The international journalists network recently did a story that covered The Original iPhone Film Festival and some of our 2011 winning films. We were fortunate to have many of our entries from around the globe. The ijnet article is further validation of something we really believe in here at iPhonefilmmaker.com and that’s the empowerment and democratization of filmmaking that the iPhone provides.

Here is a bit of the article by Margaret Looney with a link to the entire piece on their site.

“Just about any documentary shot with a film crew and expensive equipment can make waves, but when you film award-worthy material solely on a mobile phone, that’s a feat.

Winners of the non-fiction category of the Original iPhone Film Festival prove journalists don’t need much to tell great stories.

These budding filmmakers used a variety of techniques to address the limitations of the hand-held, low-cost equipment.

First place winner Michael Guhil of the Philippines had never used an iPhone to film a story, much less for a non-fiction piece of work. Using the self-described “mobile studio in his pocket,” he tackled a real issue with a phone that wasn’t even his….”

Go read the entire article here