Filminute

Filminute is the international one-minute film festival dedicated to presenting, promoting and awarding the world's best one-minute films. Filminute was founded in 2005 and the inaugural festival ran in September 2006. Like other leading international film festivals, Filminute looks for films that deliver a well-balanced equation of content, acting, dialogue, storytelling, photography and sound design. Filminute accepts films from the categories of fiction, animation, documentary and mashup.

Contents 1 Information 2 Winners 3 Jury 4 References 5 External links

Information

The annual festival and competition runs throughout the month of September. An international jury consisting of luminaries from the fields of filmmaking, literature, art and communications is responsible for the awarding of Best Filminute. Audiences worldwide are invited online to view and vote for the People's Choice Award.

Filminute 2006 featured submissions from 25 countries and attracted a worldwide, online audience from over 50 countries. Best Filminute honours went to Anton Groves for his UK-Romanian production Line. The People's Choice Award was won by Wayne Campbell for his UK production It Could Be. According to Ekow Eshun, artistic director of London's Institute of Contemporary Arts and Filminute 2006 jury member, Filminute "demonstrated a high level of polish and a strong and exciting progression in user-generated content. Filminute has raised the bar in its first year and I am very interested to see how high the bar can go".

Filminute 2007 generated submissions from 45 countries, viewership from over 90 countries, and more than 2 million viewings of the shortlisted films online and on television. The jury-awarded Best Filminute 2007 went to Kristina Grozeva's Game (Bulgaria), while The People's Choice was awarded to Siddartha Jatla's Missing (India). During an October 2007 television interview with Filminute co-founder and executive director John Ketchum, CBC journalist and host Evan Solomon described Filminute as "the future of modern storytelling".

Filminute 2008 drew submissions from 60 countries, viewership from 94 countries, and more than 3 million viewings of the shortlisted films online and on television. The jury-awarded Best Filminute 2008 went to Oli Hyatt's StitchUp Showdown - Gym Jam (UK) and The People's Choice was awarded to Pici Papai's Quick (Hungary). The 2008 festival attracted a great deal of media attention including that of Wired.com whose headline ran, "If those sprawling three-minute YouTube clips seem to drag on forever, Filminute, the international one-minute film festival, might be right up your alley."

Filminute 2009 drew submissions from 55 countries, audiences from 122 countries and more than 3 million viewings of the shortlisted films online and across a variety of media. The jury-awarded Best Filminute 2009 went to UK's Phil Sansom & Olly Williams for their film Black Hole. The People's Choice was awarded to Canada's James Cooper for Life. The 2009 festival drew many positive reviews including Ronald Bergan's Guardian UK article "One Hot Minute: How Long is a Piece of Film?" which praised Filminute’s collection of "technically impressive mini-movies" and the festival’s commitment and focus "on story".

Winners

Filminute 2011

• Best Filminute - Loop, Aritz Moreno (Spain);
• People's Choice - Oblivion, Sharrif Nasr (Netherlands).

Filminute 2010

• Best Filminute - Choose Not To Fall, Matthew Marsh (UK);
• People's Choice - A New Prayer, Dorin Pene (Romania).

Filminute 2009

• Best Filminute - The Black Hole, Phil Sansom and Olly Williams (UK);
• People's Choice - Life, James Cooper (Canada).

Filminute 2008

• Best Filminute - Stitch Up Showdown - Gym Jam, Oli Hyatt (UK);
• People's Choice - Quick, Pici Papai (Hungary).

Filminute 2007

• Best Filminute - Game, Kristina Grozeva (Bulgaria);
• People's Choice - Missing, Siddartha Jatla (India).

Filminute 2006

• Best Filminute - Line, Anton Groves (UK/Romania);
• People's Choice - It Could Be, Wayne Campbell (UK).

Jury

Filminute 2011

• John Ketchum (Head of Jury, Executive Director Filminute);
• Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Emmy Award-winning film producer & journalist);
• Carlo Pizzati (Italian fiction and screenplay writer);
• Alin Tasciyan (FIPRESCI Vice President & Turkish film critic);
• Eva Van Den Bulcke (Sid Lee Creative Agency Co-Creative Director & partner);
• Jon Snoddy (V.P, Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development)
• Sabaa Quao (Executive Director, Filminute).

Filminute 2010

• John Ketchum (Head of Jury, Executive Director Filminute);
• Neill Blomkamp (Academy Award-nominated filmmaker);
• Ronald Bergan (film historian and critic);
• Tanuja Chandra (popular Indian filmmaker);
• Mark Tutssel (Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Worldwide);
• Jan Lumholdt (Scandinavian film author and FIPRESCI film critic)
• Sabaa Quao (Executive Director, Filminute).

Filminute 2009

• John Ketchum (Head of Jury, Executive Director Filminute);
• Hillman Curtis (new media designer and filmmaker);
• Kamila Shamsie (London-based, award-winning Pakistani novelist);
• Tham Khai Meng (Worldwide Creative Director of Ogilvy & Mather);
• Pamela Biénzobas (Chilean critic and journalist based in France and Vice-President of FIPRESCI - Federation Internationale de la Presse Cinematographique);
• Stefan Sagmeister (Grammy award-winning graphic designer and typographer)
• Sabaa Quao (Executive Director, Filminute).

Filminute 2008

• John Ketchum (Head of Jury, Executive Director Filminute);
• Paul Haggis (Academy Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker - Crash, Million Dollar Baby);
• David Kennedy (co-founder of the Wieden + Kennedy advertising agency);
• Dr. Andrea Dittgen (editor of the German daily, Die Rheinpfalz, and board member of FIPRESCI - Federation Internationale de la Presse Cinematographique);
• Francisco Goldman (award-winning novelist and journalist - The Long Night of the White Chickens, The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?);
• Taketo Oguchi, (editor-in-chief and publisher of Japan's SHIFT magazine)
• Sabaa Quao (Executive Director, Filminute).

Filminute 2007

• John Ketchum (Head of Jury, Executive Director Filminute);
• Michael Ondaatje (novelist and poet);
• Kevin Roberts (CEO Worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi);
• Samira Makhmalbaf (filmmaker);
• Kenichi Kondo ( The Mori Art Museum, Tokyo );
• Klaus Eder (General Secretary, FIPRESCI - Federation Internationale de la Presse Cinematographique);
• Sabaa Quao (Executive Director, Filminute).

Filminute 2006

• John Ketchum (Head of Jury, Executive Director Filminute);
• Ekow Eshun (Artistic Director, Institute of Contemporary Arts);
• Craig Davis (Chief Creative Officer, JWT Worldwide);
• Raul Galvez (Founder of the Toronto International Latin Film Festival);
• Santa Maddalena Foundation (2 votes);
• Sabaa Quao (Executive Director, Filminute).

References

• Wired.com's Picks From Filminute's Microvideo Short-List, Wired.com, September 3, 2008;
• Filminute's Attack of the International Supershorts, Wired.com, August 25, 2008;
• Paul Haggis joins Filminute jury, Variety, July 8, 2008;
• Filminute 2007 Picks, Eye Weekly, 2007;
• Filminute 2007, CBC.ca, 2007;
• Il Festival più breve del mondo..., La Repubblica, October 16, 2007;
• Czech Center Presentation, Czech Center Romania, October 19, 2007;
• Friends of the Earth green film competition in association with Filminute, Friends of the Earth, 2007;
• Filminute: A 60-second challenge, Cineuropa.org, The European Cinema Portal, June 25, 2007;
• What’s a one-minute film?, The In Crowd, March 4, 2006;
• The DGC invites you to participate in FILMINUTE, The Director Guild of Canada, May 12, 2006;
• Filminute Inaugural, BBC – Film Network, 2006;
• Filminute Recommendation, Daily Candy, Sept 7, 2006;
• Filminute, feeder.ro, September 5, 2007.

External links

• Filminute.com Official site;
• Filminute.blogspot.com Official blog.