Festival

Big Prizes at the 2021 Moment Invitational Film Festival

Ford and other sponsors have created a prize pool of $150,000 in cash and gear for this year’s MIFF. If you’ve got a film ready to go, submission deadline is June 4. You’ll find all the information you need on their website. Good luck.       FacebookTwitter

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Smart Film Festival Call for Entries

Festivals devoted to mobile moviemaking reinforce the obvious truth that we’re in a new age of filmmaking. The latest example is Smart: The London International Smartphone Film Festival. The founder is UK filmmaker Victoria Mapplebeck. Submissions are being accepted through May 31, 2021. Genres are: 1 minute (any genre), drama under 10 minutes, drama over…

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Cinephone International Smartphone Short Film Festival

Cinephone is one of the world’s major festivals devoted to mobile moviemaking. Based in Spain, they are now welcoming submissions for the 2020 Festival, their 9th edition. A smartphone must be used to shoot at least 90% of the footage. Drones and action cameras may be used for up to 10%. Although “short” appears in…

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51 Human Rights Movies in 51 Minutes

The 14th edition of the Mobile Film Festival celebrates Human Rights in partnership with YouTube Creators for Change, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for human rights and the European Union as part of the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of  the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Following an international call for films—to make a one-minute…

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Long-form Mobile Movie Competition

The International Mobile Film Festival is sponsoring a long-form mobile movie competition.  Films must be shot using a smartphone. The run-time is 40 to 90 minutes. Deadline is October 19, 2018. You’ll find the online entry form at FilmFreeway. FacebookTwitter

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SF3 2018 Gala Happens October 1 at the Sydney Opera House

The SF3 2018 Gala will take place on October 1 at the  Sydney Opera House. The festival promo—below—gives a feel for the 13 films in the finals.  Genres include documentary, horror, and comedy. SF3 (aka SmartFone Flick Fest) is Australia’s premier mobile festival. Launched in 2016, SmartFone Flick Fest is a world-wide festival open to anyone with a smartphone…

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