Robert Redford wants you to use your cell phone to watch short films - more than that, he thinks you will. In Spain on Wednesday, with actress and now director Isabella Rossellini, Redford discussed how phones can help to make short films popular and viable source of income. The audience at the Mobile World Congress listened to Redford, Rossellini and a panel of others talk about the short film industry , noting that now was an exciting time, but that there were still challenges ahead, namely getting folks to invest:
“The question is, who’s going to be brave enough to support the innovators?” Redford said. He pointed out that funding also has to include a fair share for writers, whom he praised for their long holdout in the strike. “Most of the time over the years, they’ve gotten the short end of the stick. By going on this long, you have to have a lot of courage or be crazy.” [The Hollywood Reporter]
As someone who makes short films now and then, the idea of a new venue that could be a viable moneymaker for shorts sounds like a great idea! As for now, Redford’s Sundance Institute funded Rossellini’s new short film Green Porno and hopes that others follow suit in developing content that could be screened on mobile phones. The short was created specifically for mobile phones and looks at the bizarre sex lives of insects and other creatures.
Filmmakers should 
to learn more about Green Porno and the exciting world that could await folks interested in making shorts. And everyone should also and definitely take a look at Sundance’s ECO-MMUNITY a community for folks who love being green!
Seeing The Unforeseen at last years 