“Je suis Liberté” (“I am Freedom”) has taken the grand prize in the first annual Mobile Film Festival: Africa. Directed by Senegalese filmmaker Marcel Moussa Diouf, the one-minute drama pictures a dying woman who personifies freedom. The woman is surrounded by teenagers who are so engrossed in their smartphones that they don’t notice what’s happening…
read more →In 1932, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Freud. The great physicist speculated on what it might take to make war obsolete. Unsure of the validity of his ideas, Einstein asked the celebrated psychoanalyst to give his vision of what might end international conflict. Two months later, Freud sent a reply to Einstein. Freud agreed…
read more →Yung Nguyen’s “Mustard” has won the top prize in the Shakespeare on Smartphone competition sponsored by Intermission Youth Theatre. Each entry was inspired by a line from a Shakespearean play. Nguyen’s film deals with the importance of perseverance in a period of desperation. The five-minute movie cleverly suggests the passing of time with shots of…
read more →The protagonist of “Invasion” recounts a visit by a mysterious entity. The film, which is visually stunning, won the Best Fiction Film Award at the Dublin Smartphone Film Festival and the Cinematography Award at Smartfone Flick Fest 2020. In the interview following the movie, Australian Peter Majarich shares the unusual journey on the way to…
read more →“Nian” is the latest in the series of short movies produced by Apple to show off its iPhones. This time the device—an iPhone 12 Pro Max—is in the hands of Lulu Wang, best known for two highly acclaimed indie features: “Posthumous” and “The Farewell.” The Chinese-American director certainly showcases the qualities of the iPhone, with amazing…
read more →Women’s empowerment was the topic of this year’s Mobile Film Festival. The subject is serious—often deadly serious. And that makes the approach of Iranian filmmaker Sanaz Ghotb surprising and memorable. Ghotb, who directed and starred in the movie, takes us behind the scenes in an interview (below). Interview with Sanaz Ghotb MobileMovieMaking: How did you develop…
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