African Smartphone International Film Festival

Internazionale a major Italian weekly magazine published an article that features Michael Osheku, The critic's Company, Oladipo O'fresh, Samuel Mwaura and Lcharles Degreat. In an article written by Italian award winning journalist Vincenzo Giardina. Titled;Lightsabers in the Sahel A little girl wields a pink lightsaber: she's wearing boots of the same color and has just dodged the rays of a flock of spaceships. At the bottom of the esplanade awaits Darth Vader, the hero of the Star Wars clone wars converted to the dark side. It is the last scene, but it must be done again. To die before the duel begins, she is not there:...

The first and most prestigious smartphone film festival in Africa is calling filmmakers, video content creators and Animators to submit their project for the 5th edition of the African Smartphone International Film Festival. Africa Smartphone film festival was founded in 2017, by Nigeria filmmaker Michael Osheku who saw the need for new emerging filmmakers in Nigeria and Africa to start experimenting and making a film with their pocket device. SUBMISSION CATEGORIES Feature Film, Short Film, Documentary, Music Video, Animation, 360/VR videos & Photos AWARDS & PRIZES Best Nigerian filmBest International filmBest DirectorBest ProducerBest Short FilmBest Original soundtrackBest Production DesignBest CinematographyBest...

At the 4th edition of African Smartphone International Film Festival, we curated and showcase works of some amazing women making films with Smartphone. In a very male-dominated industry, we found some women who are experimenting with the use of a mobile device. At the end of the screening, we had a Q and A session with the women filmmakers who open our eyes to why they make films with a smartphone and the inspiration behind their films. The African Smartphone International Film Festival is dedicated to empowering women with our platform where they can access opportunities and also showcase their...

Four Melbourne based smartphone filmmakers & researchers in the Center for Transformative Media Technologies at Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) (https://transformativemedia.swinburne.edu.au/) will present their current smartphone filmmaking projects at the African Smartphone International Film Festival (http://africansmartphonefilmfest.com/).  Max Schleser will set the scene providing an overview of the developments and directions in mobile, smartphone and pocket filmmaking, Felix Gyebi explores the potential to give communities a voice, Darcy Yuille explores smart lighting choices for smartphone feature film productions and Shuai Li presents TikTok as a storytelling platform for mobile stories. Max Schleser Max Schleser (B.A. Hons, M.A., Ph.D.) is Senior Lecturer...