Deadline Approaching for the NYC Drone Film Festival

January 7 is the deadline for submitting a film to the New York City Drone Film Festival. If you have a drone-shot movie, here’s where you’ll find  the submission information. If you’re quick on the draw but would value some advice on shooting narrative movies with a drone, the Festival has produced a short video in which prize-winning drone moviemaking…

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Global Mobile Film Awards Winners Announced

The Global Mobile Film Awards™ has announced the winners of the 2017 competition. These are: Best Film: “Figment” Best Director: Aris Tyros for “How I Became a Movie Theatre Murderer” Best Documentary: “Space Van Man” by Kara Haarburger with Swineburne Univ. of Technology students Best Cinematographer: Blake Worrell for “Dissolution” Best Experimental Film: “No Budget”…

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Call for Submissions to the Cairo Mobile Film Festival

The Cairo Mobile Film Festival is accepting submissions through the end of December. In its second year, CMFF seeks to accomplish the following:  mission this way: “Our aim is to have a sustainable festival that would reoccur yearly, thus we will be specifically aiming for the best practices and an advanced level of organization and professionalism at…

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Steven Soderbergh’s Next Movie is an iPhone Shot Thriller

Steven Soderbergh shoots a low-budget thriller using an iPhone.

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The Ethics of Fitting Animals with Cameras

There is a huge amount of video showing falcons in flight. But recently, National Geographic collaborated with a company that trains falcons to go a step further. To reveal the bird’s point of view, a tiny camera was attached to the back of a falcon. The bird then went about its job of scaring away other birds that were damaging…

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Mobile-shot Footage Included in Refugee Documentary

Celebrated artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei shot part of “Human Flow” using smartphone and drone footage. The monumental documentary, about the current worldwide refugee crisis, was filmed in 23 countries. Here’s the trailer. David Ehrlich provides a detailed analysis of this important movie in Indirewire.  The film, which covers the plight of millions of people…

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