Saturday, September 07, 2013

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 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.

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