Stars of the silver screen

GLOBAL – Although the invitation to the Academy Awards is probably stuck in the post, Nokia has a long history with the movies. From The Saint to The Matrix Nokia devices have cropped up in all sorts of places on screen. Some worked well, whilst some worked not so well. Not ones to focus on the negative, we hooked up with the people responsible to find out which ones came out on top. Giles Pocock, Entertainment Partnerships and Product Integration works closely with Ruben Igielko-Herrlich from Propaganda Gem to make the appearances happen so we asked them to pick their top five. In no particular order, here they are. Enjoy…

GLOBAL – Nokia’s involvement with movies isn’t just about promotional hook ups. Seeing the phone as the fourth screen (after Cinema, TV and PC) makes working with movies not just relevant, but essential.

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To the Bat Cave! There’s not a moment to lose!

USA – Next month sees The Dark Knight, the latest in the Batman revival series and surely one of this year’s blockbusters, hit the screens across the world. To celebrate, Nokia has hooked up Warner Bros to offer the 6205 exclusively on Verizon wirless. The phone comes with a bunch of Batman extras including wallpapers, voice tones, animated screen-savers and a full trailer of The Dark Knight itself.

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Pangea Day – This Saturday [UPDATE]

INTERNATIONAL – This coming Saturday (May 10) will see the first ever Pangea Day. Thousands of people around the world will unite and get involved in a global festival of film. Over four hours, 24 Pangea Day short films will be broadcast around the world.

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2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking Awards

ESPOO, Finland – Nokia has launched the 2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking
Awards as part of Pangea Day. The competition, open to entrants from all over the world now, will select five finalist’s videos for inclusion in the global Pangea Day broadcast. Pangea Day was created by award-winning documentary filmmaker Jehane
Noujaim after winning the prestigious 2006 TED prize. Along with Nokia and TED, Noujaim wanted to connect people through film and encourage people to “view the world through someone else’s eyes”.