Filminute 2013 Launch Press Release

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 8^th 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 8^th 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 9^th.

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