{"id":18,"date":"2019-10-20T01:19:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T01:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africansmartphonefilmfest.com\/?p=18"},"modified":"2020-03-05T01:20:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T01:20:29","slug":"smartphone-filmmaking-the-future-is-here-by-michael-osheku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africansmartphonefilmfest.com\/African-Smartphone-International-Film-Festival\/smartphone-filmmaking-the-future-is-here-by-michael-osheku\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartphone Filmmaking; The Future Is Here by Michael Osheku"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Smartphones are now considered one of the least expensive film \nequipment to be experimented by amateur and professional filmmakers. \nWhich employ an innovative use of low cost digital equipment, to make \nhighly entertaining and thought provoking content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This style of filmmaking often requires minimum training and field \nexperience to shoot, but its existence opens up a new way of making film\n with limitless potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independent film has already been changed forever by digital \nrevolution. But if distribution is now in hands of the filmmaker, what \nis the use of festivals?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, a film festival existed to enable film lovers to watch \nfilms. This function is almost redundant in the age of digital \nstreaming. However digital film has brought with a new challenge for \nfilm with so much new content  been created. How do you find the best?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At African Smartphone International Film Festival, we believe the \ncinema events is still vital for maintaining the healthy  cinema as an \nart form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talking about the Festival, Michael Osheku, founder and Director  of\n African Smartphone International Film Festival, said, the festival is \naimed at changing the way people experience content made with mobile \ndevices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival screen stories shot using mobile devices such as smartphones, Tablets and PCs. There by encouraging professional, amateur, and aspiring filmmakers to share their stories to the world using inexpensive, high quality technological creations that are at their fingertips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an endeavor to successfully take aspiring filmmakers from the stage of aspiration to the stage of actualization of their dreams without having barriers such as inability to access adequate funding, expensive cameras, etc. It\u2019s also aimed at aiding professional and amateur filmmakers in diversifying to using smartphones to shoot films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival, is equally aiming to attract a wider and more diverse \nfilmmaking audience both in the country and internationally while at the\n same time bringing together industry representatives, film societies, \nupcoming and established filmmakers as well as entertainment \nstakeholders .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second edition of the festival ASIFF2018 was held in Abuja, \nNigeria with so many young filmmakers were in attendance, theme was Shut\n Up and Show Your Reel, a  wake up call to aspiring filmmakers who are \nalways complaining why they can\u2019t make their first film. ASIFF2018 was \nable to lift the soul of so many passionate filmmakers to tell their \nstories with a pocket device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Check out list of award winning films here<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The film festival now invites entries for the 2019 edition for  short films, Feature films, documentaries, web videos, animations, comedy skits, and photos. The three-day film festival,  features film screening, workshops, master classes, Q & A sessions, Panel discussions, networking events and Gala awards ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

African smartphone festival is now one of the top most reviewed film festival worldwide and a Gold member festival. The festival enjoys so much love from independent filmmakers, It\u2019s a platform they can call their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival also boast of a distribution deal for all officially selected film, watch out for the next edition ASIFF 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You should be there !!!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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