Preview the 7th Annual Mobil Film Festival

Mark your calendar. On April 28 & 29 the 7th annual International Mobil Film Festival will screen entries from around the world. The Festival’s official trailer (below) samples some of the smartphone shot movies. The Festival takes place in San Diego, California. You’ll find ticket information here. The Festival’s mission is to encourage creativity among mobile filmmakers of…

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FiLMiC “One World Film Contest” Is Now Accepting Submissions

Most mobile moviemakers have a passion for shooting movies. But if you’d like additional motivation here’s news of FiLMiC Pro’s latest contest which offers $25,000 worth of prizes including DJI Osmo Mobile 2, Shoulderpod X1 Pro Rig, HeliumCine Helium Core iPhone Video Camera Filmmaking Rig, Sennheiser ClipMic Digital, Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset, Sennheiser HandMic Digital,  AnaAdapter  Moment Photo Case, Moment Wide…

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One-minute movie “Monsters” Wins at Mobile Film Festival

Manon Gaurin’s “Monsters” has taken the top prize for a French film at the the PNB Paribas Mobile Film Festival. The French filmmaker’s one-minute movie is an illustrated poem on nocturnal terrors, inspired by Nikita Gill’s writings. Launched in 2005, the Mobile Film Festival has been detecting and promoting new talents through a competition with simple rules: 1 mobile…

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Netflix Will Offer Vertical Previews on Its Smartphone App

The arguments for shooting wide (horizontally) are many and—in the opinion of this magazine— persuasive. Nevertheless, Netflix has decided to offer vertical previews of movies and TV shows. The reason? Many Netflix customers hold their phones vertically. This has meant that previews were accompanied by black bars.  The new doctored previews will fill the phone’s screen. Of…

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“Donny The Drone” Wins Prize at the NY City Drone Fest

Mackenzie Sheppard’s “Donny The Drone” has won the top prize in the narrative category at the 2018 New York City Drone Film Festival. With allusions to Ted Talks and (spoiler alert) totalitarianism, the 11-minute movie tells the story of Donny, a talking drone who has an epiphany that changes his life and perhaps that of…

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MojoFest Plans to Celebrate and Promote Mobile Journalism Worldwide

Mobile journalist Glen Mulcahy announces the launching of MojoFest. To be held in Galway, Ireland, May 29-31, the festival bills itself as “The International Content Creation Gathering.” The focus will be mobile journalism, photography, filmmaking, marketing, branded content, AR (augmented reality), and VR (virtual reality). Mulcahy, an Irish mobile journalist who earlier created MojoCon, was…

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