And sometimes, you just have to give points for being different! In the case of Ithaca University and this festival they are throwing, I’d say that they are the right track!

In today’s media marketplace, it’s all about thinking small and mobile. That’s the premise of “Cellflix,” the first student film festival for movies shot using a cell phone.

The contest is sponsored by Ithaca College’s Roy H. Park School of Communications, which has invited high school and college students to submit a 30-second movie on a subject of their choice for a chance to win the grand prize of $5,000.

The “CellFlix” film festival asks contestants to utilize their creative talent with the idea that bigger isn’t necessarily better. [Read the rest]

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