Tim Cook talks about digital privacy…and the new iPhone SE

At an Apple Town Hall Meeting today (March 21, 2016), Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the arrival of the iPhone SE, similar in size to the 5 series, but far more powerful.  But upstaging the product news was Cook’s discussion of digital privacy. He expressed regret that the company finds itself at odds with the…

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Tribecca Film Festival to Feature Snapchat Comic Videos

The Tribecca Film Festival has just given short-form mobile moviemaking a big boost. As part of its 2016 event, the Festival will feature Snapchat comic videos running 200 seconds or less. Options include videos that are positive or hopeful. Top entries will be exhibited on a Snapchat Discover channel. Winning filmmakers will receive paid airfare to the 2016 Festival…

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Winners of the Mini-doc Contest

Malyvann Keo’s “The Movie Man  3” has won first place in MobileMovieMaking’s Mini-doc contest. Irish video journalist Philip Bromwell, who reviewed all the entries, commented that he appreciated the French filmmaker’s “ambition and imagination” plus the how-to tips at the end of the video. Keo’s prize is video training provided by Larry Jordan, a producer,…

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Brompton Bicycle sponsors a 15-second video contest

Movies entertain and instruct. But perhaps even more important, the medium enables us to see things that we never noticed or see things we willfully ignored. Making the invisible visible is the premise of Brompton Bicycle’s “My Unseen City” competition. The challenge is to shoot a 15-second video contest that brings into focus something special about urban existence. Prizes include a Brompton bike plus…

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Toronto Smartphone Film Festival is open for submissions

The Toronto Smartphone Film Festival (TSFF)  founded in 2012, will be accepting submissions from now until April 17, 2016. This is a juried festival, with the winners showing at the Festival and also on Korean TV.  There is no submission fee. Entries must be shot using a smartphone or other mobile device. While Samsung is…

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Mobile Motion Film Festvial doubles the number of entries

Mobile Motion Film Festival has received 478 films for this–their second annual festival. The number is twice the total  in last year’s  competition!  Such phenomenal growth is yet another proof of the rapidly growing popularity of mobile moviemaking. This year, the entries came from 68 countries. The U.S. was the top contributor with 97 submissions. India was next…

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