San Francisco – iThentic and ITVS International have selected eight international filmmakers for their first online and mobile collaboration titled Global Mobile. The focus of this series of short films is food with the filmmakers creating works under 3 minutes to best capture the theme within their own cultural context. In Asia Pacific, Amlan Datta, based in Kolkata, India, has produced Cock-A-Doodle-Do, a story of a rooster who gives up country life for the big city with dire consequences. Gef Senz from Australia and Maung Maung Aye from Burma co-produced Hungry for Freedom, a Burmese cooking segment demonstrating how a traditional Burmese pumpkin curry is cooked while exploring the dire political situation in Burma. Other filmmakers include Heidi Fleisher (US/France) and Lionel Brouet (France) who produced Amuse-Bouche; Natalie Glanville-Wallis (UK) and Serge Ferrand (France) with The Power of Chillies; Olaf De Fleur Johanneson (Iceland) produced A King of His Own; Khalo Matabane (South Africa) made Street Kid & Food (working title); Marcela Said (Chile) produced Divine Food; and Jorien Van Nes (Netherlands) made Bio-Pig.