MAMI’s latest iPhone program is giving emerging Indian filmmakers a new creative constraint: tell fresh stories using an iPhone 17 Pro Max. Four short films filmed across varied Indian locations lean into mobility, intimacy, and bold experimentation, showing how cinematic form can evolve when the tool stays the same.
Tanmay Shekhar, an IITian and former data scientist in New York, walked away from a high-paying career to chase filmmaking. He bootstrapped his debut by funding the film with community support, then pushed it through a modest theatrical release. The story he built—about privilege and personal transformation—later found a much bigger audience when it landed on Netflix.
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