Melbourne here we come!

Melbourne here we come!

by | Nov 7, 2024 | Announcements

Max Schleser from MINA has tested our films on the big screen at ACMI and look how fab they look up there! Cannot wait to kick off our 3rd MINA & SF3 Festival tomorrow night. Join us at ACMI in Fed Square from 6-9pm for some of the best smartphone films from two of the top fests plus a special screening of ‘Career Fight’ from Bus Stop Films and Angela Blake starring Chloé Hayden and Chris Bunton.

Get your tix now – https://events.humanitix.com/mina-and-sf3-smartphone-film…

Experience our Feature Film Finalist, Circumcision, on the big screen.

Experience our Feature Film Finalist, Circumcision, on the big screen.

by | Nov 1, 2024 | Announcements

Esteemed film critic Todd McCarthy called ‘Circumcision’, “mind-boggling, riveting, and uncompromising. Grips you from the beginning and never lets go. I’ve never seen another film like it.” Director Phillip Noyce called it “brilliant, beautiful and original” and “a wonderfully inventive example of next-gen filmmaking”. Producer Ram Bergman (Knives Out, The Last Jedi) called it a “great film”.Producer Nikos Karamigios (American Fiction) called it “extremely personal and emotionally powerful, yet very funny as well.
Catch this truly incredible feature film at The Randwick Ritz on Monday 18th Nov at 6:30pm followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. Tix – https://www.ritzcinemas.com.au/movies/circumcision
SF3 Feature Film Finalist, ‘Circumcision’ by US filmmaker, Yuri Zeltser will blow you away on the big screen. It looks like it was shot on a huge camera, not an iPhone 10. Filmed in first-person POV, it’s a tragicomedy about an agnostic man, whose life is completely falling apart (and whose face we never see), until he comes to believe that his pre-teen son is the Messiah, destined to save the world.

Our SF3 Kids Finalists are the best of the best!

Our SF3 Kids Finalists are the best of the best!

by | Sep 27, 2024 | Announcements

We are so proud of our SF3 Kids filmmakers. Right here are our future Oscar Winners and storytellers; these young filmmakers are pushing the boundaries of what is possible and inspiring us all…and this year our youngest filmmaker is just 6 years old!!! Come and be blown away by their talents at our SF3 Kids Screening on Sunday 17th November at 11am at the Palace Chauvel Cinema in Sydney’s Paddington.
And here they are, our SF3 Kids Finalists for 2024:
1. Be Real by Kai Phoenix Munton
2. The Bumper Car in Shanghai by Alexis Truong
3. If Only by Indianna Thompson
4. Stalk by Aurora Iler
5. Super Normie by Eddie Cameron
6. The Positivity Project by Zac Deren
7. Déjà rêvé by Ella-Maree James
8. Charlie’s Crusade- A Tale of Courage and Cleanliness by Megan West & Students of the Jesmond Senior Campus Support Unit
9. Forward to the Past by James Dutton from The Hills Drama School
10. HitChip For Hire by Ajila Miller Gerbach
11. Pay It Forward by Tom Morfitt-White
12. Passing Forward by Riley Taylor from The Hills Drama School
13. A Novel Week by Waiaria (Aria) Macedone-Hunt
14. A Paper Planet by Frankie Macedone
15. No Laughing On Wednesdays by Sofiah Wiseman, Dan Wiseman, Rebekah Hampson & Mikayla Fabisiak from The Hills Drama School
16. Truth or dare by Deniz Gursoy
17. Something’s Wrong With Us by Isobel Sellers
18. Tunnel by Aston Di Donato
19. Slay Queen by The Junior Class at CentreStage Academy
20. I Knew a Boy Once by CentreStage Academy
21. Panther by The Senior Class at CentreStage Academy
22. Reignite by Kyla Vanderkley from Newtown High School of Performing Arts
23. HAPPY BIRTHDAY by Phoebe Sampson from Newtown High School of Performing Arts
24. The Confrontation by Nayan, Christian and Jack from Newtown High School of Performing Arts
25. The Hunt by Indianna Thompson and Ruby Harris from Newtown High School of Performing Arts
26. Bad Bushka (The day of the) by Indie Jones
27. Driving Away by Lucette Meisner
28. After Adam by Connor Tattersall
29. Whispers of Friendship by Lux Elizabeth Wolett
30. Johnny Jnr. by Lily Andrews
31. Mystery of the Keeper by Elina Myshanych
32. The Towel by Ella Grace Helton
33. Adult by Elina Myshanych
Drum roll for our Mini Finalists!

Drum roll for our Mini Finalists!

by | Sep 26, 2024 | Announcements

Today’s announcement is our SF3 2024 Mini Finalist Films. These are the world’s best 3 minute or less smartphone films and we’re really displaying our motto – accessible and affordable filmmaking – with this line-up. We have films from Kazakhstan, Argentina, the UK, New Zealand, USA, Portugal, Iran and Australia. We have 3 Spineless Wonders Short Australian Stories Adaptation Finalists, a selection of young and older filmmakers plus 3 films made by filmmakers with disability. Can’t wait for you to see these on the big screen at Palace Chauvel Cinema in Sydney at 5pm on Sunday 17th November. Early-bird tix on sale now – https://events.humanitix.com/the-10th-annual-smartfone…
And drum roll please for:
1. Death Whistle by Adam Raynes
2. Bittersweet Home by Marcelo Gafanha
3. Not Completely Lost by Alexander Shingurov
4. A City is also a Wounded Body by Nikka Zavalia
5. Tunnel by Frank Leggett
6. That’s My Biscuit! by Juliana Venturini Denyer, Amal Ghamlooch, Jonathan Webb, & John O’Connor
7. “The Thirst” by Adrian Maziarz
8. The Ride by Narelle Nash
9. continuity by Solmaz Nazari
10. Season of Signos by Jessica Falciola, Amelie Dahdah and Eli Searle
11. Parallel by Liam Bennett
12. Thrifty Gifty by Karina Bracken
13. Undiagnosed by Lisa Hanssens & Amelia Tranter
14. A Tale of Two Cameras by Michael Harris
15. The Girl Who Sang for Their Supper by Craig Vance
16. Stacy and her toy duck by Sarah Armstrong
17. Go Towards the Light by Aaron Scully
18. A New Page by Amy Wallbank
19. The Script is Missing! by Grace Forster
20. Grandpapparazzi by Joshua Belinfante
Introducing our SF3 Gala Finalists 2024!

Introducing our SF3 Gala Finalists 2024!

by | Sep 25, 2024 | Announcements

We are so proud to share with you our SF3 2024 Gala Finalists. These right here are the absolute best in smartphone cinema from across the world and we can’t wait to show them on the big screen at our 10th Annual SF3 Gala Finals where we will be awarding some of the top prizes in SF3 and handing out a share of $50,000 in prizes. Come walk the red-carpet, get your pic taken on our photo wall and be part of the fun of SF3 on Saturday 16th November at 6:30pm at the Palace Chauvel Cinema in Paddington, Sydney. Early-bird tix on sale now – https://events.humanitix.com/the-10th-annual-smartfone…
But without further ado, the hugest congrats to our amazing Gala filmmakers (in no particular order):
1. HoManHo in HoManTin by Wylie Chan and Wai Jee
2. a common woman by Debora Diniz
3. The Other 90 Percent by Alexandra Guillossou
4. The Goat by Kenny Foo
5. Demon Dog by Juliana Purnell
6. Bullseye Butterfly by Schuyler Willson
7. The Missing by Cassius Rayner
8. The Meaning of No by Reid McGowan
9. Ekstasis by Aiswarya Thankachan
10. I THINK, THEREFORE I AM by Benjamin Lapierre
11. Dimming by Jack Kuei
12. Don’t Ignore Me by Charli Fletcher
13. A Little Strange by Kieton Beilby
14. The Rectangle Love Triangle by Mina Asfour – Winner of our SF3 and Chicken and Chips Casting Pitch Award
15. Sunny Blues by Anya Dunstone
16. Ashes to Dust by Clark Lealand Childers
17. The Vanished River and The Thing by Jiang Hao Iun
18. Clued In by Tahnee Hanley