cinema in your pocket: a magazine about films for the small screen

Pqfilm

An independent magazine about film culture for the small screen. It does not show or distribute films and is not affiliated with any platforms, festivals or the previous website on this domain.

Archive

Archive

This is the magazine's table of contents: every section with a short description, so you can find the topic you need quickly. Below, we explain what happened to the domain's old addresses and why pages of the previous website no longer open here. If you arrived via an old link, start with the list of sections; it will help you find your way around the new magazine.

All the magazine kept from the previous website is the domain name; everything else was written from scratch and with a different purpose.

— Editor's note

Magazine sections

  • Home: about the magazine, five steps to watching a short film closely, and answers to reader questions.
  • Articles: six magazine topics on pocket cinema and a catalog of articles for English-speaking readers.
  • History: the phone's journey from the first built-in camera to vertical mini-series, told decade by decade.
  • People and makers: director, camera operator, sound designer, editor, vertical series creator, programmer, and tips for small crews.
  • Collections: three reading paths, for viewers, for first-time filmmakers, and on sound and editing.
  • Events: short film festivals, contests, film talks, workshops and how to vet announcements.
  • Analysis: how the first seconds of a short film work and how a vertical frame differs from a horizontal one.
  • Archive: this page, with the table of contents and the story of what happened to the old addresses.

About the domain's old addresses

This domain previously hosted a website that distributed films without the rights to them. That was piracy, and Pqfilm has nothing to do with it. Later the domain was taken over by spam, including pages that had nothing to do with film.

That is why the old pages are not being restored: they have been removed, and the server reports that the content no longer exists at those addresses. We deliberately do not redirect such links to magazine articles, so that no one gets the impression the previous website is carrying on under a new sign.

Every section of the magazine was written from scratch and is devoted to film culture for the small screen. There are no films, files or links to watch films here, and there never will be.

If you landed here via an old link, start with the list of sections above or with the home page.

  • Home

    A magazine about film for the small screen: framing and sound in your hand, short films, the vertical format and shooting on a phone.

  • Articles

    Six magazine topics, from the screen in your hand to viewing habits, plus the catalog of articles for the English edition.

  • History

    How the phone got a camera, then became a screen for movies and a filmmaking tool, told decade by decade.

  • Collections

    Three reading paths: for viewers, for first-time filmmakers and for anyone curious about sound and editing.

  • Events

    Short film festivals, contests, film talks and mobile filmmaking workshops, and how to vet an announcement.

Sources

  • Pqfilm editorial materials
  • Reference materials on the history of mobile communications and video (general overview)

We describe the history of mobile filmmaking and video only by decade and in general terms, without exact dates or figures. Always confirm the terms of festivals, contests, talks and workshops with their organizers.