Smartphone filmmaking is hitting the big time, and it deserves too. Hollywood is starting to realise what all of us here have known all along! Steven Soderbergh is one of the first but he won't be the last! Thanks to our 2015 Best Screenplay Winner Jim Minns for sending us this great read. Read the Indie Wire article HERE. 

The inaugural Global Mobile Film Awards™ Show has launched and we invite you to watch all the films now right HERE.   Films from nominees will be available for everyone to watch for 3 days only. After this the films will not be available and Awardees will be announced on December 10, 2017. All nominees won awards in member film festivals and shot their films with smartphones.

Sydney filmmakers, teenagers and wannabe directors. We are teaching a smartphone filmmaking 101 masterclass with the Woollahra Council on Monday September 25th and tickets are only $15! Learn everything you need to know to make your own films for only the cost of a sandwich! Reserve your spot now: http://www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/events/events_list/smartphone_short_film_making_workshop

And the winners of SF3 2017 are.... BEST FILM - 'Rearview' by Sydney Filmmaker Ren Thackham PEOPLE’S CHOICE - 'Asphyxia' by LA filmmaker Raphael Keric BEST DIRECTOR - Ren Thackham for 'Rearview' BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - 'Rearview' by Ren Thackham  BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY RUNNER UP - 'Dissolution' by Blake Worrell BEST

People's Choice Voting is LIVE! "LIKE" your favourite film and the one with the most likes by the end of our Award Ceremony on Thursday night will win our SF3 2017 People's Choice Award and will take home awesome prizes from our sponsors including olloclip, PICA Australia, RØDE Microphones, StoryBoard Quick, InkTip, Ribbet, PR for Writ

We couldn't be more excited to introduce you to SF3's new Ambassador, Nicole da Silva!!  Nicole is best known for her work on Fremantle Media's Wentworth as the tough talking 'Franky Doyle'. Also in Australian television, she is well renowned as the romantic lead in Doctor Doctor, a lead role in four seasons of the police drama Rush, a

Drum roll please..... Here they are...the SF3 2017 Top Ten! (in no particular order) 1. 'Rearview' by Ren Thackham - Sydney 2. 'Dissolution' by Blake Worrell - New York 3. 'In My Mind' by Melissa Brattoni - Sydney 4. 'Korean Dog Meat expose' by James Hyams - Brisbane 5. 'Space Van Man' by Swinburne Uni students - Melbourne 6. 'Drop&#

We are so proud to announce our partnership with the formidable AACTA, which is such a strong force and shining light in the Aussie and international film industry. We can't wait to see where this will lead, and all our Top Ten Films will be winning a 1 year membership as a part of their prize packs.  The primary role of AFI | AACTA is to recognise, encourage, promote and celebrat

Today's the day! Get your entries in by midnight tonight!

"Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it". – Banksy And that's why we started SF3, with the ethos of affordable and accessible filmmaking for all. Everyone is a filmmaker nowadays and everyone has a story to tell. You have just 1 day left to enter SF3 2017, so lo

What can this be true?... 2 days to go? Yes it can, so get entering now and don't miss out on being a part of SF3 2017!   Check out our prizes and also win the chance to have your pocket film screened on the massive screen at the beautiful Palace Chauvel Cinema in Sydney on Thursday August 24, at our Gala Finals. Tickets are on sale now!

This is your last weekend to enter SF3 2017. So we hope you're finishing up your editing and getting your entries together because we can't wait to see them! Enter by midnight Tuesday August 1st.

Have you entered your smartphone, tablet or 360 film into SF3 yet? Well, you better hurry, just 4 days till entries close for 2017. Enter today to win incredible prize packs from our sponsors, mentorships, industry memberships and entry into the inaugural Globalmobilefilmawards, the Oscars of smartphone filmmaking!

Give us your films!!!

6 days to go, 6 days to go and we want your films. Enter today.

1 WEEK till SF3 2017 closes for entries. So enter today and check out our amazing prizes on our prize page!   You still have time to make your film!  

2 WEEKS TO GO until SF3 entries close for 2017!  With soo many amazing prizes up for grabs, and still plenty of time to either enter an existing film or shoot a new one (yes one of last year's winner's made theirs in the last week), then you better get cracking. Films must be shot on smartphones, tablets or 360 cameras and be a max of 6.5 mins. Enter at here on the submit tab.&

3 Weeks to get your smartphone, tablet, 360 or VR short film into the SmartFone Flick Fest for 2017. Soo many prizes to be won, an all star judging panel and the chance to have your film screened at the iconic Chauvel Cinematheque in Sydney. Enter by August 1st at www.sf3.com.au and just see what our Best Film wins below. Soo many other categories too! SF3 2017 BEST FILM Prize Pac

4 weeks left to enter SF3 2017! Get your smartphones out and start filming, it's that easy. All films must be 6.5 mins or less, shot on a smartphone or tablet and you can enter at here by August 1st to win amazing prizes such as mentorships with some of the industries best, a whole swag of filmmaking gear, memberships, PR in LA, classes and soo much more. Love this shot from o

5 weeks left to enter SF3 - the SmartFone Flick Fest. Entering is simple:  1. Make sure your film is shot completely on a smartphone or tablet 2. It must be a max of 6.5 mins 3. Enter it at www.sf3.com.au or on Film Freeway by August 1st Over $10,000 in prizes and mentorships to win and your chance to have your little film screened on the BIG screen at the Cha

6 weeks to go! We have hit our halfway mark,so if you're planning on entering SF3 2017 then you still have plenty of time, but remember, get your entries in by August 1st.   All films must be completely shot on a smartphone or tablet and be 6.5 minutes or less, the rest is up to you!   Thanks to Melissa Brattoni for this wonderful image of "No Budget", ou

How amazing is this? Anthony Mora Communications, INC. / PR For Filmmakers in Los Angeles is our newest sponsor and is giving away 1 month of PR to our winning film and filmmaker for 2017. That means, wherever you are in the world, you and your film will get exposure and world-class promotion in the centre of the film world, Hollywood! We can't wait to see where this partnership will lead f

 Exciting news!  We have again partnered with Jason van Genderen and his Pocket Film Academy as our Major Sponsor for SF3 2017 and as a gift to you, Jason will be answering your smartphone filmmaking questions.  So either comment on our Facebook page or email us at sf3@sf3.com.au and ask anything to help you win SF3 Best

We are open for entries and we want your films! Enter SF3 2017 before August 1st to win amazing prizes and for the chance to have your smartphone film screened on the BIG screen at the iconic Chauvel Cinema in Sydney's Paddington. 

Thanks to the folks at Raindance Film Festival in London for the the shout out in this article about smartphone film festivals. It includes SF3 as one of four great festivals around the world, alongside the Toronto Smartphone Film Festival (TSFF) in Canada, Mobile Motion Film Festival (MOMO) in Zurich, Switzerland and the Mobile Film Festival (MFF) in France.  Click on the link bel

Smartphone Movies: A Global Rising in Filmmaking It’s the biggest award in the world for movies shot with the world's smallest and most innovative movie cameras…smartphones and SF3 is a founding member! S. Botello Productions™ has created a new platform for mobile filmmakers around the world. The founder of the International Mobile Film Festival in San Diego, Susa

Some of you have been asking, and we LOVE that you are, what our dates are for SF3 2017. Well, they are not locked in just yet but we will be keeping a very similar time frame to our past two festivals;  May 1st 2017 - Open for Entries August 1st 2017 - Entries Close August 25th 2017 - SF3 2017 Gala Finals These are subject to change but you can start planning and filmming

We've just added more photos from our SF3 2016 Gala Finals to our Facebook profile. Like us and follow to keep up to date with all our SF3 happenings and news so you don't miss out on any of our exciting announcements and fun! Here we are: https://www.facebook.com/sf3.au/

After a successful SF3 2016 Gala Awards Final at Sydney's Chauvel Cinema on August 26, the SmartFone Flick Fest is taking their smartphone films on the road. First stop is Sydney's Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre on October 8, 2016, where there will be a curated selection of films for two screenings. Providing something for all ages, there will be a matinee screening showcasing a

And the winners are... What an amazing night last night's Gala Awards Final was! The films were very much enjoyed by a packed house Chauvel Cinema, Paddington. But what everyone really wants to know is...who won the awards?? Best Film and Best Cinematography awards went to Christopher Stollery for No Budget (shot on an iPhone 4s).  Bubbles Don’t Lie by Stepan

Voting for the SF3 2016 People's Choice Award is now open. Head to our SF3 facebook page to voye for your favourite film. Who will win? It's up to you!

If you haven't already bought your Gala Tickets then do it NOW! This is going to be phenomenal! We have 14 of the most incredible, moving and amazing smartphone films from across Australia and the world. You will be inspired to make your own, change the world and follow your dreams! Get your tix now on this link: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2016-smartfone-flick-fest-australias-smar

Firstly, a huge congratulations to all of our amazing smartphone filmmakers who submitted an entry into this year's SmartFone Flick Fest.   The calibre of the entries has been extremely high which has made choosing the finalists for this year's Gala Awards an extremely difficult task. So much so we have even created a brand new category! First things first, w

SF3 Co-Founder Angela Blake is now an award winning smartphone filmmaker herself, recently taking out the Mobilemoviemaking Magazine "I Love It" annual film competition with her smartphone film, Mother. In following the theme, Angela thought about what she loved most in life and realised nothing even comes close to how much she loves being a mother. She shot it on an iPhone 6 and

Check out the amazing prizes for all SF3 2016 Winners. Thanks to the amazing generosity of our SF3 partners and sponosrs, SF3 winners are in for a swag of incredible prizes. Here they are; Prizes for SF3 2016 The winner of the SF3 Best Film Award for 2016 will receive $1000 cash, plus a prize pack from our sponsors. Olloclip Best Film  Award – $1000 cash, R

Calling all SF3 filmmakers and smartphone film lovers everywhere...just 2 more days to go! Things are getting exciting! 

What more can we say...get your entries in today! And check out our amazing prizes on offer, you want to win these, trust us! http://www.sf3.com.au/Submitinner/5

Our awesome SF3 2016 partner, Olloclip, has just sent us these two amazing videos to check out. They seriously make the best smartphone filmmaking lenses on the market, hands down! We love them and can't rave about them enough. But you don't have to take our word for it. Watch these two videos and be inspired to go out and buy your own. You can check them out world-wide here: https

1 week left to enter your film into SF3 2016! The year is whizzing by, which means so has our submissions season. You have just one week left to enter your film. Yes, you can still shoot it, but be quick, no time to delay, so get shooting, editing and entering. Make sure you enter by midnight August 1st.

Check out the amazing prizes for all SF3 2016 Winners. Thanks to the amazing generosity of our SF3 partners and sponosrs, SF3 winners are in for a swag of incredible prizes. Here they are; Prizes for SF3 2016 The winner of the SF3 Best Film Award for 2016 will receive $1000 cash, plus a prize pack from our sponsors. Olloclip Best Film  Award – $1000 cash, R

Just 2 week left to enter SF3. You still have time to make your film and enter by August 1st for your chance to win over $9000 in prizes, cash and mentorships. 

Come to the Bankstown Arts Centre on July 23 to learn all the tips and tricks of making a film on your phone, from what to shoot and how to film your idea, to which accessories to use and how to edit your films. Join SF3 - the SmartFone Flick Fest Co-Founders Ali Crew and Angela Blake in a hands on smartphone filmmaking workshop Make your own smartphone film which you can then submit to

Just 3 weeks left to enter. You still have time to make your film, but it's time to get started. Or maybe you are putting your finishing touches on. No matter where you are in the process of making your SF3 entry, you still have time...but not too much. Remember entries close on August 1st, 2016. 

Still working on your SF3 entry and looking for some inspiration? With just on one month left to submit your entry, look no further than the Apple Store, Sydney, and an exclusive SF3 smartphone filmmaking masterclass with the Pocket Filmmaker himself, Jason van Genderen. In the masterclass, Jason will show how to find inspiration in the world around you, and - using the bare minimum of

To our amazing community of smartphone filmmakers...this is a gentle reminder that you now have just five weeks left to make your film and submit it to SF3 2016! If you are feeling a bit lost with where to start don't worry because our wonderful partner, The HubStudio, is hosting a special smartphone filmmaking workshop specifically designed to help you take your movie idea from script,

SF3 is extremely proud to announce a new partnership with the Australian Writers' Guild. The AWG is offering Associate Membership to the winner of our Best Screenplay award in 2016. The Guild is the peak industry body representing writers for stage, screen and radio and has protected and promoted their creative and professional interests for more than 50 years. The Guild's v

SF3 has another exciting partnership to announce this week, this time it's with The HubStudio! Not only is The HubStudio providing associate memberships for some of our prize categories at our Gala Awards Final at Chauvel Cinema on August 26, but it is also offering an amazing course to take your idea for a smartphone film from script to submission. Arka Das and Takaya Honda from

SF3 is super excited to announce a new addition to our expert judging panel for 2016...Tasmanian film Director Rebecca Thomson! Rebecca is actually a writer, director, producer and Tasmanian Chapter Head of the Australian Directors Guild. Rebecca has directed eight short films to date, including the cult smash Cupcake: A Zombie Lesbian Musical, as well as The Jelly Wrestler, screening at mo

InkTip: Where producers go for scripts and writers. Producers have made more than 200 films from scripts and writers they found through InkTip.  Winners of the SF3 2016 Best Film, Best Screenplay and People's Choice will receive an InkTip Script Listing: A listing of your script on InkTip so that producers and reps can find you. This is an invalua

At last we can finally share our news! We've been in talks with the Pocket Filmmaker himself, Jason van Genderen, for a little while about this and now we are super excited to say Pocket Film Academy has come on board as the major sponsor for this year's SmartFone Flick Fest. Jason was an invaluable member of our judging panel last year and was keen to strengthen the relations

Final Draft is not only the industry leader and the only name you should know in the screenwriting world, but they are on of SF3's awesome prize sponsors. They are giving away four packs of their software and apps to our Award Winners. Did you know that Final Draft software is available not only for PC's and laptops, but for iPhone and iPads too? They also have released a very cool vide

Tayla Dawson, our 2015 SF3 People's Choice winner was recently in San Diego representing SF3 at our partner festival, the International Mobil Film Festival. Her moving documenatry, Cystic Fibrosis, was selected to screen at the festival and Tayla was lucky wnough to not only attend, but Festival Director and Founder, Susan Botello, invited Tayla to be part of a VIP netwoking event and Q&

The Last Train is a fictional story based on true life events of an attempted suicide. Anthony and Rain are strangers who have chosen this night to die, but when an argument prevents them from jumping in front of the same train they are forced to confront their demons and take a chance on love as wary partners on the road to hope.Watch the trailer here: http://www.thelasttrainthemovie.com

SF3 has a new prize sponsor for 2016 and we're excited to say it's Olloclip, one of the world's leading smartphone lens producers! The brand includes a growing line of ground-breaking tools and accessories for the smartphone filmmaker, including the Olloclip 4-in-1 lens system which comes with a wide angle lens, fisheye lens and two macro lenses. Olloclip will be providing p

TBS is back for a second year as SF3's media partner and we couldn't be more thrilled. The Big Smoke is Australia's curated city of opinions, brand and culture. With recent expansion in the United States, The Big Smoke seeks to be the leading opinion platform representing writers from all walks of life - from Cabbie to QC. www.thebigsmoke.com.au

We are so excited to welcome back Power Production as a prize sponsor for a second year with SF3. Power Production makes StoryBoard Quick creative software tools for filmmakers and TV projects. Professional storyboards made in minutes: No drawing necessary and tons of stylish artwork/ libraries included!

Did you catch SF3 Co-Founder, Angela Blake, on Weekend Sunrise for our 2016 launch? If not you can head to our Facebook page and see the interview in full. Go Angela!   

SF3 2016 has officially launched! This means that we are open for entries. So get filmmaking for your chance to have your smartphone film up on the big screen at our Gala Finals Awards Night at The Chauvel Cinema in Sydney on August 26, 2016. 

SF3 has another new festival partner, this time in California, USA. Get your tickets now to this wonderful event. And Conrad Mess, one of SF3's 2015 Top Ten filmmakers is on the esteemed judging panel! A platform for mobile film story tellers from everywhere in the world is on San Diego giving a voice to the individual through the technology available to almost anyone anywhere in the wo

SF3 has an exciting new partner to announce; the Syrian Mobile Film Festival and two of our 2015 Top Ten films have been invited to screen in Syria at this year's SMFF. Congratulations to Australia's Cassandra P. Cameron for "51" and India's Swathy Deepak for "Dog Tail", we are so thrilled to see both your wonderful films screen in the Middle East and thankyou Sa

If you're in Sydney tomorrow at 3:30pm and want to come to a FREE smartphone filmmaking class taught by us with the Queer Screen - Mardi Gras Film Festival then get your tickets here: http://tix.queerscreen.org.au/session_mgff.asp?sn=Beginners+Film+Making+with+Mobile+Phones&s=190 3:30pm Sunday 28th February at  Twenty10 Level 1, 45 Chippen Street Chippe

SF3 have teamed up with independent thetare company, Lady Penryhn, to present the one woman monologue, "Freedom", in this week's Short + Sweet Top 80 program. Short + Sweet are an SF3 festival partner and seeing as Ali and Angela got the idea for SF3 whilst perfoming in S+S back in 2013, we are thrilled to be back! Freedom is the same team that won the Wildcards Award with "W

How To Create A Smartphone Film  4 February 5:30pm-7pm at The Depot Theatre in Marrickville (Sydney) with Angela Blake + Ali Crew  Have you thought about turning your Short and Sweet Play into a film? Well, you should! Ali and Angela from, SF3 - SmartFone Flick Fest, will be talking all things smartphone filmmaking. Learn everything you need to know about making a film on your sma

SF3 Festival parter Short + Sweet, the biggest little play festival in the world, is holding its 2016 season launch at the Depot Theatre in Marrickville, NSW, this Saturday night, December 5 from 7.30pm. Come and find out about next year's exciting line up, including Short + Sweet Theatre, Cabaret and Voices.  Short + Sweet has a fond pl

Check out the SF3 Top 10 Finalists and Kids Pick Flick by clicking on the link to our Youtube Channel at the top of our web page. You can also view the shortlisted entries of 2015. Have a look and start thinking about ideas for 2016. We're already in the planning for what promises to be a bigger and better SmartFone Flick Fest next year!

And the winners are.... Best Film - "LSD Man" by Steve McGrath Best Director - "Dog Tail" by Swathy Deepak Best Screenplay - "Hit" by Jim Mins Best Cinematography - "Dog Tail" by Swathy Deepak Best Actress - Nicola Wood for "The Goal" Best Actor - Steve McGrath for "LSD Man" People's Choice -

We are only 2 days away from the inaugural SF3 Gala Finals Screening and Awards Ceremony. Don't miss out on seeing the Top Ten Finalists on the big screen. Buy your tickets now at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sf3-smartfone-flick-fest-gala-finals-screening-tickets-17855445117

Voting has now opened for the SF3 2015 People's Choice Award. Our ten finalists have been announced and their films have been uploaded onto our Facbook page. So now help decide who will win the People's Choice Award by watching the films and liking your favourite.  Head to www.facebook.com/sf3.au NOW!

The Hallway and Tourism & Events Queensland have been awarded the SmartFone Flick Fest’s inaugural “Inspiration Award” for their “Every Shade of Perfect” TVC for the Whitsundays.    The ad, conceived and produced by The Hallway in mid 2014, was shot on an ordinary smartphone and post-produced without any visual effects - no sky replacements, n

Watch our SF3 Gala Finals promo film here or in our SF3 Flicks Tab. https://vimeo.com/136264078   With over 500 entries, things are heating up here at the SF3 office! Which films will make the Top Ten?!! With only 4 days to go until entries close, the announcement is getting close...and Ali and Ang have a LOT of films to watch!!!

Caris Bizzaca is a critic and journalist, specialising in film, entertainment, technology and pop culture. As Film Writer at the newswire Australian Associated Press (AAP) for four years, her work has appeared in print and online for Sydney Morning Herald, The Courier Mail, news.com.au, The West Australian, The Cairns Post and The Mercury in Hobart, among other publications. A passiona

SF3 Co-Founder, Angela Blake, shot this documentary entirely on her iPhone as part of her Journalism Degree. Originally intending to shoot on her Sony,when it overheated within 1 minute of filming , she switched to her smartphone and has never looked back! This doco got her top marks in broadcast journalism, yet again proving the amazingness of filming with smartphones and tablets.  Check

Maria Lewis is an author, film critic, radio host, podcaster and pop culture commentator. A journalist for over 10-years, her work has appeared in the New York Post, Empire, Huffington Post, The Daily and Sunday Telegraph, WHO Weekly, Junkee, Spook Magazine, The Daily Mail and Penthouse, to name a few. She’s a founding member of the Australian film critic collective Graffiti With Punctuat

Sandra Alexander has been line producer or production manager on feature films and high-end television dramas including RETURN TO EDEN (The Series), HILLS END, SPIT MACPHEE, MISSION TOP SECRET, LIFT OFF, SINGAPORE SLING, FRAUDS, SOFT FRUIT and SEPTEMBER, and on international productions shooting in Australia - THE JUNCTION BOYS, BLIND AMBITION and COLD FEET. She was Production Associate on the

Tickets to the inaugural SF3 Gala Event Finals are officially on sale. The link is just above you, on our site, and tickets are only $20. The Top Ten Finalists will be revealed on the night and prizes awarded by our panel of esteemed industry judges. Details as follows: WHERE: The Chauvel Cinema in Paddington, Sydney, Australia. WHEN: August 28, 2015.  

We want to welcome Photojojo to the SF3 family. They are donating 3 of their fabulous lenses to the SF3 prize pool. They're so awesome that we want tnem!!! They have a whole bunch of awesome things to make your SF3 films professonal and ready for the big screen. Head to http://photojojo.com/store/  to be inspired. I dare you to not buy everything!

Check out this news from Anthony's site: I'm pleased to announce that the Feature Film I Wrote and Act in, THE LAST NIGHT INN, is an "Official Selection" of our first 2 Film Festivals. If you're in these areas and would like to check it out, here's the info. Gwinnett Center International Film Festival - Duluth, GA - July 31st to August 2nd, 2015 They haven

Final Draft is one of SF3's partners and have very generously donated copies of their software and apps to the SF3 prize pool. It's just another incentive to make a wonderful film for our festival. And make sure you head on over to ther site to check out their wares.   Final Draft 9 is now available with over 30 new and improved features - Click here to learn more

How's this for inspiration?!! This amazing ad was shot entirely on an iPhone with no enhancements or filters, just a phone and the wonderful Whitsundays! Check it out up in our SF3 Flicks Tab or follow this link: https://youtu.be/UgiCOipsb_Y It's amazing what you can do with a smartphone or tablet! Production Company:  The Hallway Director: Simon Lee Producer:

Tangerine is a feature film shot entirely on an iPhone 5! It screened at this year's Sydney Film Festival. SF3's Ali Crew asked director, Sean Baker, for his top tips for SF3 filmmakers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EBXxkjrvDA  

Celtx​ is the all­ in­ one system for movie and video planning. It contains all the tools creative teams need to work together to write the script, prepare the shoot, and take cast and crew into production. Team members can collaborate in real time in web­ based Celtx studios, or off­line with integrated iPhone/iPad, Android and Mac OS X

Check us out on The Momentum Film Podcast - http://www.apopheniaworks.com/tmfp-10/   Here we are with the lovely Blake talking all things SF3 and smartphone filmmaking. We had a ball making this and hope you enjoy listening! 

We have a new and fabulous festival partner - The Pocket Film Fest - and we couldn't be happier! Based in Provo, Utah in the US of A, Pocket Film Fest, or PFF, has joined forces with SF3 so we can spread smartphone filmmaking throughout the world. And it gets even better!!! How? I hear you ask...WELL...if you enter your film into both festivals, then judge and pocket filmmaker extraordinair

SF3 is super excited to announce our new festival partnership with Short and Sweet - The Biggest Little Play Festival in the world! They are now accepting entries for ITCs, directors and scripts. Why not turn your SF3 film into a short play or vice versa? Head to www.shortandsweet.org

Did you know that the February 25 episode of the Emmy winning sitcom, Modern Family, was shot entirely on iPhones and iPads? Director and Co-Creator, Sean Levitan, admits that this is not the first ime that he has used his iPhone to film the hit show. In previous episodes, outdoor and action scenes have been shot on phones. Look out for the episode, titles 'Connection Lost', it trul

SF3 is super excited to announce award winning filmmaker, Serhat Caradee, will be one of the experts on this year's judging panel! His short films have screened at over 40 local and international film festivals, winning numerous prizes and awards. Serhat also wrote, directed and co-produced the feature film Cedar Boys, which won the Audience Award at Sydney International Film Fesitv

We are thrilled to announce the Australian Cinematographers Society is now a sponsor of SF3! ACS is offering the winner of our Best Cinematographer Category a free year's membership of the ACS, which includes receipt of their quarterly, internationally recognised, AC Magazine and access to monthly events. 

SF3 judge and Tropfest & Sundance winner, Jason van Genderen, has launched The Pocket Film Academy. Featuring "Pocket Tip Clips", "Pocket Masterclass" and "Pocket Accessories" videos and everything else you need to know to make a professional quality film on your phone. We highly recommend you check it out and get all the tips you need to shoot your SF3 film. C

We are excited to announce that the Australian Directors Guild has come on board as a sponsor of SF3! ADG will provide free associate membership to the organisation for the winner of the SF3 Best Director 2015, to be announed at our Gala Finals Screening on August 28. The Australian Directors Guild (ADG) works to promote excellence in screen direction, to encourage communication and collaborati

Have a read of this awesome interview Angela did with mX and see the fun Ali and her had on the photoshoot! Love talking all things smartphone filmmaking and getting the word out there. We're having a ball!

Tangerine, a feature film shot entirely on an iPhone 5s, is taking the world by storm. It recenty screened at the Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews and was picked up for distribution in a 6 figure deal. Director, Sean Baker, loved the flexibilty, mobility, ease and affordability of shooting on a smartphone, and the proof is in this film that smartphone filming is just as professional and c

We are thrilled to announce that Bold Artist Management will be offering representation to the winners of our Best Actor and Best Actress categories. Not only will the best actor and actress have the opportunity to join Bold Artist Management, but they will also benefit from the experience, guidance and expertise of their agent, Sharon Power. 

SF3's very own judge, Jason van Genderen, is all set to launch the Pocket Film Academy on May 25th. This is a site where you can learn all the secret tips and tricks to master movie-making on your smartphone.  Jason really knows hist stuff and has won numerous awards for films he shot using his smartphone, including Red Earth Hip Hop which you can watch in our SF3 Flicks box. He

We are so excited to formerly announce Anthony Montes to the SF3 2015 judging panel. Anthony is an extraordinary actor, teacher writer and filmmaker and you can read all about him on our Judges Page. When Anthony is not teaching in Los Angeles or filming in New York, he travels the world teaching Meisner intensives. Here is a recent interview he did in Berlin after a 2-week workshop:&nb

ACTION! THE CAMERAS ROLL ON AUSTRALIA’S ONLY SMARTPHONE FILM FESTIVAL   The inaugural SmartFone Flick Fest, Australia’s only dedicated smartphone film festival for filmmakers of all ages, has officially launched and is now accepting entries.    SF3 movies must be shot entirely on a smartphone or tablet and the competition is open to filmmakers of any l

We are now officially launched and ready to accept entries, so grab your phones or tablets and start shooting!

SF3 welcomes Jason van Genderen, aka the Pocket Filmmaker, as the first member of our judging panel. We are over the moon to have Jason onboard as he is perhaps the most knowledgeable filmmaker around when it comes to shooting on a phone. His films have been screened in festivals all over the world winning a slew of awards, most recently in Sundance London and Tropfest. Click here to see his fa

We have some amazing partners onboard, we are in negotiations with others but we need your help to raise funds for our Gala Finals Screening Venue and our prize money. No donation is too small and there are some great thankyou gifts: www.pozible.com/sf3  

So exciting, we are getting ready to launch SF3, and we are close, it's not long now! We have gathered an exciting group of sponsors, judges and industry professionals together and now it's over to YOU! So it's time to get writing your screenplay and gather your cast and crew. Time to make a movie!

SF3 had a load of fun shooting our very first 'How To Flick', here's a look behind the scens. We would love to thank everyone involved; Our DP and Editor extraordinaire Chris Evans, our Writer and Director debonnaire Angela Blake, our Makeup Goddess Laura Parras and our awesome Actors Alison Crew, Christina Sankari, Tess Marshall, Aston Campbell & Charlie Upton. The SF3 How