by SmartFone FlickFest | Jun 24, 2021 | Announcements
This winter school holidays, we are partnering with the
Bankstown Arts Centre for a fun workshop showing you how to bring your film idea to life. At the end of this course, you will have a short film that you can enter into SF3 2021.
In this Smartphone Filmmaking Class, you will learn how to write, film, edit and produce your own blockbuster movie or YouTube hit!
It’s a two-day masterclass on Tuesday 6th July and Wednesday 7th July 10am-12pm for 8-16 year olds, all online. Tickets are $30 and inlcude two classes, free editing software and free entry into SF3 Kids.
Book here.
by SmartFone FlickFest | Jun 21, 2021 | Announcements
SF3 Kids is open for entries and we encourage you to spread the word far and wide. We are looking for films made by filmmakers 16 and under, completely shot on smartphones or tablets from all over the world. Incredible prizes up for grabs and the chance to screen in our fest at the
Actors Centre Australia in November. Enter by Aug 1st.
Share with every kid, teen, parent and school that you know and help us inspire the next gen of Hollywood superstars.
And this year we are splitting the SF3 Kids Best Film Award into two: Best Primary School Film and Best High school Film so that younger kids can make their films, teens make theirs and we will find the best film in each age group.
by SmartFone FlickFest | Jun 8, 2021 | Announcements
Time to to tell you about all of our individual awards. First up, we love this award – the SF3 Luma Touch Finished on Mobile Award. To be eligible for this award you have to both shoot AND edit your film on a mobile device, including phones or tablets. Our Major Sponsor, Luma Touch is the most incredible on device editing app and they will be awarding a brand new Apple iPad to the 2021 winner! Enter your Finished on Mobile film by August 1st.
by SmartFone FlickFest | Jun 1, 2021 | Announcements
All films must be shot on smartphones or tablets; the rest is up to you. Over $40,000 in prizes, awards, judges and ambassadors, including Megan Riakos, Phillip Noyce, Kriv Stenders, Nicole da Silva, Kerry Armstrong, Wayne Blair, Stan Grant, Jon Bell and more.
Entries are now open across all of our categories:
* the SF3 Gala Awards – short films up to 20 mins in length;
* SF3 Kids and SF3 Teens – short films made by filmmakers 16 years and younger
* SF3 Feature Film Award – feature films 40 mins and longer;
* SF360 – Virtual Reality (VR) and 3D/360 degree films up to 20 mins in length;
* SF3 Mini: ‘RISE’ – shorts with a maximum three minute time limit and inspired by the theme of Rise and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Enter by August 1st, 2021.
by SmartFone FlickFest | May 27, 2021 | Announcements
THIS IS EXCITING!!!! DO NOT miss this. It is going to blow your mind and propel you to be a superstar of smartphone filmmaking in your own right! Plus it’s free! Sign up now via https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sf3-online-free-masterclass-series-tickets-152797412173
by SmartFone FlickFest | May 18, 2021 | Announcements
Join us as we launch our 7th Season with 4 FREE online smartphone filmmaking workshops, our 3rd panel THIS Sunday.
Learn from some of the world’s best in their respective fields, ask your burning questions and be inspired to create your own smartphone film for SF3 2021.
Week 3 – Sunday 23rd May 5pm AEST/8am GMT/12am PST – ‘SF3 Kids Masterclass & Panel’.
We are bringing you 6 of the best in the film, TV and film festival worlds and even though this is the SF3 Kids and Teens Class, we would love to see everyone there. We will be focusing on the craft of screenwriting and what exactly makes a good story, acting tips and techniques, how to get your film into festivals and everything you need to know to begin your screen career.
Panellists are:
Holly Lyons – Screenwriter whose credits include ‘Home & Away’ and ‘Neighbours’, she is the creator of ABC Me’s ‘Rocky & Me’ and runs her screenwriting assessment business, Screenwriting Script Tease. Holly is also a judge for SF3 Kids.
Ilai Swindells – Actor & Presenter whose credits include ‘SLiDE’, ‘Redfern Now’, ‘Open Slather’, ‘Spongo Fuzz & Jalapena’ and ‘100% Wolf’.
Emily Prior – Actor, Model & Disability Activist whose credits include two SF3 Kids Finalist films with an SF3 Kids Best Actress Win, ‘Rocky & Me’ and ‘The Wonder Gang’ for ABC Me. After failing to see disability being represented in Film, Media and Advertising, Emily decided to forge her own path as a filmmaker and actor and she is our very first SF3 Kids Ambassador.
Callum Pritchard – Filmmaker whose credits include 3 SF3 Kids Films, 2 which won SF3 Kids Best Film and 1 which also made the SF3 Gala Finals at the Sydney Opera House. Callum is now studying film at Swinburne University, Melbourne.
Angela Blake & Alison Crew – Co-Founders of SF3.
