[Air-L] MINA X

[Max Schleser]

   MINA X

   Submissions for the 10th International Mobile Innovation Screening &
   Festival
   are now open at [1]https://mina.pro/submit/ &
   [2]https://filmfreeway.com/mina

   The Mobile Innovation Network and Association, MINA, will present a
   public screening of smartphone, mobile and pocket films at IMSC,
   International Mobile Storytelling Congress, at the University of
   Nottingham Ningbo China (13-15 November 2021) and in Australia and New
   Zealand via Urban Screen TV.

   MINA is the longest running film festival dedicated to celebrating
   mobile and smartphone film-making in the Southern Hemisphere. MINA
   creates connections between filmmakers, communities and the creative
   industries.

   The #MINA2021 International Mobile Innovation Screening will showcase
   short films (8 min maximum duration) produced on and with smartphones,
   mobile and pocket cameras. In the last 10 years MINA featured new
   developments in storytelling, non-narrative forms and explorations,
   documentary, experimental and abstract mobile and smartphone
   filmmaking. In 2017 MINA successfully introduced drone cinematography
   and in 2018 Cinematic VR productions as part of the International
   Mobile Innovation Screening program. Mobile XR and drone projects can
   include project showcase and documentation videos (maximum duration
   4min).

   Submission categories for MINA X:

   - Mobile, Smartphone and Pocket Film: - an open call for mobile,
   smartphone and pocket film

   - New Voices: Next Generation smartphone filmmakers - a special
   category for young and emerging smartphone filmmakers (including
   students).

   - Mobile Cinematic VR & 360° Video Production: The Future is Now - a
   category for Cinematic VR and 360° Video Production.

   - Mobile AR, Mobile XR, MoJo, drone videos, Mobile Storytelling, Mobile
   Social Media, micro-movies & micro-formats - the category including but
   not limited to mobile XR, live streaming, mobile social media apps,
   drones and other pocket cameras (such as GoPro) & mobile devices.

   - #EcoSmartphoneFilms - a new category for stories about all kinds of
   environmental issues in the form of eco-centered short fiction and
   non-fiction videos, all shot on mobile.

   - Containing COVID-19 - A special themed category for personal stories
   about the COVID-19 pandemic and the global efforts to contain the virus
   as they have been widely documented by digital storytellers, mobile and
   smartphone filmmakers around the world.

   Submission Deadline: 1st December 2020
   Review & Judging panel:
   Associate Professor Dr. Gerda Cammaer, Ryerson University, Canada
   Associate Professor Dr. Daniel Cermak-Sassenrath, IT University of
   Copenhagen, Denmark
   David Cowlard, Whitecliffe College, New Zealand
   Felipe Cardona, Independent Smartphone Filmmaker, Columbia
   Dr. Kerreen Ely-Harper, Curtin University, Australia
   Vanessa Fox, Independent Mobile Artist, France
   Associate Professor Dr. Bernhard Gross, UWE Bristol, England
   Adrian Jeffs, Independent Smartphone Filmmaker, Australia
   Anandana Kapur, Director Cinemad, India
   Dr. Patrick Kelly, RMIT University, Australia
   Benoît Labourdette, filmmaker, educator & consultant, France
   Robb Montgomery, Director Smart Film School, Germany
   Michael Osheku, African International Smartphone Film Festival, Ghana
   Ulrike Rosenfeld, Cultural Officer Goethe Institute, New Zealand &
   Germany
   Dr. Miriam Ross, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
   Associate Professor Dr. Xiaoge Xu, Institute for Mobile Studies,
   University of Nottingham Ningbo, China

   Convenor:
   Dr. Max Schleser, Centre for Transformative Media Technologies,
   Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
   Contact: Max at mina.pro
   [3]www.mina.pro | @MINAmobile | Like us
   [4]https://www.facebook.com/MobileInnovationNetwork

   International Mobile Storytelling Congress and Institute for Mobile
   Studies:
   [5]https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/institu
   te-for-mobile-studies/our-services.aspx

References

   1. https://mina.pro/submit/
   2. https://filmfreeway.com/mina
   3. http://www.mina.pro/
   4. https://www.facebook.com/MobileInnovationNetwork
   5. https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/institute-for-mobile-studies/our-services.aspx