List of films shot on mobile phones

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This is a list of feature films, which were shot entirely on Camera phones. The list refers only to Wikipedia articles [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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FilmDirectorCountryYearCategoryCamera phone
New Love Meetings Barbara Seghezzi
Marcello Mencarini
Italy 2005 Documentary film Nokia N90
Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me It Would Become This Bad in Afghanistan Cyrus Frisch Netherlands 2007 Narrative film Samsung Sharp 902 and 903
SMS Sugar Man Aryan Kaganof South Africa 2008Narrative film Sony Ericsson W900i
Veenavaadanam Sathish Kalathil India 2008Documentary film Nokia N70
Jalachhayam Sathish Kalathil India 2010Narrative film Nokia N95
Night Fishing Park Chan-wook South Korea 2011 Short film iPhone 4
A Cell Phone Movie Nedzad Begovic Bosnia 2011Documentary film LG Viewty
Hooked Up Pablo LarcuenSpain2013Narrative film iPhone 4S
To Jennifer James Cullen Bressack United States2013Narrative film iPhone 5
60ml: Last Order Krishna MuraliIndia2014Short film Nokia Lumia
Tangerine Sean Baker United States2015Narrative film iPhone 5S
9 Rides Matthew A. Cherry United States2015Narrative film iPhone 6s
Sleep Has Her House Scott Barley United Kingdom2017Narrative film iPhone 6
Unsane Steven Soderbergh United States2018Narrative film iPhone 7 Plus
High Flying Bird Steven Soderbergh United States2019Narrative film iPhone 8
Midnight Traveler Hassan FaziliUnited States
Qatar
Canada
United Kingdom
2019Documentary filmThree different Samsung phones
Ghost Anthony Z. James United Kingdom 2020Narrative film iPhone 8
I WeirDo Liao Ming-yi Taiwan 2020Narrative film iPhone XS Max
Pondicherry Sachin Kundalkar India 2022Narrative film iPhone
Very Nice Day Patrice Laliberté Canada 2022Narrative film Google Pixel 2
Banger Adam Sedlák Czech Republic 2022Narrative film iPhone 12 Pro Max

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References

  1. Schleser, Max (26 August 2021). Smartphone Filmmaking: Theory and Practice. ISBN   9781501360343.
  2. "Apple releases first Indian film shot on iPhone". India Times. 3 February 2023.
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  6. "Cannes World Film Festival". Imdb.