# Scottish phone film funding from NESTA

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/09/19/scottish-phone-film-funding-nesta/
- Published: 2005-09-19T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Profunding are once again sharing a news item from the latest issue of their SMALLfri
bulletin, due out later today. The National Endowment for Science, Technology and
the Arts (NESTA) is offering funding for creating films for mobile phones.
They 
talk to you, they go off at the most annoying moments, they take pictures, there
are even mobile phones that can deter mosquitoes (I kid you not). Well, through 
partnership funding between Scottish Screen, Scottish Enterprise and NESTA, the 
damn things will soon be playing full length movies. Just picture it, Night of the
Evil Dead Zombie Flesh Eaters 7 being played next to you on the 07.30 commuter special.
Oh joy!

The funding programme, entitled Pocket Shorts, is designed to encourage filmmakers
to explore this new medium. Eight projects will be commissioned with a maximum budget
of £3000 each. It is expected that half of the films commissioned will be live action
and half animated.

To register for more information as it happens go Pocketshorts.

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