“Unsung Hero” is the ironic title of a short film celebrating a hero. In just 60 seconds, Indian director Vinamra Pancharia dramatizes the collaboration of an imaginative boy and a found toy. This simple but joyful movie won the International Grand Prize at the 13th edition of the Mobile Film Festival. The editors of MobileMovieMaking…
read more →Filippo Ronca has won the screenwriting prize for “Ninna nanna” (“Lullaby”) at this year’s Mobile Film Festival. The theme of this year’s Festival was Making Peace with Nature. Ronca’s one-minute movie takes the form of a lullaby filled with gentle, wise advice about the environment. Cinematically, the film is a combination of smartphone video and…
read more →Apocalyptic movies—such as “Blade Runner,” “Mad Max,” and “I am Legend”—typically take a couple of hours to deliver the bad news of our future. If you’re in a hurry, you might prefer the pacing of “Flora,” directed by Baptiste Jung & Oscar Gentin, who—in just 60 seconds—transport us to their dark vision of a coming…
read more →It’s a cliche that modern people love their cars. The song writing team of Franke & Billiam James take that romance to its logical (or illogical) conclusion: our dark relationship with petroleum. Their witty music video “Gasoline Breakup” is a finalist in the 15th annual Mobile Film Festival, whose theme is “Act Now on Climate Change.”…
read more →In “Climate Overpop Change” Italian director Francesca Perpetuini uses a tsunami of digital photos to symbolize the threat of overpopulation. A flashing digital alert—”iPhone Storage Full”—and a cacophony of voices serve as a call to action on climate change. The one-minute video is a finalist in the 2019 Mobile Film Festival “Act Now on Climate…
read more →Lajos Egri’s classic “The Art of Dramatic Writing” is a must-read for playwrights and screenwriters. The book’s first tip is to start with a serious premise—the big idea that you want to get across. The value of Egri’s advice is illustrated in “The Interview” (in French “L’Entretien”), a one-minute comedy directed by French filmmakers Benjamin LaPierre…
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