Nokia sponsors Slice of Life mobile video contest

Nokia announced a partnership with short film festival Tropfest@Tribeca to create Slice of Life, a mobile video contest calling for entrants to submit a moment in their day captured via wireless handset. Sponsored by the handset giant's Nseries multimedia device line, Slice of Life requires that all submissions be shot exclusively on mobile phones--each entry should document a spontaneous moment in time, and run no longer than 30 seconds. Submissions are due at the Tropfest@Tribeca website by Sept. 7 with the winner screened during the festival Sept. 23. Nokia will fly the winning filmmaker and a guest to New York City and award them the Nokia N95 multimedia computer, the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet and the Nokia BH-801 Bluetooth headset.

"Our research indicates that nearly half of all respondents used their mobile phone as their primary camera, and using your mobile for video capture is a natural extension," said Andrew Elliott, Nokia North America director of multimedia services. "Seeing that manifest itself at this event will prove how a mobile phone can empower people to not only capture, but easily share memorable moments, as they occur throughout their day to day life."

For more on the Slice of Life contest:
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