The transgender phenomenon is much in the news. Politicians and pundits discuss and argue about it. Often this leads to anger and confusion. In “Being Trans,” mobile moviemaker Chris English recognizes the profoundly personal reality of this journey. For this reason, he allows his subject to do all the talking. The result is a story…
read more →The phrase climate change is never spoken in “Forever Home.” Yet climate reality is present throughout Artsy Solomon’s documentary about a small band of African migrants. Their local struggle to find water shines a light on what is a growing global problem. The eight-minute movie—shot on a Samsung Galaxy 30—won the Emerging Talent and Cinematography…
read more →Most documentaries feature a third-person (omniscient) narrator along with comments from the onscreen subjects. A less common but effective alternative is to have the featured talent provide the narration. That’s what we get in “Pack Animal,” produced by the Moment team and shot on a Samsung Galaxy S8+. A lively and instructive making-of video follows…
read more →SJ Van Breda is celebrated for her beautifully filmed short documentaries about South African artists. Now, with “Something Is Coming,” she puts the spotlight on the Nharo Bushmen of southern Africa, who struggle to maintain their core values in a changing world. SJ van Breda SJ van Breda first trained as a mechanical engineer. After…
read more →When it comes to mobile moviemaking, Simon Horrocks covers the field. In the fiction realm, he originated “Silent Eye” a sci-fi series available on Amazon. His nonfiction work includes “How an iPhone Film Shocked the Movie World.” He’s the co-founder with Andrea Holle of Mobile Motion Film Festival. On YouTube, he offers a wide variety of…
read more →Telling stories on tapestries is a very old idea. Egyptian examples date back more than 3000 years. By comparison, the eleventh century “Bayeux Tapestry: is practically modern art. Over the centuries, the tapestry medium has dealt with a wide variety of topics including religion (“The Apocalypse Tapestry”), sports (“The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries”), fantasy (“The Unicorn…
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