Since 2005, the Mobile Film Festival has been celebrating new film talents via its international competition. The rules are simple: make a one-minute, mobile-shot film on a topic specified by MFF. This year the entries had to dramatize women’s empowerment. Sixty films from 25 countries were selected for the competition, which is sponsored by BNP Paribas,…
read more →Savvy filmmakers often borrow literary devices to tell their stories. For example, a few weeks ago we showcased “Oreb,” which used personification to picture Rome in the time of Covid. With “Ghosts,” Diego Escobar and Natalia Varela employ a child’s point of view to capture the pandemic in El Salvador. An interview with the imaginative and resource…
read more →COVID-19 has inspired movies in a variety of genres including documentary, horror, comedy, and drama. Sigfrido Giammona’s “OREB” is one that should stand the test of time. Each of the four crew members worked in separate places, requiring exquisite coordination. An interview with the director follows the movie. Interview with Sigfrido Giammona MobileMovieMaking: How did…
read more →The essence of the Hero’s journey is the valuable gift that the protagonist brings back for the rest of us. While the hero often has astonishing experiences—think of Odysseus meeting the Sirens and the Cyclops—such events aren’t required as we see in Yasuyuki Kubota’s “Old Man and Tokyo.” The old man in this movie wins…
read more →London-based mobile moviemaker Rob Leach says that one of his big goals is “to make quirky films that people can relate to.” A perfect example is his latest short “Caterpillar,” which (spoiler alert) asks the question: “Is there a way out of having a 9-to-5 job?” In an interview (below), Leach takes us behind the…
read more →Soliloquy has long been used in dramas. Some of the greatest scenes in Shakespeare are built around this narrative element, for example, Macbeth observing that life is “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” But although it’s ancient, by no means is soliloquy obsolete. As we see in the…
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