Filminute

Filminute is the international one-minute film festival dedicated to showcasing, awarding and promoting the world’s best one-minute . 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, , , , and . Filminute accepts films from the categories of , animation, documentary and .

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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".

Winners

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 2008
* John Ketchum (Head of Jury, Executive Director Filminute);
* Paul Haggis (Academy Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker - "", "Million Dollar Baby");
* (co-founder of the Wieden + Kennedy advertising agency);
* Dr. Andrea Dittgen (editor of the German daily, [http://www.rheinpfalz.de/ 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 [http://www.shift.jp.org/ 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 ( [http://www.mori.art.museum/eng/index.html 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, Worldwide);
* Raul Galvez (Founder of the [http://www.tilff.com/ Toronto International Latin Film Festival] );
* [http://www.santamaddalena.org/home.htm Santa Maddalena Foundation] (2 votes);
* Sabaa Quao (Executive Director, Filminute).

References

* [http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/09/review-one-minu.html Wired.com's Picks From Filminute's Microvideo Short-List] , Wired.com, September 03, 2008;
* [http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/08/coming-soon-att.html Filminute's Attack of the International Supershorts] , Wired.com, August 25, 2008;
* [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117988627.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2564 Paul Haggis joins Filminute jury] , Variety, July 8, 2008;
* [http://contests.eyeweekly.com/filminute2007/ Filminute 2007 Picks] , Eye Weekly, 2007;
* [http://exposure.cbc.ca/video/filminute-2007 Filminute 2007] , CBC.ca, 2007;
* [http://www.repubblica.it/2007/10/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/filmminute/filmminute/filmminute.html Il Festival più breve del mondo...] , la Reppublica.it, October 16, 2007;
* [http://www.czech-it.ro/?p=295 Czech Center Presentation] , Czech Center Romania, October 19, 2007;
* [http://www.foe.co.uk/green_film/ Friends of the Earth green film competition in association with Filminute] , Friends Of the Earth, 2007;
* [http://www.cineuropa.org/newsdetail.aspx?lang=en&documentID=78337 Filminute: A 60-second challenge] , Cineuropa.org, The European Cinema Portal, June 25, 2007;
* [http://theincrowd.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/03/04/what-s-a-one-minute-film.html What’s a one-minute film?] , The In Crowd, March 04, 2006;
* [http://www.dgc.ca/news.php?main=true&id=100&archives=false&news=788 The DGC invites you to participate in FILMINUTE] , The Director Guild of Canada, May 12, 2006;
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/U5725786 Filminute Inaugural] , BBC – Film Network, 2006;
* [http://www.dailycandy.com/article.jsp?ArticleId=27026&city=4 Filminute Recommendation] , Daily Candy, Sept 7, 2006;
* [http://www.feeder.ro/2007/09/filminute-2007-va-asteapta-voturile.html Filminute] , feeder.ro, September 5, 2007.

External links

* [http://filminute.com/2007/ Filminute.com] Official site;
* [http://filminute.blogspot.com/ Filminute.blogspot.com] Official blog.