The SmartFone Flick Fest (SF3) Enters Big 10th Year After Stellar Rise

Local filmmakers feature among the finalists to the SmartFone Flick Fest (SF3).

The local finalists include:

• Castle Hill’s Aaron Scully - Go Towards the Light (mini film);

• Castle Hill/Glenhaven and Hills Drama School’s senior class with the FIRST EVER SF3 FEATURE FILM BY TEENS Voices Unheard (directed by Aaron Scully);

• Macquarie Park’s Kieton Beilby - A Little Strange - (Gala Final);

• North Ryde’s 17-year-old Ella-Maree James - Deja reve - (SF3 Kids);

• Baulkham Hills’ Deniz Gursoy - Truth or Dare - (SF3 Kids);

• Kellyville’s 15-year-old Jason Dutton - Forwards to the Past - (SF3 Kids);

• North Ryde’s Sarah Armstrong - Stacy and her toy Duck - (mini film - and disability category);

• Eastwood’s Karina Bracken - Thrifty Gifty - (mini film);

• Queer Palestinian/Jordanian filmmaker from Plumpton, Mina Asfour - The Rectangle Love Triangle - (Gala Final);

• Blacktown’s 15-year-old Ajila Miller Gersbach - Hitchip for Hire - (SF3 Kids);

• Ropes Crossing’s Centre Stage Academy - Junior class 5 to 10 year olds - directed by the class and teacher Wayne Tunks - Slay Queen - (SF3 Kids); and

• South Windsor’s Riley Taylor - Passing Forward - (SF3 Kids).

One of the world’s largest and most prestigious smartphone film festivals, SmartFone Flick Fest (SF3) provides a platform for budding, emerging and professional filmmakers to bring their ideas to life for a global audience.

It is an international festival open to filmmakers of all ages with a phone or tablet and a great idea.

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