for Mobile Studies
MoonDog Labs
Shoulderpod
Struman Optics
Urban Screen TV
13th International Mobile Innovation Screening
Smartphones provide opportunities to see the world in a new perspective and change the viewpoints of representation. Collaborative and co-creative film-making practices empower communities around the world to express themselves. With the constant innovation of camera technology and image/video processing applications, mobile and smartphones aesthetics are shaping new experiences and enable storytellers to cover new ground.
Organizers:
Gerda Cammaer, #EcoSmartphoneFilms curator
Adrian Jeffs, Co-Curator & Creative Producer
Xiaoge Xu, Director Institute for Mobile Studies
Max Schleser, Screening Director & Founder of MINA