14 Directors You Didn’t Know Shot on Mobile Phones (2025)

14 Directors You Didn’t Know Shot on Mobile Phones (2025)

Wondering which Hollywood legends have embraced iPhone filmmaking? From Steven Spielberg and Steven Soderbergh to Zack Snyder and Park Chan-wook, some of the world’s top directors have proven that you don’t need big studio cameras to make cinematic magic. This list...
How to use AI ethically in your film

How to use AI ethically in your film

The AI Wave Reshaping Filmmaking Ethical AI video tools for filmmakers. Over the past few years, generative AI tools have burst onto the scene, promising to revolutionize how films are conceived, shot, and edited. From text-to-image generators that help you storyboard...
Top 10 Smartphone-Shot Films You Need to Know 2025

Top 10 Smartphone-Shot Films You Need to Know 2025

28 Years Later Key Gear: iPhone 15 Pro Max, Moondog Labs anamorphic rig, Filmic Pro (LogV2) Why it matters: Danny Boyle’s third chapter was shot May–July 2024 in Northumberland. Shooting in 2.76:1 Ultra-Panavision-inspired ratio, Boyle and Anthony Dod Mantle used...
28 Years Later: Its iPhones!!

28 Years Later: Its iPhones!!

This is the big one for us here at the festival. After a big box office opening weekend (75million) this might be the mobile phone movie that finally breaks through. The first blockbuster filmed on a mobile phone. 9 years ago, when we started the festival, if you said...