This is the best in smartphone cinema from across the world. Watch the 15 SF3 2021 Official Selection Films which are all vying for over $50,000 in prizes and to be crowned the SF3 Best Film of 2021! (in 2022 due to Covid).
After you watch the films vote for your favourite to win the SF3 2021 People's Choice Award. The film with most votes when our online festival closes wins. Voting opens with your screening `ticket.
The SF3 Gala Finals Official Selection Screening.
1. Beta Days by Dan Walls
2. Negatives by Jimmy Gannon
3. Year of May by Kyle Nozza
4. The Secret Life of Bees by Mirabai Nicholson-Mckellar
5. Working From Home by Jon Gill
6. Today I Will Live by Nico Piro
7. The Schwarzschild Radius by Pete Majarich
8. Leader by Chris Overton
9. Dead Eye by Cassius Rayner
10. Dance Bots by Damien Warren-Smith
11. Earth 1 and Hoostin by Joel Phillips
12. 9h17 by Benjamin Lapierre
13. eight minutes forty six seconds by Kara Rose
14. Odd One Out by Andrew Robb
15. Cold Water Therapy by Remy Brand
LEADER - (shot entirely on a mobile phone) is the story of Donnie, who lives on his own in a very remote area by the sea. He creates sculptures from ocean waste, until one day the tide changes and he inspires a new normal.
Shot on Xiaomi Mi 11.
Director's Statement
Chris made his directorial debut with The Silent Child, for which he received the Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short Film. Our aim is to start conversations around ocean waste and (hopefully) inspire filmmakers to believe they can make a film on anything.
Director's Bio
Chris Overton is an Oscar® winning director. He began his career as an actor and worked on various television and film projects with directors including Joel Schumacher and Roman Polanski. He also played a lead role in the BAFTA Award-winning film Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus.
Chris made his directorial debut with The Silent Child, for which he received the Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short Film. He won Best Director at The River Bend Film Festival and has won over 50 international awards with The Silent Child. It continues to play in film festivals and television channels around the world.
Chris has also directed commercials with Havas, FCB Inferno, Wunderman Thompson and Beiersdorf. His debut commercial in the UK for the hugely successful Huawei Story Sign Christmas campaign, won seven Lions at Cannes in 2019 (four of which were Gold), eight One Show awards, three D&ADs and a Grand Prix at Eurobest.
- Year2021
- Runtime10:49
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- DirectorChris Overton
- ScreenwriterRachel Shenton
- ProducerRebecca Harris
- Executive ProducerStephanie Thompson
- CastJack Daw
- CinematographerAli Farahani
- EditorAli Farahani
- Production DesignRachel Denning
- ComposerMichael Llewelyn Barker
- Sound DesignFabio Fonda
This is the best in smartphone cinema from across the world. Watch the 15 SF3 2021 Official Selection Films which are all vying for over $50,000 in prizes and to be crowned the SF3 Best Film of 2021! (in 2022 due to Covid).
After you watch the films vote for your favourite to win the SF3 2021 People's Choice Award. The film with most votes when our online festival closes wins. Voting opens with your screening `ticket.
The SF3 Gala Finals Official Selection Screening.
1. Beta Days by Dan Walls
2. Negatives by Jimmy Gannon
3. Year of May by Kyle Nozza
4. The Secret Life of Bees by Mirabai Nicholson-Mckellar
5. Working From Home by Jon Gill
6. Today I Will Live by Nico Piro
7. The Schwarzschild Radius by Pete Majarich
8. Leader by Chris Overton
9. Dead Eye by Cassius Rayner
10. Dance Bots by Damien Warren-Smith
11. Earth 1 and Hoostin by Joel Phillips
12. 9h17 by Benjamin Lapierre
13. eight minutes forty six seconds by Kara Rose
14. Odd One Out by Andrew Robb
15. Cold Water Therapy by Remy Brand
LEADER - (shot entirely on a mobile phone) is the story of Donnie, who lives on his own in a very remote area by the sea. He creates sculptures from ocean waste, until one day the tide changes and he inspires a new normal.
Shot on Xiaomi Mi 11.
Director's Statement
Chris made his directorial debut with The Silent Child, for which he received the Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short Film. Our aim is to start conversations around ocean waste and (hopefully) inspire filmmakers to believe they can make a film on anything.
Director's Bio
Chris Overton is an Oscar® winning director. He began his career as an actor and worked on various television and film projects with directors including Joel Schumacher and Roman Polanski. He also played a lead role in the BAFTA Award-winning film Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus.
Chris made his directorial debut with The Silent Child, for which he received the Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short Film. He won Best Director at The River Bend Film Festival and has won over 50 international awards with The Silent Child. It continues to play in film festivals and television channels around the world.
Chris has also directed commercials with Havas, FCB Inferno, Wunderman Thompson and Beiersdorf. His debut commercial in the UK for the hugely successful Huawei Story Sign Christmas campaign, won seven Lions at Cannes in 2019 (four of which were Gold), eight One Show awards, three D&ADs and a Grand Prix at Eurobest.
- Year2021
- Runtime10:49
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- DirectorChris Overton
- ScreenwriterRachel Shenton
- ProducerRebecca Harris
- Executive ProducerStephanie Thompson
- CastJack Daw
- CinematographerAli Farahani
- EditorAli Farahani
- Production DesignRachel Denning
- ComposerMichael Llewelyn Barker
- Sound DesignFabio Fonda
