These are the SF3 Mini: FREE Finalists. Selected from over 300 entries, these films represent the best mini films (3 minutes or less) made on smartphones from across the world. From horses in regional Australia to a late night street in Paris, from a strange find on a beach to furniture up cycling, these films have it all. Sit back, relax and be inspired by the magic of bite size cinema. SF3 Mini Finalists: <ol><li>FREE HUGS by Jared Jekyll</li><li>Mild Symptons by Darshan K</li><li>NONNO by Zev Howley</li><li>It’s Up To You by Olivia Charlotte</li><li>Out of Thin Air by Alexandra Guillossou</li><li>CROSSED by Jean-Charles Fritz</li><li>Move Me by Joshua Belinfante</li><li>Ode to Wild Horses by Billie Dean</li><li>Thief by Kaelyn Ward</li><li>Crazy/Love by Narelle Nash</li><li>Cockroach by Claire Ford</li><li>Sister Glitter Nullius by Juundaal Strang-Yettica</li><li>How Hard Is It To Upload a Video?&nbsp;by Robert Braiden </li><li>Guess the Word by Aaron Scully</li><li>The Stuff by Sean Perez and Joanna Gorton</li><li>Unplugged by Kenny Foo</li></ol>

Shot on Pixel 6. ﻿When Trevor turns down a free hug - and their luck goes from bad to worse - they find themself wondering if there's any merit to the 'Curse of the Free Hug’?

FREE HUGS

When Trevor turns down a free hug his luck goes from bad to worse.

Shot on Vivo V21. With an old smartphone and poor internet connectivity, a college student from a lower-class family struggles to complete an online exam in 30 minutes.

MILD SYMPTONS

The technological divide tries to interfere in a poor families life.

Shot on Samsung S21 Ultra Finalist in the SF3 &amp; Spineless Wonders Best Adaptation Award When Bella is asked to accompany her troublesome grandfather to the market, they get a lot more than they bargain for. Adapted from the Micro Fiction by Gayelene Carbis. Director's BioBased in Melbourne, Zev Howley is an internationally award-winning independent filmmaker with over thirty years’ experience in the industry. His films include Sarah’s Jihad, Broken Superman, Walkman, The Enlightened State of Tara, Who is the Sonic Manipulator?, The Calling, I Think She Said Her Name Was and Restart. Zev also directed Last Supper of the Damned, an independent feature written by Dion Vossos, which won the Orson Welles Award at the California Film Awards in 2016. Zev has won a multitude of awards both locally and internationally. His latest short film Restart (2019) has had success in many diverse categories, domestically and abroad. Restart has won 20 awards locally and internationally. Co-Writer's BioGayelene Carbis is an award-winning writer of poetry, prose and plays. Her first book was awarded Finalist, International Book Awards (U.S.). Her second book, I Have Decided To Remain Vertical (Puncher and Wattmann) will be published in October 2022. She is currently nominated for an award in the Ros Spencer Poetry Prize. She was a co-writer with Zev Howley on the award-winning short film, Sarah’s Jihad.

NONNO

When Bella is asked to accompany her troublesome grandfather to the market, they get a lot more than they bargain for.

Shot on Samsung.&nbsp; When Alyssa and Anne find out they are characters in a movie,&nbsp;they must try and figure out what their movie will be about before the clock hits zero.

It's Up To You

When Alyssa and Anne find out they are characters in a movie, they must try and figure out what their movie will be about before the clock hits zero.

Shot on iPhone 7, iPhone 11 pro &amp; iPhone XR. This documentary short outlines the Philosophy of Available Resources from an actor who practices it not only in film but also in furniture making.&nbsp;

Out of Thin Air

This documentary short outlines the Philosophy of Available Resources.

Shot on Huawei P20 Pro. Paris. A night. Murielle, retired, goes home until she crosses paths with Julie.

CROSSED

Paris. A night. Murielle, retired, goes home until she crosses paths with Julie.

Shot on Iphone 13 Pro Max. A short film made in 48 hours about a woman who just wants to be free to dance her own way, but gets distracted by the voices of what her parents wanted her to be. Her parents are French, German Austrian puppets. Director's Bio‘Move Me’ AKA ‘Everything Everywhere All at Pups’ is a short 3 minute film made during the 48 hour film challenge run by Kino Sydney, Kino Kabaret. To produce the film I set out to film and animate a story on the theme of ‘FREE’ using the iPhone 13 Pro Max. It was an enjoyable experience and was the first time I used the phone to make a stop motion live action film and also the first time I’d used people as puppets. The film was conceptualized and produced with Mist Leong in mind for the lead character. Mist is an actor, dancer and live performer based in Sydney. Working with Mist I wrote a script that was about some of my own journey of self acceptance which Mist heavily identified with, bringing moments of her own life story into the mix. I have struggled with my gender identity through my life and I was immediately drawn to Mist at Kino. I pitched my rough concept to her and we both realised we wanted to make something playful about needing a sense of freedom as we move between our identities. I wanted to convey that our own inner thoughts can be both a barrier to moving forwards in our lives but also a form of liberation when we gain control of them. Director's BioIs a Polish Australian filmmaker who has directed music videos, short films and has received numerous festival plaudits for their work. Joshua’s debut feature documentary launched on SBS in December 2021 and screened at over 25 festivals to date. Recent broadcast credits include 'Hawke: The Larrikin &amp; The Leader' for ABC, a true crime series for Foxtel 'Debi Marshall Investigates: Frozen Lies' and 'The Mosque Next Door' an observational documentary series for SBS and 'Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian' for the ABC. Joshua recently edited Dr Enda Murray's feature documentary 'Irish troubadour Áine Tyrrell' which premiered in July 2021 at the Galway Film Fleadh. As well as teaching at USYD, NIDA, UON, SFS, SAS, JMC and other institutions Joshua runs the production company Finesilver Media as a producer, writer, director, editor, cinematographer. Joshua holds a BA Comm (MAP) LLB from UTS and is currently completing a PhD in design, film and audience studies.

Move Me

Shot on iPhone 12 Pro Max. Ode to Wild Horses is a personal essay by filmmaker Billie Dean, giving voice to the majesty of horses living free and wild.

Ode to Wild Horses

Ode to Wild Horses is a personal essay by filmmaker Billie Dean, giving voice to the majesty of horses living free and wild.

Shot on iPhone 12 Pro Max. She’s the only one left standing after an attack killed everyone she knows. She must now find a way to survive on her own. Director's StatementThief is my 3rd&nbsp;short film, filmed earlier this year by myself and Maddi Ward, both located in regional NSW. The idea of the film came purely from the location; the struggles of being hungry and alone, in a world that wants to kill you. Knowing that your only choice is to keep surviving. Making the short a singular shot had its advantages and disadvantages, but the size and portability of the iPhone made it possible to squeeze into those tight spaces and keep the camera moving.

Thief

She’s the only one left standing after an attack killed everyone she knows. She must now find a way to survive on her own.

Shot on iPhone 11 Pro. Is love insanity? After drinking too much and passing out following another disastrous romantic encounter, a woman embarks on a strange quest. A modern day parable exploring the concept of free will. Made for SF3's Mini Category: Theme - 'Free'.

Crazy/Love

Shot on iPhone 12 Max with cheap $9 underwater casing. A woman battles with whether it's morally right to be spraying cockroaches. Maybe they just want to be free like she does? Director's BioClaire is a British-Australian actor, writer and creator with a flair for comedy. For 10 years she was a touring physical comedian and writer/producer in The Kagools (<a href="http://www.thekagools.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.thekagools.com</a>), which won 6 awards and imparted hours of silliness without saying a word. Their shows included multimedia sight gags, interactive storytelling and an immersive experience that included all ages and languages. Though the shows were written for adults, children loved them too. Director's StatementMaking the film: I made this little film on my own during a period of writing (unemployment), inspired by the achievements of film makers who have been using their phones for filmmaking and creating wonderful things.&nbsp;I’ve always seen technology as a tool rather than the end result and smartphones now give billions of people access to making films and telling stories and experimenting where they usually wouldn’t.&nbsp;I had a quiet idea and used my phone and a small underwater case which I bought from Amazon for $9, and a flimsy tripod which kept falling down.&nbsp;There is an abundance of cockroaches in my apartment so I didn’t need to do a casting callout for the supporting role. The story: I spend a lot of time on my own writing and my kitchen is often visited by these little Sydney cockroaches. I kill them of course. And then feel guilty. What's the difference between that and any other killing?&nbsp;It got me thinking about how we treat our environment and the animals we live alongside.&nbsp;Most people are in agreement that they're a pest. Sure.&nbsp;But where’s the line?&nbsp;Am I allowed to kill them because they're small?&nbsp;Or an insect? Or annoying? What about if they’re bigger?&nbsp;A large beetle?&nbsp;A turtle?&nbsp;We kill them with bombs and chemicals and traps and that was a poignant thought because these are the words we also use for larger ‘justified’ wars.&nbsp;Is a small act any different to a big one?

Cockroach

A woman battles with whether it's morally right to be spraying cockroaches. Maybe they just want to be free like she does?

Shot on Samsung Galaxy Ultra 20. I am Other, I am a monster. Your mirror &amp; creation. You are our shadow, the shadow over all creation. You are the monster. Your individual &amp; collective actions are the monstering. The monstering is, all the systems of your western world that prioritise some humans, your wants &amp; greed above all other natural things. Your linear concepts of time and relationships are monstering us all in only one direction, all micro-plastics blinding our responsibility to protecting &amp; saving our non-human kin. Director's Statement &amp; BioI am a Yugambeh-Bundjalung &amp; Kannakan woman, living on Wodi Wodi-Dharawal Country. As an emerging artist with a disability, learning and determination underpin my approaches and my mentors are integral to the foundation of my practice.There are enduring themes of identity, Indigeneity, entangled, complex relationships between humans and non-humans, failure and fragility in my work. These are contextualised within decolonisation frameworks, Indigenous cultural revitalisation, simultaneously responding to environmental crisis. Through performative, community workshops, video story-telling and performances, my practice priorities include, social engagement projects that build upon community capacity and collaborative solutions within challenging, complex issues. My character,&nbsp;Sister GlitterNullius&nbsp;is conduit for provocation, investigation, confession and damantion. Rarely absolution. She is the post-traumatic, personification and representation of the hypocrisy dilemma that is the Anthropocene. Ancient and trashy, an ironic hypocite, she is an nun, imprisoned by her love-hate relationship with plastix, imprisoned by consumerism, capitalism, christianity and post- colonialism.&nbsp;Sister GlitterNullius’, DNA has been infected by micro-plastix and she’s&nbsp;morphing into a bird. Although she’s&nbsp;of Indigenous anscestory, we might hope she would at least, she’d&nbsp;become a native bird...No.&nbsp;She’s&nbsp;becoming a macaw... Can&nbsp;someone lend her a map? We humans have created the multi-layered enmeshments and codependence of land, environment and our non-human kin with the capitalist world that damage the planet.&nbsp;Sister GlitterNullius’&nbsp;role as a nun of the Anthropocene, a bridge, calls for Indigenous cultural revitalisation and the urgency of alliances and collaborations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledges and technologies. numerous actions<img src="//:0" width="316.000000">simultaneously, locally and globally.&nbsp;Sister GlitterNullius,&nbsp;is wise and trashy, emapthetic and punishing, ancient and afraid. She is a conduit for addressing complex, challenging issues, with a license to be a master of none.Through humour, irony, fragility, damnation, and a pinch of sarcasm,&nbsp;GlitterNullius&nbsp;stands with the in- betweeners, the failures and the lost; just trying to navigate a greener decolonised path Home, to her Belonging place. Can someone give her directions or a map, please?Your Friend, In &amp; Out of Plastix, Sister GlitterNullius X Juundaal Strang-Yettica&nbsp;www.juundaal.com

The Monstering: Sister GlitterNullius, the Monster Speaks

I am Other, I am a monster. Your mirror & creation.

Shot on iPhone 13 Pro Max. A short comedic record of one man's attempt to upload a video to YouTube from an ocean liner in the middle of the ocean. Each attempt fails yet he struggles on, never giving up. Until he gives up. Director's BioI’ve written and directed funded short films (Screen Queensland and Screen Australia) and have won various awards for my films, including winning the Best Film Award at the PictureStart Film Festival in New York City, plus winning the Best Director Award at the Shorts in Paradise Film Festival on the Gold Coast.&nbsp; I’ve also written, produced and directed my first feature film, a last person on earth drama called ‘1’ staring Dan Ewing from ‘Home &amp; Away’ and the ‘Occupation’ films.&nbsp; Director's StatementFun Fact 1 - the film was shot over the area of the North Atlantic where the Titanic sank in 1912. Fun Fact 2 - it is ironic that my film was made several months before Apple announced that their new iPhone 14’s, where no standard connection exists, can connect to satellites in case of an emergency. The whole not-being-able-to-connect-my-device-to-a-satellite is the basis of my film.

How Hard is it to Upload a Video to YouTube on the Queen Mary 2?

A short comedic record of one man's attempt to upload a video to YouTube from an ocean liner in the middle of the ocean.

Shot onSamsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G. Students on detention have to guess the word before they can go home. Director's Statement“Guess the word” is a film created by a group of students who attended a holiday workshop at The Hills Drama School. The goal was to create a 3 minute film with the theme “Free” in one day. Whilst I pitched the concept of the film to them, each of the students created their own characters and dialogue. FUN FACT: We had so much fun improvising dialogue in the film that the first edit was 6 minutes long. As the film was so heavily based on the theme “Free” we had to cut half of the film’s funny dialogue out of the final edit.

Guess the Word

Students on detention have to guess the word before they can go home.

Shot on iPhone 13 Pro. Lilith needs the money otherwise someone she loves will meet their end. Finn needs to get the stuff otherwise those he loves will meet their end. But this is Finn's first time doing anything like this. How will he handle it? Will they crack under pressure? Director's BioSean Miguel Perez is the go to sassy neurotic with a case of fabulous! This comes from his "finger in every pie", "Jack of all trades" business approach to the industry having worked as backstage crew, event management to being a talent agent and a performer.&nbsp;  Sean Miguel Perez is a graduate of The Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Mackay - CQUniversity (BA Music, Specialisation Musical Theatre), The Western Sydney Institute of TAFE NSW (Cert IV Musical Theatre) &amp; Cranebrook High School (Cert II &amp; III Live Technical Production). Sean has performed at some of Sydney's iconic locations such as the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Entertainment Centre, Dreamworld, Sea World &amp; Luna Park Sydney. His film &amp; screen credits include On Hold - The Musical (Flickerfest Film Festival Winner &amp; ACADEMY AWAY ACCREDITED), What If It Works? (Gold Coast Film Festival Winner, Anchorage Film Festival Winner), Deep Water (SBS), Carlotta (ABC), I Will Survive (TEN) &amp; Four Corners (ABC). Sean has worked with and for some of the world's iconic performers such as Kylie Minogue, Courtney Act, William Forsythe, Kelly Abby, Amy Campbell, Sydney Mardi Gras &amp; The Rock Eisteddfod Challenge. Sean has also written, directed, starred &amp; produced his first web series called "Busy As Usual: The Web Series" (Web Series Festival 2019 Winner) Sean Miguel Perez is represented by Sean Michael Management and Trinity Artists International. Director's StatementHow did “The Stuff” come about?I had been writing mini scenarios in my phone to later turn into produced scenes for my acting package. One day I was at the grocery store and there were all these people around the eggs section and they were all securing the eggs to themselves, lifting each one carefully, examining the quality, ensure they weren’t cracked. I took a step back and thought that it looked like a massive drug deal and thought it would be a great scene for a comedy.Why did you write “The Stuff”?Actors are always being told to create our own work. At this point, I’ve already produced, created, starred and directed in an International Award Winning Web Series, Busy As Usual as well as a Multi International Award Winning Short Film, The Confessionist which has been in the Film Festival Circuit for one year now. When I saw SF3 (SmartFone FlickFest) advertise for 2022, I knew I had to create something, especially having just purchased the latest iPhone with cinematic filming a month before. With all of this in place, and the confidence from my previous projects, I wrote something specifically for Joanna and I where we can shine.Why did you write a short film as opposed to a feature film, web series or other formats?I’m still finding my feet as a writer and a director and had to create something on as little budget and time as possible. I find a short film manageable for the stage in my development as a creator and my next project, filming in 2023, will be bigger and more challenging and I’m excited to continue growing.What inspired you when writing “The Stuff”?Besides the initial egg situation at the store, Joanna was a great source of inspiration as her sense of humour can be dark and switch in a dime. My own sense of humour comes from misleading people only to flip the script on them so I knew that was what I wanted to do with this audience for this project too.What was the biggest obstacle in producing “The Stuff”?Scheduling was challenging. As creatives, it’s hard to find time when everyone is available so I really had to figure out a time when everyone would be able to come together to film while I did all the preproduction before hand.Figuring out how to create this project on minimal budget was challenging too, especially post covid lockdown because work isn’t as readily available and therefore funds were scarce.What I did learn though was that we creatives are very creative and overcoming these challenges makes you realise how strong you can be when you need something to happen no matter what.Any fun stories or trivia during the production of The Stuff?* I was so focused on the preproduction that as Joanna was making her way to set, I realised I didn’t have any eggs. She had to stop by the store to purchase some because I had forgotten the main star of the film.* We filmed behind my apartment and throughout filming we gathered a few residents asking what was happening, one of them thinking that there was a crime scene.The set was full of egg puns, especially when trying to come up with a log line for the film - everyone got egg-straordinarily creative!* Lilith &amp; Finn’s names have meanings behind them which gives you more indication as to who they are.

The Stuff

Shot on iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone XS. A beachcomber discovers something he'd never seen before. Director's StatementUnplugged was made as part of Dublin Smartphone Film Festival's Global Film Project in 2021 where I was selected as the Australian representative (for better or worse) to contribute a 1-2 min film based on the theme ""One man's trash is another man's treasure"". We had planned this shoot during the protracted lockdown in Sydney, and when restrictions were finally lifting we only had a small window of opportunity to shoot it prior to the deadline (and finding a weekend when it wasn't storming).

Unplugged

A beachcomber discovers something he'd never seen before.

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