Dublin Smartphone Film Festival shows quality phone filmmaking is on the rise This year’s festival attracts 200 entries from 25 countries with 82 film screenings
Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 20:11 Updated: Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 20:17
In the four years since the Dublin Smartphone Film Festival started, mobile phone cameras have improved immeasurably and so has the quality of films made on them.
What was once a scrappy and cheap upstart is now a mainstream means of filmmaking with high-end commercials, music videos and even a Steven Soderbergh feature-length film, High End Bird.
Founder Rob Fitzharris started the festival seven years ago when he heard traditional filmmakers complain about the use of mobile phones instead of dedicated cameras to make films.