WIFT NSW x SF3 Smartphone Filmmaking Workshop  - From Phone to Festival

WIFT Australia

Calling All Creators - Your filmmaking journey starts here.  Join WIFT NSW and SF3 for a hands-on filmmaking workshop.

Waterloo Studios

🎬 WIFT NSW x SF3 Smartphone Filmmaking WorkshopFrom Phone to Festival — Your Filmmaking Journey Starts HereSaturday 23 August | 2:00–5:30PM + Networking Drinks | Waterloo Studios, SydneyWhether you're a filmmaker with a bold new idea or a storyteller looking for your way to distribution - this hands-on workshop is for you.Join WIFT NSW and SmartFone Flick Fest (SF3) for an empowering, skill-building session where you’ll learn how to write, shoot, and sound-design a short film using the gear you already have: your phone.Led by award-winning creatives and festival decision-maker, Angela Blake and Jason van Genderen, this workshop is your access point into professional filmmaking, film festivals and a distribution pathway.What You’ll Learn✅ Film live on your phone with mobile gear and expert guidance✅ Record clean, professional sound with RØDE audio tools✅ Understand how to submit successfully to SF3, one of the world’s top mobile film festivals✅ Build creative connections with other next-gen filmmakers✅ Join WIFT’s post-event networking and ongoing support community<h3>📅 Event Details</h3>🗓 Date: Saturday 23 August 2025🕑 Time: 2:00–5:30PM Workshop + 5:30–6:30PM Women in Film and TV Networking Drinks📍 Location: Waterloo Studios, Sydney👶 Free childcare available – contact us to arrange<h3>🎟 Tickets</h3>• $10 – WIFT NSW Members (Early access rate)• $25 – General Public - $20 Students - $10 Virtual🎟 Limited spots — booking essential.🎥 Workshop GuestsJason van Genderen – Everybody’s Oma, award-winning filmmaker with over 100M+ global views online and a Stan streaming distribution deal.Angela Blake – Award-winning filmmaker, SF3 Co-founder &amp; Festival Director offering real festival strategy and feedback.RØDE Audio team – Mobile sound experts sharing pro audio techniques✨ Who Should Attend?This workshop is open to creators of all experience levels — especially those exploring filmmaking and independent production. Whether you’re working in documentary, narrative, experimental or hybrid — this is a chance to create with purpose, hear how to gain pathways to distribution and to build your audience.PresentersJason van Genderen, filmmaker and digital content creator, will share his experimental shorts, which won Tropfest NY and the Sundance Film Festival London, as well as his viral videos that became an acclaimed theatrical release in cinemas and a Stan-streamed documentary, Everybody's Oma. Jason will share his biggest lessons and breakthroughs that can help any aspiring filmmaker achieve film festival success and acquire distribution on streaming networks.Angela Blake, an Award-winning filmmaker, will share her experience and provide everything you need to know to set yourself up to shoot incredible films on your smartphone - films that not only get into festivals across the world but will also win awards!Angela's films, all shot on smartphones, have screened at festivals around the world. #CHILDBOSS was an Official Selection at the 2023 Byron Bay Film Festival. The film won Best Documentary at the 2023 RE-Generation International Youth Film Festival, the Cinephone International Smartphone Film Festival and Best Smartphone Documentary at The StarBurst Film Festival 2024. Career Fight won Best Professional Film at the Cinephone International Film Festival in 2023, was an Official Selection at the Inner West Film Festival and is a current finalist in MoMo in Switzerland. The Society Experiment screened in Dublin, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. Angela has a Master's in Creative Writing from UTS and teaches smartphone filmmaking at NIDA, The Wayside Chapel, Midnight Feast and many more amazing places.SF3 Smartphone Flick Fest International FestivalHear from Angela how you can be a part of SF3 FlickFest 2025 and what it takes to win over $50k of the prizes on offer. SF3 is one of the most respected smartphone film festivals in the world, attracting filmmakers of all ages and levels from across the globe.Entries to the festival are shot entirely on smartphones or tablets, forging an accessible and affordable entry platform into the film industry that has led to SF3 becoming the Southern Hemisphere’s largest international film festival dedicated to smartphone filmmaking.Festival EntryWIFT members and workshop attendees receive 20% of the SF3 film Festival entry fee.Presented by WIFT NSW and SF3 — working together to build a more inclusive, accessible film industry where every voice has a path to the screen.Children WelcomePlease contact us to book and access our childcare: All ages welcome.*What to BringPhone, charger, headphones. Bring your refillable water bottle.<h3>🚆 Transport &amp; Parking</h3>Train: Waterloo Station is the nearest train station — approximately an 8-minute walk to Waterloo Studios.Bus: Several bus routes stop nearby on Botany Road and Cope Street. Check Transport NSW for real-time services.Parking: Limited street parking is available on Wellington Street and in the surrounding areas. We recommend public transport where possible.<h3>♿ Accessibility</h3><ul><li>Rear entrance offers level access suitable for wheelchair users.</li><li>Front entrance includes a wheelchair lift.</li><li>Accessible toilets are available on site.</li></ul>SponsorsThis event was made possible with the support of WIFTNSW, SF3, RØDE Microphones and Waterloo Studios.Don't miss this special afternoon of filmmaking fun!WIFT Membership - Early AccessJoin us at WIFT to access early and discounted member prices for WIFT events, networking, workshops, Screen Guilds, IMDbPro and many more industry discounts.Join us here! https://www.wiftaustralia.org.au/become-a-member

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