The Beijing Film Academy- Asia’s largest film education institution - has unveiled a project to shoot 10 mobile movies for mobile phone users. Together with the New Cinema Magazine they will select 10 short film scripts, 3-5 minutes long. The scripts will then be made into films by Chinese veteran directors.
The films will be shot with digital, high-definition video cameras and Nokia will provide technical support to uploading the films. Besides being screened on mobile phones, the films will also be converted into traditional 35 mm and digital format for web based digital screenings and digital movie theatres. Film director Li Shaohong said:"With technical advancements improving fast for web and mobile media, online viewing and mobile phone screening will boost the box office incomes of Chinese films. ”