New Film Fest Celebrates the Art of Disposable Camera Movies

The Disposable Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the movie world's first-ever festival devoted entirely to footage shot with disposable cameras (editing on a home PC is allowed). It was only a matter of time before somebody realized that the crap people shoot with these things -- one step above cell phone movies -- isn't crap at all. Disposal movie-making is its own art form. Disposable Film Fest organizers Eric Slatkin, Carlton Evans, and Thomas Eugene try to highlight what disposo-vids do best in their "rules and regulations" for the Fest:

1. Footage is limited to a single disposable video camera.
2. Participants are required to submit the original footage DVD so that organizers may verify adherence to this rule.
3. There are no restrictions on lighting. Participants are encouraged to experiment with how the camera registers light.
4. Theare no restrictions on audio. In post-production participants areencouraged to process, loop, or otherwise manipulate sound, includingadding original music.
5. Editing may be done using any software readily available for personal computers.
6. Finished films may be no longer than 5 minutes.
7. While co-operation is encouraged, raw footage from more than one camera cannot be used for a single short film.
8. No restricted or copyrighted material may be used in submitted film.

You can also submit in a genre, including experimental, comedy, documentary, music video, and narrative. Want to make a masterpiece in 5 minutes that captures the disposable nature of culture using the medium of disposable camera? Want to film your friends watching Firefly and bill it as a "documentary about geek popular culture"? Now you can do it. Get your throwaway digital cameras going, and enter the fest!

Disposable Film Fest [official site]