SmartFone Flick Fest

The SmartFone Flick Fest, or SF3, is a film festival for those who create short films on their smartphone or tablet.

The festival is open to filmmakers of all ages and aims to get people involved in filmmaking at a grass-roots level without spending thousands on expensive professional equipment.

We are one of the world’s biggest smartphone film festivals, helping to make filmmaking affordable and accessible to all, and we’re back for our 10th year! Experience one of Australia’s most innovative and exciting film festivals, with Ambassadors including Phillip Noyce, Kriv Stenders, Luis Fernandez, Kerry Armstrong, Jason van Genderen, Pieter de Vries, Anthony Kierann, Christopher Stollery, Emily Prior and Nicole da Silva.

SF3 2024 is brought to you with the support of our Major Sponsors, Blackmagic Design and Luma Touch; our Silver Sponsors, Melodie & Accounting Heart; and our Bronze Sponsors, Chicken & Chips Casting and Rubber Monkey. With the generous support of all of our festival sponsors, over $50,000 in prizes is on offer.

So come along to our VIP red-carpet screenings with the crème de la crème of the world’s smartphone films, all competing for over $50,000 in prizes and the chance to be crowned the SF3 2024 Best Film Award Winner, our SF3 Kids Best Film Winner and over 30 other awards.

Tickets to all screenings include pre-show red-carpet networking events and the chance to rub shoulders with the stars of the smartphone filmmaking world and our Sponsors, Judges and Ambassadors, some of the world leaders in the film industry. Experience the magic of the best smartphone films from across the globe up on the big screen!

Red Carpet VIP Party

A fun, VIP networking event with photographers, videographers and a photo wall. A cash bar will be open, and drinks, snacks, and popcorn will be available for purchase.

SF3 Gala Finals Screening and Awards Ceremony

This is a celebration of the best in smartphone cinema from across the world. It features our SF3 Official Selection films, which are all competing for over $50,000 in prizes and the chance to be crowned the SF3 2024 Best Film.

SF3 Kids Screening and Awards Ceremony

This is a showcase of the best smartphone films made by filmmakers 18 years and younger from around the world. The screening will be divided into two halves with an interval.

In the first half, we will screen our high school films, then have a 15-minute interval and continue on with our primary school films, followed straight away by our Awards Ceremony for all SF3 Kids films.