The Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI) has chosen four emerging filmmakers for its second MAMI Select: Filmed on iPhone program, leveraging the iPhone 16 Pro Max for filming. Mentored by Konkona Sen Sharma, the filmmakers include Amrita Bagchi, Rohin Raveendran Nair, Chanakya Vyas, and Shalini Vijayakumar. Their works will be edited on MacBook Pros. Notably, the previous cohort earned accolades at the Critics' Choice Awards India, demonstrating the program's impact on short film creativity. This initiative enhances filmmaking through Apple’s technology by providing speed and innovative filming techniques.
"Shooting and editing within the Apple family of products gives you a stellar advantage: speed," says writer-director Motwane, whose work in film and television includes Udaan and Black Warrant.
Amrita Bagchi is filming a psychological thriller titled Tinctoria, which is inspired by the indigo revolt in Bengal in 1859. Bagchi will lean on the iPhone 16 Pro Max's Cinematic mode for the short film's opening montage and has been making use of the 4K 120fps mode.
Rohin Raveendran Nair, director, writer and cinematographer is taking advantage of the iPhone's compact size compared to traditional cameras and his short film, Kovarty, is filmed from the point of view of a typewriter.
Interestingly, Nair has chosen to film scenes from the typewriter in 4:3 aspect ratio to make them feel more like paper, while landscape shots will be in a cinematic 2:1 ratio.
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