#Nucleus - Short Film Competition for Smartphone Film
60 Submissions – 8 winning films from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam – 3 days – 2 collaborative films.
Presented by the Goethe-Institut and MINA (Mobile Innovative Network & Association).

Winners
Nearly sixty high-quality films were submitted. The eventual winners came from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. Their films were all premiered at the iconic Embassy Theatre.
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Collaborative films
The nine winners from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam were invited to a workshop in Wellington where they spent three days collaborating on a smartphone short film on ecotourism.
In addition they worked on a nature conservation project with “Ngā Uruora” to offset some of the carbon emissions of their flights. This led to the creation of a further short film.

Mobile Filmmaking + MINA
Sean Baker’s Tangerine could be referred to as the first smartphone film that toured all major international film festivals, including a premiere at Sundance Film Festival (2015) and then was showcased at San Francisco, Seattle and Sydney film festivals among others.
Find out more about Mobile Filmmaking and MINA.

Podcast
“SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking is a fabulous resource for all mobile filmmakers. Susy Botello interviews Max Schleser about mobile films and the new mobile film competition #Nucleus in Southeast-Asia, Australia and New Zealand. They also talk about the mobile film festival #MINA2020, which will celebrate its ninth edition 2020 in China.“
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