Filminute

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 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

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Filminute 2012: And the winners are...

LONDON/BUCHAREST/TORONTO, October 10, 2012 – Awards for the 7th edition of Filminute, the international one-minute film festival, were announced today. UK director Ant Blade's dramatic and hilarious animation CHOP CHOP took top honours with the jury, while fellow Brit Ben Jacobson's comic thriller, CANDY CRIME was the favourite selected by Filminute’s voting public.

The 7-member international jury which included Prasoon Joshi, Radu Jude, Arjun Basu, Lenora Hume & Gyorgy Karpati, gave animation its strongest year ever at the festival with Best Filminute as well as 3 of the 5 Jury Commendations going to the animations M/W 9/11 (USA), A HERO'S TALE (UK), and Ant Blade’s second film in the competition, WILDEBEEST (UK). The moving and beautiful Dutch documentary SARINA and the darkly amusing Lithuanian film CUT! rounded out the jury-commended films at Filminute 2012.

The race for the People's Choice award at Filminute 2012 was close right up to the finish with CANDY CRIME emerging as the winner, followed by CIUDAD HELSING (Argentina) and THE KEY (Canada). Audiences from more than 130 countries tuned in to watch this year’s collection.

The Top Rated film for 2012 was won by Georgian director Tamta Gabrichidze. Her stark and provocative film LADY I received an impressive 4.8 rating (out of 5) from the public.

“Comedy-driven animations and challenging dramatic works stood out at Filminute 2012,” said Filminute executive director and head of jury, John Ketchum. “It was also exciting to see the festival’s footprint continue to grow with particularly strong gains in the east - including Lithuania, Georgia, Turkey and Russia – as well as in South America, where Argentina, Colombia and Mexico continue to produce more one-minute films and bigger audiences.

The 7^th edition of the popular online-based short film festival saw social media again demonstrate its power and reach. The festival saw a dramatic increase in the number of festival mentions, reviews of films, and embeds of films on websites, blogs and online media around the world. “Increasingly, independent filmmakers are grasping the power that social media gives them to market their films. Filminute provides an ideal test ground — arguably what works for a one-minute film can work for a feature film when it comes to social media. Both the filmmakers and our festival saw a great return on our social media investments this year,” said co-executive director Sabaa Quao.

Every year, throughout the month of September, Filminute presents an extraordinary array of 25 films online and across a variety of media for festival-goers around the world to enjoy, share and discuss.

More information and full details are available at www.filminute.com. You may follow Filminute on Twitter at http://twitter.com/filminute. On Facebook, follow via http://www.facebook.com/filminute.

Congratulations to the winners!

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Filminute press contacts:

John Ketchum: john.ketchum-AT-filminute.com

Sabaa Quao sabaa.quao-AT-filminute.com
Oana Koulpy filminute2012-AT-gmail.com

LIST OF THE 25 FILMS SHORTLISTED AT FILMINUTE 2012

Argentina

CIUDAD HELSING, Gustavo Cordero

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=171

Belgium

HOL VS. RUS, Piet Sonck

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=191

OEHOE, Ben Gijsemans

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=177

Brazil

A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE, Weyner Tristao

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=166

Canada

THE KEY, Randy Kelly,

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=183

France

COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL, Louise & Jeanne Traon

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=172

Georgia

LADY I, Tamta Garbrichidze *** TOP-RATED FILM

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=174

Germany

INDIAN MYSTERY, Christian Fischer

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=193

Israel

SCHNITZELS, Tal Haring

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=179

Lithuania

CUT!, Jonas Velutis *** JURY COMMENDATION

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=173

Netherlands

MACROMOUSE, Nicolas Stamboulopoulos

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=192

SARINA, Tara Fallaux & Stijn Ghijsen *** JURY COMMENDATION

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=178

Russia

BROTHERS, Anton Mironovich

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=168

TAKE A REST!, Natalia Mirzoyan

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=187

Sweden

BARGIRL, Renzo & Hanna Anerod

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=167

Turkey

LIGHT, Munir Dogan

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=175

A HERO’S TALE, Nick Black *** JURY COMMENDATION

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=184

CANDY CRIME, Ben Jacobson *** PEOPLE’S CHOICE 2012

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=169

CHOP CHOP, Ant Blades *** BEST FILMINUTE 2012

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=170

FLIP BOOK, Richard Dunford

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=190

WILDEBEEST, Ant Blades *** JURY COMMENDATION

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=182

USA

FOLKLORE, Charles Yeager

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=185

M|W 9|11, James Kelly *** JURY COMMENDATION

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=176

STILL HERE, Rafael Morais & Vijessna Ferkic

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=180

THE END, Michael Darling

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=181

Best Filminute

People’s Choice

Top Rated

Thursday, September 06, 2012

Filminute 2012 Launch Press Release

LONDON/BUCHAREST/TORONTO, September 6, 2012 – The 7^th edition of Filminute, the international one-minute film festival, officially launches this week. 15 countries are represented among the festival’s 25 competing finalists.

The 15 countries represented at Filminute 2012 are Argentina, Belgium (2), Brazil, Canada, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, Netherlands (2), Russian Federation (2), Sweden, Turkey, UK (5), and USA (4). Five countries have made the shortlist for the first time: Brazil, Georgia, Israel, Lithuania, and Sweden.

Of the 25 films in competition, 6 are animations, and 2 are documentaries.

Filminute co-founder and Head of Jury John Ketchum has once again convened an international, experienced, contemporary, and witty jury: Sundance & Sarajevo award-winning Romanian film director, Radu Jude; Indian “Ad Guru” and award-winning film lyricist, Prasoon Joshi; FIPRESCI Vice President & Hungarian film critic, György Kárpáti; Shut Up! Cartoons producer and long-time Walt Disney Television Animation Senior Vice-President, Lenora Hume; and award-winning writer and superstar Twitter storyteller Arjun Basu.

The “Best Filminute” prize and 5 commendations are awarded by Filminute’s 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.

“We expect social media to continue to play an increasing role in the growth of the festival,” says Filminute co-founder Sabaa Quao. “Not only can filmmakers take direct control over the marketing of their film, the sharing and discussion of the film between the filmmakers and their audiences is a natural marketing driver. Much of what a filmmaker learns to do here is applicable to learning how to better market their feature length projects.”

The 7^th edition of the festival also features a more accessible website and an expanded pool of global media partners who will all be choosing their top picks from the festival to screen for their audiences.

Every year, throughout the month of September, Filminute presents an extraordinary array of 25 films online for festival-goers around the world to enjoy 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. On Facebook, follow the festival via http://www.facebook.com/filminute.

Welcome to Filminute 2012!

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Filminute press contacts:

John Ketchum john.ketchum(-@-)filminute.com

Sabaa Quao sabaa.quao(-@-)filminute.com

Oana Koulpy filminute2012(-@-)gmail.com

LIST OF THE 25 FILMS SHORTLISTED AT FILMINUTE 2012

Argentina

CIUDAD HELSING, Gustavo Cordero

URL http://www.filminute.com/listing.php?type=1&edition=2012&film=171