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Selections for Filminute showcases and interviews begin in March 2008. Submissions for this year's festival will be accepted up until midnight August 20th, 2008.

The Filminute Festival, including final jury deliberations and public voting, will take place throughout September. The Filminute Awards will be announced in October 2008.


10 Points to Consider
  • Your film must be 60 seconds - no more, no less.
  • Produce your one-minute piece at broadcast quality.
  • Consider your viewing audience - from mobile phones, to broadband to televisions, to theatre screens.
  • Contributors must be the sole author(s) of the entry.
  • You may submit more than one film in accordance with the official Filminute rules and regulations.
  • No unauthorized use of copyrighted material.
  • Submissions will be made electronically.
  • Filminute will reserve the right to refuse any entry at its own discretion. Submitted material must not contain obscene, unlawful or objectionable material.
  • Content created to promote any product or service will not be accepted.
  • The exhibition and competition will be open to any resident of planet Earth.



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INTERVIEW
Palme D'or Winner Cristian Mungiu

In May of 2007, Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the prestigious Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The story of two university students who try to arrange an illegal abortion in the dying days of Ceausescu's Romania, has gone on to win numerous other prizes around the world (including FIPRESCI film of the year) as well as rave reviews from critics including Variety magazine's Jay Weissberg who praised it as "pitch perfect and brilliantly acted...a stunning achievement."

Like many feature filmmakers, Mungiu also makes short films and commercials and is a fan of Filminute. He recently agreed to answer some of our favourite questions.

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PRESS RELEASE:
FILMINUTE 2008 OPENS WORLDWIDE AND EVERYONE ON EARTH IS INVITED TO WATCH
What makes a great one-minute film?

London/Vancouver, September 1, 2008 - Filminute, the international one-minute film festival, gets underway today with a lineup of 25 films from 16 countries. Filminute organizers expect to generate audiences from more than 100 countries who will view over 10 million minutes of film at this year’s event. Merely coming close to those numbers would confirm Filminute’s status as one the world’s largest film festivals, in terms of audience size and participation.

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FILMINUTE 2008 JURY

Every year, Filminute takes pride in assembling a respected, international jury. Our jury members come from a variety of fields relevant to the one-minute film format.

For 2008, Filminute is very pleased to announce that Oscar-winning screenwriter & director Paul Haggis, Wieden + Kennedy agency co-founder David Kennedy, and FIPRESCI board member and film critic Andrea Dittgen will all be lending their vast knowledge and experience to choosing the winners and strengthening the collective understanding of what makes a great one-minute film.

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