Max Schleser
Max’s smartphone and mobile films are reviewed in Cinemascope and Vague Terrain. He is referred to as a pioneer and leading practitioner of mobile phone filmmaking. He also conceptualises and conducts mobile filmmaking workshops. Past mobile filmmaking projects include 21cc, the educational link of the BBC, Nokia, local councils, community groups and film festivals in London, Ekaterinburg, New York, Wellington and Auckland. He curates the International Mobile Innovation Screening and in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive he produces the International Mobile Innovation DVD and eBook (http://bit.ly/eBook2013).
In the video presentation Max will talk about the developments in mobile filmmaking in the last decade. He will also refer to his short and feature mobile-mentaries (mobile documentaries) and his current collaborative project 24Frames 24Hours (www.24frames24hours.org.nz)
Biography
Max Schleser is a filmmaker who explores mobile devices as creative and educational tools. His portfolio includes various experimental and collaborative documentary projects, which are screened at film and new media festivals internationally. Schleser co-founded the Mobile Innovation Network Aotearoa. He teaches video production and supervises MDes, MFA and PhD students in the College of Creative Arts at Massey University.