Victoria Mapplebeck

Victoria Mapplebeck is a BAFTA award winning artist and film director, Victoria’s films explore autobiographical stories which ask universal questions about our relationship with technology, parenting, health and wellbeing. For the last decade, Victoria has been shooting continuously with smartphones. She is passionate about the innovation, intimacy and access of smartphone filmmaking. In 2017, Victoria wrote, filmed and directed 'Missed Call' which was the first commissioned short film to be shot on the iPhone X. ‘Missed Call’ explores her son's decision to reconnect with his absent father. ‘Missed Call’ won Best Short Form Programme at the 2019 BAFTAs and Best Documentary Short at The 2019 Broadcast Digital Awards. In 2021, Victoria co founded and co curated 'SMart, The London International Smartphone Film Festival', with director and former Channel 4 commissioner Adam Gee. Victoria has also experimented with VR and immersive audio. In 2019, she was awarded an EPSRC Immersive Docum...