
This is the best in smartphone cinema from across the world. From over 300 entries, these films are the cream of the crop.
Watch the 16 SF3 2022 Official Selection Gala Films which are all vying for over $50,000 in prizes and to be crowned the SF3 Best Film of 2022.
After you watch the films vote for your favourite to win the SF3 2022 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 Films.
- Karl Heinz by Andrew Robb - VIC, Australia
- After Songs by Paco Wen, Chris Lee & Hardy Hu - China
- Songlines by Kara Rose - NSW, Australia
- Jot and Flick by Kailee Cristina Brown - USA
- Who I Was Before I Forgot by Naomi Sequeira - NSW, Australia
- Forever Home by Artsy Solomon - Kenya
- Wake by Dimitri Ellerington - NSW, Australia
- Ghosted by Danny Barton - NSW, Australia
- Beneath the Lonesome Sky by Rob Layton - QLD, Australia
- One Yarn by Michael Harris - NSW, Australia
- The Unseen by Tom Major - UK
- Daddy’s Assessment by Aaron Scully - NSW, Australia
- Roots by Harisha New-Joe - NSW, Australia
- FREE by Cassius Rayner - UK
- Big Dumb Animal by Schuyler Wilson & Megan Sipos - Canada
Shot on HUAWEI P50 Pro.
A delivery man who obsessed with electronic music, an unexpected trip back to nature.
Director's Notes
We come from China, the directors (Paco Wen, Chris Lee, Hardy Hu) of After Songs are undergraduate students major in film directing in The Central Academy of Drama, we set up Echoes Pictures Studio (Beijing) together, this is the first film of our studio.
- Year2021
- Runtime8.15 minutes
- LanguageChinese
- CountryChina
- DirectorPaco Wen, Chris Lee & Hardy Hu
- ScreenwriterPaco Wen, Chris Lee, Hardy Hu & Bai Yuchen
- ProducerRunze Liu
- FilmmakerJoker Dai
- CastChong Lin & Liu Jitong
- CinematographerChris Lee & Paco Wen
- EditorPaco Wen, Chris Lee & Huo Zhengjie
- Production DesignZhao Yangyulan & Li Menghan
- ComposerYuan Zi
- Sound DesignChen Qicheng

This is the best in smartphone cinema from across the world. From over 300 entries, these films are the cream of the crop.
Watch the 16 SF3 2022 Official Selection Gala Films which are all vying for over $50,000 in prizes and to be crowned the SF3 Best Film of 2022.
After you watch the films vote for your favourite to win the SF3 2022 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 Films.
- Karl Heinz by Andrew Robb - VIC, Australia
- After Songs by Paco Wen, Chris Lee & Hardy Hu - China
- Songlines by Kara Rose - NSW, Australia
- Jot and Flick by Kailee Cristina Brown - USA
- Who I Was Before I Forgot by Naomi Sequeira - NSW, Australia
- Forever Home by Artsy Solomon - Kenya
- Wake by Dimitri Ellerington - NSW, Australia
- Ghosted by Danny Barton - NSW, Australia
- Beneath the Lonesome Sky by Rob Layton - QLD, Australia
- One Yarn by Michael Harris - NSW, Australia
- The Unseen by Tom Major - UK
- Daddy’s Assessment by Aaron Scully - NSW, Australia
- Roots by Harisha New-Joe - NSW, Australia
- FREE by Cassius Rayner - UK
- Big Dumb Animal by Schuyler Wilson & Megan Sipos - Canada
Shot on HUAWEI P50 Pro.
A delivery man who obsessed with electronic music, an unexpected trip back to nature.
Director's Notes
We come from China, the directors (Paco Wen, Chris Lee, Hardy Hu) of After Songs are undergraduate students major in film directing in The Central Academy of Drama, we set up Echoes Pictures Studio (Beijing) together, this is the first film of our studio.
- Year2021
- Runtime8.15 minutes
- LanguageChinese
- CountryChina
- DirectorPaco Wen, Chris Lee & Hardy Hu
- ScreenwriterPaco Wen, Chris Lee, Hardy Hu & Bai Yuchen
- ProducerRunze Liu
- FilmmakerJoker Dai
- CastChong Lin & Liu Jitong
- CinematographerChris Lee & Paco Wen
- EditorPaco Wen, Chris Lee & Huo Zhengjie
- Production DesignZhao Yangyulan & Li Menghan
- ComposerYuan Zi
- Sound DesignChen Qicheng