A Love Story Shot On The Nokia N8 Phone (VIDEO)

What do you get when you combine two people in love, Paris, New York, and a Nokia phone?

The answer is the winner of the Nokia Shorts 2011 contest, a two and a half minute long movie shot using only the Nokia N8 phone. "Splitscreen: A Love Story," directed by JW Griffiths with director of photography Christopher Moon took the first place prize for an award of $10,000.

Eight finalists were given $5,000, two Nokia N8s and a few weeks to make their films, with premieres at the Edinburgh Film Festival. "Splitscreen" is the sweet fable of a man and a woman, one in Paris, the other in New York, living their respective lives in splitscreen view, until finally, the two meet, and the screens merge.

See the video above, then see the other videos in the series here.

Comments

[Clark Arrington]

12:13 PM on 07/01/2011

Interesting, creative but a major production for a cell phone.

[pcpc]

08:02 AM on 07/01/2011

I have a sneaking suspicion that the couple is played by the same actor...

[Freedom Rush]

09:33 PM on 06/30/2011

fun concept

[baydolphins]

06:18 PM on 06/30/2011

I hope they have Academy Awards for this stuff. This is brilliant.

[johny rambo]

06:09 PM on 06/30/2011

Ahhh yes, Only white people can afford nice cell phones and fall in love. How Romanticly Empowering.

[Laura Huffstetler]

06:31 PM on 06/30/2011

Huh? Where did that come from?

[johny rambo]

01:00 AM on 07/05/2011

Just came to me as I was watching. Do you disagree?

[iRock]

12:07 AM on 07/01/2011

lol, i was thinking the same thing, particularly about the 'fall in love' part.

It all gets a little old and bland and predictable after a while.

[LightShadow62]

02:14 AM on 07/01/2011

Get over yourself.

[breakingice12]

04:23 PM on 06/30/2011

that was really neat. I actually enjoyed watching it

[Bahmeh]

04:20 PM on 06/30/2011

Haha, that was cute and brilliant. Well done.

[Emiko Ushimawa]

04:13 PM on 06/30/2011

This would have been a great Video. infact it is. But somebody already did it. LXD (League of Extrodinary Dancers) I dont remember quite what chapter it was in, but check it out, it's on Netflix :3 They're stories withen a huge story that's not complete.

[baylormaggenti]

03:55 PM on 06/30/2011

Fire Hollywood! That made me cry....

[skiweed02]

03:09 PM on 06/30/2011

loved it!

[kspeed24]

02:39 PM on 06/30/2011

BRAVO!!!!!!

[dmargareti]

01:56 PM on 06/30/2011

Very Cool Shows How We share the same Planet

[Louie Rey]

01:32 PM on 06/30/2011

Very cool. Loved it. Somebody has a future in film making. By the way, if you had to pick two cities in which to play out a love affai New York and Paris are pretty much at the top of that list. Great little video.

[metfanlisa]

01:21 PM on 06/30/2011

I was completely glued to the screen every second! Great job! Must watch again!

[laydeesimba]

01:17 PM on 06/30/2011

WOW! :)
KISS = keep it simple, stupid
How true it is.
It makes you want to watch it again and again. KUDOS to the camera guy and the editor!