SF3 Mini Finalists Announced.

SF3 Mini Finalists Announced.

Today we are so proud to announce our SF3 Mini Finalists for 2023. These are the best smartphone and tablet films from around the world, 3 minutes and less. Screening in our Mini & Feature Film Screening on Sunday 19th November at 4pm. Use code: SF3earlybird for our Early Bird tickets at https://sf3.eventbrite.com.au
And our finalists are:
Clock Off by Martin Reyes
How to write an assignment that you definitely did not procrastinate by Bususiwe William
Human Migrant by Kamal Mimoune Tahtah
The Elements of Movement by Brionne Samuel Olsen
Life in Pink by Vanessa Pellegrin
If Nature Could Talk by Billie Dean
OFFLINE by Mucia Njeri
Up in the Trees by Delmar Gustav Terblanche
Tadpole by Sam Vaynman
Mocha Madness by Greta O’Donoghue & Fran Nagle
Perfect by Matilda Cavenough & Edie Krone
Nightmare Amusement by Asia Dunstone
The Beginning of the End by Olivia Charlotte & Tirel Weerasingha
Look Up by Indianna Thompson
CONGRATS!

Our Gala Finalists are announced.

It’s announcement time. Today we’re honoured to present to you our SF3 Gala Finalists for 2023. These are the best in smartphone filmmaking from across the globe and we can’t wait to share them with you on the big screen on Saturday 18th November at 6:30pm at the Actors Centre Australia. Early-bird tickets on sale now – https://sf3.eventbrite.com.au
But without further ado, our 2023 Gala Finalists, in no particular order are:
That thing we all share by Michele Jedlicka
Turn Around by Adam Raynes
Idiot Proof by Jonathan Lagudi
Misaligned by Sally-Ann Dunn of TRIO Stories
ARLO AND THE SEA by Damian Overton of Omad productions
GHOST TOWN by Kay Pavlou
Lodi by Courtney Coker
The Spy Who Dragged Me by Nat Barry Backhouse
Freeflow by SJ van Breda
FOFO MEANS FATHER by Denzel Owoo
Baking Sense by Joshua Belinfante
The Best by Reid McGowan
from now on by Aaron Scully
Nganakaapu by Harlisha Newie-Joe
Rental Love by Kieton Beilby and Nicholas Sampson
The Locket by Charli Fletcher
The Art of Living (with a Mechanical Keyboard) by Ronald James Baculo
Bevan by Bevan Garozzo
We’re so proud of these films and congrats to all the filmmakers and their cast and crews.
SF3 2023 is officially closed for entries!

SF3 2023 is officially closed for entries!

Our 9th season has just closed for entries this weekend with a record number of films entered – a total of 454 films! Wow, we are taking some time away to watch and judge all your films and will be back mid September with our finalists across all our categories. We cannot wait to share them with you….this is going to be the hardest year yet!

And did you know tickets are now on sale for our live festival? It’s all happening November 18th and 19th at the Actors Centre Australia in Sydney so get your early-bird tickets now from https://sf3.eventbrite.com.au

1 week left to enter SF3 2023

1 week left to enter SF3 2023

Just 1 week left to enter the 9th edition of SF3 and be in the running to win some of our top awards and share in over $50,000 in prizes from our sponsors including our Major Sponsors Luma Touch & Filmic Pro and so many more. Screen at our festival here in Sydney November 18th and 19th and be part of one of the most exciting, innovative and friendly film fests in the world. Enter by midnight September 1st here or via FilmFreeway.

The SF3 First Nations Award wants films.

The SF3 First Nations Award wants films.

The SF3 First Nations Award supported by Dolby is open for entries. This award is open to filmmakers from across Australia who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We want entries from creatives of all ages and abilities, whether you are making your very first film or your hundredth, we would love to see it. This award comes with the prize of a brand new phone or tablet of your choice + $5000 in industry mentorships. Enter by September 1st.

SF3’s first ever Western Sydney Screenings on now

SF3’s first ever Western Sydney Screenings on now

SF3 has its Western Sydney Premiere in partnership with Blacktown Arts this month and we invite you all to come along and experience our films on the big screen for FREE at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, Tuesday to Saturday from 10am-5pm until August 5th. No booking necessary, just come on in.
Check out a selection of films with Western Sydney connections from past SF3 winners – Ajila Miller, Peter Majarich, Aaron Scully, Amelie Correa & Isabella Andrew, Rachael Belle-Myers and Angela Blake’s Bus Stop Films iPhone film.
Hope to see you all there and celebrate smartphone cinema and Western Sydney. A digital season will follow this from 6 August to 1 September 2023 for all of you out of towners to still experience the magic.
Thanks to Screen NSW for your generous support.