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 movies filmed on Mobile phones 2025

Top 10 movies filmed on Mobile phones 2025

28 Year Later 28 Years Later shows exactly how adventurous smartphone filmmaking can be. When the cameras started rolling on May 7, 2024, in the rolling hills of Northumberland, director Danny Boyle and Oscar-winning cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle made a bold...
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...
Stormzy Stars in iPhone‑Shot Short Film ‘Big Man’

Stormzy Stars in iPhone‑Shot Short Film ‘Big Man’

Apple’s latest short is Big Man, a moving short film captured entirely on the iPhone 16 Pro. Directed by Oscar-winner Aneil Karia and featuring UK icon Stormzy, it’s the story of Tenzman, a worn-out musician who rediscovers hope when two curious, upbeat kids bounce...
Apple goes F1

Apple goes F1

We are mad for mobile movies here at the Dublin Smartphone Film Festival. The more productions use them the more it proves our point about accessible filmmaking. Now with F1, Apple’s foray into cinema just hit the apex of innovation:  the tech giant didn’t merely...