Indie filmmakers, listen up! This is for you: Shoot a film on your phone and take part of the 4th Moment Invitational Film Festival. 100K in prizes and gear are waiting for 15 lucky (and talented) finalists. Deadline is March, 17th, so let’s make this a quick read in order to get you started! What is indie filmmaking about? For me it’s all about keeping things simple. Indie filmmaking kicks the dreaded gear acquisition syndrome (GAS) to the curb, it shows the door to statements like “If I had that camera, I could make the film”. It’s all about starting something regardless of budget, skill or gear. Thinking big but with just a small backpack full of gear. Or even a phone… a phone? Moment Invitational Film Festival Moment is a Seattle based company which is specialized in, well, mobile phone filmmaking. They sell gear such as lenses, phone cases and other accessories an upcoming indie phone filmmaker might need and they also have created the Moment app (read all about it in our recent article here). Real phone addicts, so to say. But in order to bring it all together, the gear, the app, your phone, they’ve created the Moment Invitational Film Festival and in its 4th year, the 2019 season is the biggest in prizes yet. Watch the video below for a full rundown: All you really need is your phone, any phone. Lenses, accessories, the Moment (or any other) app are not mandatory in order to participate in...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 13 February, 2019