Announcements | SF3 - SmartFone Flick Fest

Our SF3 Kids Finalists are the best of the best!

by SmartFone FlickFest | 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.

Early-bird tix from – https://events.humanitix.com/the-10th-annual-smartfone…

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!

by SmartFone FlickFest | 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!

by SmartFone FlickFest | 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

Feature Films Wanted.

by SmartFone FlickFest | Jul 4, 2024 | Announcements

Most people are blown away when they find out that people are making features on smartphones! Not us…we ‘ve already had 31 features entered this year alone and we want more! So be like Soderbergh, who has two features on Netflix shot on iPhone, or like last year’s SF3 Feature Winner, Levi Austin Morris and make that film. Don’t wait for ‘one day’, make that feature now on your phone and enter it into SF3 by September 1st.

Micro stories right here for you to adapt into a film.

by SmartFone FlickFest | Jun 11, 2024 | Announcements

Do you want to make a film for SF3 2024 but you just don’t have a story idea? Well look no further that right here – we have teamed up with the awesome Spineless Wonders Short Australian Stories for our Best Adaptation Award. Here is a selection of short stories ready for you to adapt any way you like into a film for our SF3 Mini Competition. Pick a story from this list, adapt and make your film up to 3 mins and enter it by September 1st. It is that easy and fun! What are you waiting for?!!

Read them here – https://sf3.com.au/submit/micro-fictions/

10 years of SF3!

by SmartFone FlickFest | Jun 6, 2024 | Announcements

2024 is our 10 year anniversary and we cannot believe how far smartphone filmmaking has come over this past decade. We knew it was something, but wow! Our very first year we had over 500 shorts entered and now in 2024 we have features, shorts, minis, kids films and more. Be a part of SF3 and screen at our live fest in November with the chance to share in over $50,000 in prizes from our incredible sponsors. We have the most amazing Ambassadors and Judges from Hollywood, Australia and Africa and we invite you to submit a film now. Entries open until September 1st. Find out more at www.sf3.com.au

« Older Entries