The smartphone flick festival (SF3) is back for its 10th year, and a Caroline Springs local is looking to go back-to-back.
The festival has a number of categories centred around films shot and in some cases edited purely with a mobile phone, submissions are open until September 1 and finals will be held in Sydney later this year.
Fresh off of winning the ‘made on mobile’ award for his entry last year, made fully with his phone, Caroline Springs’ Ronald James Baculo has upped his game this year, shooting the film on his phone but moving to the computer to edit his five minute film.
His new entry, ‘The Multiverse Syndrome’, features a young woman who can access multiple versions of herself across a Multiverse, as she is on the run from various malicious forces out to get her while trying to overcome her greatest struggle: loneliness.
“In the end, it’s more kind of symbolic of mental illness, particularly schizophrenia,” he said.
“It highlights how someone with a mental illness can feel alone and have no support.”
With a cast of one main actress, two extras and Ronald and his wife, the small team completed the filming process over an intense weekend of hard work.
He encourages anyone with a passion for film to get involved with SF3, and said the beauty of this festival is that just about everybody has a phone in their hands and can get started.
“They even have a category for kids… some of the stuff they showed at last year’s awards, we had an 11-year-old with a horror movie,” he said.
“Anyone can just pick up a phone and tell an interesting story they have.”
Gerald Lynch
