Check out the best short films from "The World's Smallest Film Festival" produced by BigDigit, Inc. You can choose from comedies, animations, dramas, experimental, music videos etc. They are all pretty entertaining...

However, you will need the latest version of QuickTime (QuickTime 6) to view many of them.

Click here to get QuickTime 6 if you don't already have it...

According to the promoters, this is the first competitive showcase of digital video content for the new generation of mobile phones, PDAs, and other mobile devices. They bring together top film innovators with leaders in wireless, mobile technology, multimedia software developers, content providers, and end users to develop the full potential of creative multimedia content for the mobile world.

These films fit not only the small screen size, but the on-the-go nature of wireless mobile use. Entries run up to 7 minutes. All are sized and purposed to look great in small handheld formats. Rate the films, meet the filmmakers, and see the results of your vote when we announce the winners. Go to the Screening Room. You will find films (mostly QuickTime format) that can be downloaded and watched over and over.

The top 10-25 "best of show" films from this site were exhibited March 17-19 at CTIA Wireless 2003 in New Orleans for more than 40,000 high-level tech industry representatives and 800 members of the press. Awards for this round of entries will be presented at CTIA March 18 at the premier of the invitational full-day WSFF Technical Symposium.

More about Big Digit

BigDigit is producing The First Annual BigDigit ‘World’s Smallest Film Festival’, to showcase the most interesting and exciting digital media produced for small-format mobile phones and communications-enabled mobile devices. A conference and an awards presentation will be hosted by the CTIA in New Orleans, LA, during its annual show and exhibition March 17-19, 2003, which is expected to attract more than 40,000 attendees and over 800 members of the press and media. 


The BigDigit First Annual ‘World’s Smallest Film Festival’ awards presentation will recognize the best and the most innovative creations across several different categories including: 

Drama 
Comedy 
Episodic 
Music 
Instructional 
Animation 
Commercial 
Sports 

In addition to the recognition given to filmmakers, BigDigit and CTIA are hosting several hours of discussion, presentations, product demonstrations and roundtables with experts on a variety of topics related to the uses, production of, and market for full-motion video ('film') on mobile phones. If you are interested in the mobile multimedia business, this event is not to be missed.

What are mobile films?

Mobile films are digital films that are displayed on mobile devices.

I've got films, but nothing made for the mobile phone. Can I participate?

Yes! You can repurpose your existing digital film so long as it is in one of the supported formats for the Film Fest (Quicktime, AVI, Real Media, MPEG-2 through MPEG-4, and is not longer than 7 minutes. The digital content can be converted on your end or on ours.

The highlight of The First Annual BigDigit ‘World’s Smallest Film Festival' will be an awards presentation that recognizes the best and the most innovative creations across several different categories. These categories include: Drama, Comedy, Music, Instructional, Animation, and Corporate. The First Annual BigDigit ‘World’s Smallest Film Festival’ will accept and display both Features (1-5 minutes) and ‘Ultrashorts’ (up to 1 minute), which are an entirely new genre of films especially suited to the mobile phone user’s lifestyle.

A panel of judges will rate submissions on a variety of levels, including creativity, entertainment value, ‘real world’ utility and optimum use of currently-available technology. Attendees will also have an opportunity to screen and vote on entries as part of the First Annual BigDigit-CTIA ‘best of show’ awards category, through a special portal and software developed and enhanced just for The First Annual BigDigit ‘World’s Smallest Film Festival’.

Post Awards Mini-Conference

Just prior to the awards ceremony, BigDigit will lead a series of discussions and presentations focused on new trends and developments in new media presentations and mobile multimedia systems. Taking part in the discussions will be representatives from some of the top hardware, software and content companies in the industry. Many of these companies will be showing the latest in mobile technology and will be prepared to demonstrate how these new systems and services will usher in a brave new world of mobile entertainment and portable multimedia.

Why the time is right for Mobile Multimedia

In the past century, a number of major technology innovations have impacted the film and broadcast industries and created important and exciting changes in the way people produce and view different media. These developments include the addition of sound to previously silent films, the introduction of color film and broadcast technology, wide-screen cinema capabilities, and more recently digital and high-definition techniques.

Today, we are at the brink of yet another technology milestone, brought about by the evolution of computer and imaging technology, and the development of a whole new generation of wireless communications and entertainment devices. Suddenly, each person has the capability to capture and view multimedia images and sounds on an emerging class of cell phones that rely on high-speed wireless networks and small and colorful displays to present these small productions anyplace and anytime. In fact, these devices and an emerging class of applications and wireless-enabled content are giving a whole new meaning to the term ‘personal entertainment’.

Buoyed by an enthusiasm for compelling content and slick new wireless devices, mobile phone sales worldwide are climbing at a steady rate. Sales increased by about 7.8 percent during the third quarter this year (2002), reaching a total of more than 104 million units, as compared with the same period last year, according to market researcher the Gartner Group. Strong are expected to continue throughout the fourth quarter and into the first quarter of 2003, as handset makers in the U.S. unveil an exciting new generation of multimedia and Web-enabled devices featuring improved color screens and a built-in ability to handle high-level graphics.

The wireless carriers and service providers have sensed the strong kinetic energy building in this industry, and are presently working with a variety of content developers to create new and compelling content for viewing on these devices. Leaders in the film and entertainment industries are also working to develop programming for this new and cutting edge format of mobile multi-sensory entertainment and education.

The First Annual BigDigit ‘World’s Smallest Film Festival’ promises to be one of the key events at CTIA WIRELESS 2003, and another important milestone that will raise the curtain on the emerging world of mobile entertainment and visual nomadic creativity.