Chinese brand Honor debuted its Robot Phone on the opening red carpet of the Shanghai International Film Festival, a device combining AI interaction with a high-resolution camera that extends from the phone body like an antenna, moves on its own, and retracts when not in use. The phone served as the festival’s official imaging partner. Ellemen, Shanghai IFF’s official fashion and lifestyle partner magazine, used it to shoot short films featuring the 21 Golden Goblet jury members, headed by Tony Leung Chiu-wai, and covered the red carpet, opening night banquet, and backstage moments. The Robot Phone marks Honor’s first collaboration with Arri, the global cinematic camera technology company. Its capabilities include all-angle AI video calls that track the user through robotic motion control and a three-axis gimbal stabilization system. “Today, consumer smartphones have already become a serious tool in professional filmmaking, being used on blockbusters across the globe. That’s why we believe it is time to bring these worlds even closer together,” said David Bermbach, Arri’s managing director. Honor announced in May at Cannes that the phone would go on sale to the public in Q3.