BOLD, DRAMATIC AND VISIONARY ONE-MINUTE FILMS LAUNCH AT FILMINUTE 2013
25
ultra short films from 19 countries are competing for online ratings and votes
at the Filminute festival and competition.
LONDON/BUCHAREST/TORONTO,
September 5, 2013 – The 8th edition of Filminute, the international
one-minute film festival, officially launches this week. A record 19 countries from
6 continents are represented among the festival’s 25 competing finalists.
The 19 countries represented
at Filminute 2013 are Argentina (2), Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, France, Hong
Kong, India, Iran, Martinique, Netherlands (2), Norway, Romania, Russia,
Scotland, South Africa, Sweden, UK (3), and USA (3).
3 documentaries and 2 are
animations are included in the mix of 25 films in competition.
Filmmakers the world over,
as well as those who made this year’s prestigious 25-film shortlist, will no
doubt be impressed by the jury that festival co-founder and Head of Jury John
Ketchum has assembled this year: acclaimed American screenwriter and director Richard Linklater; advertising maven
and Grey New York President and Chief Creative Officer, Tor Myhren; FIPRESCI film critic and Dazed & Confused Magazine Film Editor, Carmen Gray; Orange
prize-winning author of The Tiger’s Wife,
Téa
Obreht; and Jeremy Azevedo, Senior Director of
Original Programming at Machinima, the video entertainment network.
The “Best Filminute” prize
and 5 Commendations will be awarded by the Filminute jury. The public at large
is invited to view, share, comment upon and rate all 25 films. Each film fan is
also entitled to a single vote to put toward the film they feel is most
deserving of Filminute’s People’s Choice award.
“Social media played a big
role in the success of Filminute last year, and this year contributed to a
dramatic rise in submissions and pre-festival chatter,” says Filminute
co-founder Sabaa Quao. “Judging from the activity we’ve seen already from some
of this year’s shortlisted filmmakers, social media has definitely become the
“go-to” method for marketing indie films. For a festival that grows via social
media sharing of films, we couldn’t be happier with this marketing evolution.”
The 8th edition
of the festival features an even more impressive list of global media partners
as well as the introduction of the CineCoup award, which will put $2,500 (CAD)
in the hands of one of the 2013 shortlisted filmmakers. CineCoup, a
Canadian-based film accelerator which launched this year and delivers
production financing and guaranteed distribution to indie filmmakers, will announce
the award at the Filminute Awards, October 9th.
Every year, throughout the month of September, Filminute presents an extraordinary array of 25 films online for festival-goers around the world to enjoy, share, and discuss. The Filminute winners and awards will be announced on October 9.
Every year, throughout the month of September, Filminute presents an extraordinary array of 25 films online for festival-goers around the world to enjoy, share, and discuss. The Filminute winners and awards will be announced on October 9.
More
information and full details are available at www.filminute.com.
You may follow Filminute on Twitter at http://twitter.com/filminute
or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/filminute.
Welcome
to Filminute 2013!
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LIST OF THE 25 FILMS SHORTLISTED AT FILMINUTE 2013
Argentina
THE CHEST (El Cofre), David Fernandez
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=224
LAIKA, Gustavo Cordero
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=223
Belarus
MIGRATION, Andrey Levkovitch
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=214
Belgium
TRAFFIC JAM, Piet Sonck
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=209
Canada
THE KISSING BOOTH, Matt West
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=204
Egypt
THE VEIL, Mohamed Salama
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=210
France
THE EVENING CIGARETTE, Mattieu Von
Eeckhout
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=212
Hong Kong
LATE, Edith Chong Yuen Ping
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=202
India
END OF LINE, Gopi Krishnan
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=216
Iran
THE LAST PERFORMANCE, Reza Moayedi
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=222
Martinique
MAYBE ANOTHER TIME, Khris Burton
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=208
Netherlands
IDIOSYNCRATIC, Ad Bol
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=219
M-22, David Stevens
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=200
Norway
THE EXPLORER, Alexander Vestnes &
Ola Martin Fjeld
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=201
Romania
BYE FOR NOW, Catalin Leescu
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=206
Russia
DAMN VOLVOXES, Arthur Omarov
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=211
Scotland
/ UK
NUCLEAR MYSTICISM, Guy Phenix
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=207
South
Africa
THE DEATH & LIFE OF DESMOND WOLFE, Brett
Williams
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=217
Sweden
TORSDAG, Frederik V. Thelander
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=213
United
Kingdom
DEAD BIRD, Trevor Hardy
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=220
THE PRESENT, James Cookson
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=205
FISH SUPPER, Orlando von Einsiedel
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=221
USA
BAD DOGGIE, CHUCKLES, Mark Bellusci
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=215
DIRE, Aria London
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=203
SAFE PASSAGE, Matt McCanna
http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2013&film=218
