Vodafone in New Zealand is enabling its 3G subscribers to watch films from 48 Hours, the country’s largest film competition where hundreds of teams race to create videos no longer than seven minutes in two days (see below).
To make it even more challenging, each team has to create their film based on randomly drawing — right before the competition starts — one of more than 20 categories. Categories range from “The Blaxploitation Movie” to “The Cute Animal Film” to “The Pretentious Art Film” to “The Splatter Movie.”
Also, there are “wildcard” selections picked by one of the judges — the great director Peter Jackson of “Lord of the Rings” and “King Kong” fame.
Vodafone’s participation
Vodafone, a major sponsor of 48 Hours, offers free streaming via its Vodafone live! portal of all the 2005 and 2006 finalists. The cellular operator also is offering exclusive content, such as contest participants who didn’t make the 48–hour deadline but produced such good films that the organizers felt they might have been able to win, according to Vodafone’s press release.
The 2005 films have been available to watch since May and more than 7,300 people have viewed them on their handsets, Vodafone says.
I was hoping I would be able to watch something from here in the United States and, much to my pleasure, the 2005 films are available for free online (see below).
Those free films are great, especially in the animated section.
Posted by: Mobiles NZ | December 27, 2008 at 12:43 AM