Toronto Smartphone Film Festival happens this weekend

This Friday and Saturday (June 3 and 4), the Toronto Smartphone Film Festival (TSFF) will exhibit entries in this year’s competition. The mission of TSFF is “to encourage aspiring filmmakers to share their stories through film, without having to equip themselves with expensive video equipment, training or field experience. In doing so, TSFF strives to maintain film…

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“Journey Birds” wins Top Prize at the 2016 MoMo Film Festival

Daphna Awadish’s “Journey Birds” has won the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s MoMo Film Festival held in Zurich, Switzerland. FacebookTwitter

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FiLMicPro Contest ends May 27

If you have a short film—shot using the FiLMicPro app—you have four days to enter FiLMicPro’s  2nd annual short film contest. Categories include fiction, documentary, music, places, and experimental.  Prizes total $25,000 are listed at http://www.filmicpro.com/contest/ There’s a special jury prize honoring the work of a female filmmaker. To enter, upload your video to YouTube.com or Vimeo.com and tweet…

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Czech Smartphone Comedy Wins Top Prize at MFF 2016

Stefan Etrych’s “Bubbles Don’t Lie” has won first place  at this year’s Mobile Film Festival. In this 5-minute comedy, mysterious numbers appear above people’s heads. When the meaning of the numbers is revealed, the secret changes how everyone views everyone else. Caution (and possible spoiler alert): While the visuals are PG, the film’s is definitely for people who are not…

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Music Video Wins Top Prize at the Original iPhone Film Festival

Eric Orange’s “Say I Won’t” took the grand prize at this year’s “Original iPhone Film Festival.” The music video features Meredith Crawford & the Backhand Band. The director went to high school with the lead singer and says that he was “always amazed by her voice.”  When she asked him to design a logo for her new…

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Enter the FiLMiC Pro Smartphone Moviemaking Contest

FiLMic Pro invites you to enter its second annual short film contest. FiLMiC will award $25,000 worth of gear for winners in five categories: fiction, documentary, music, places, experimental. This annual smartphone moviemaking contest will offer a special jury prize for a film by a female filmmaker. One Grand Prize winner will receive a prize to be…

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