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FILMINUTE is the international one-minute film festival that challenges filmmakers, writers, animators, artists, designers, and creative producers to develop and submit the world's best one-minute films.

Filminute's international jury awards the BEST FILMINUTE and five commendations. Audiences worldwide rate the films and vote for the People's Choice.

THE FILMINUTE AWARDS  for 2008 were announced at the live event in Bucharest sponsored by ORANGE. Simultaneously, the ShortsTV show broadcast in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg culminated with the BEST FILMINUTE announcement.

Congratulations! StitchUp Showdown - Gym Jam (Oli Hyatt, UK) wins BEST FILMINUTE 2008. Quick (Pici Papai, Hungary) wins the People's Choice award. View these films and the other winners on this page.

WHAT MAKES A GREAT ONE-MINUTE FILM? The best one-minute films will resonate beyond one minute. These are films that we expect to affect viewers the same way any great film would. The challenge, of course, is to do it all in 60 seconds, no more, no less.

The Filminute winners hold their own against any film festival collection, bar none. And, where else can you watch an entire film festival in under 30 minutes?

FILMINUTE 2008 WINNERS

Best Filminute, 2008

STITCH UP SHOWDOWN – GYM JAM
Oli Hyatt (UK)

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People's Choice

Quick
Pici Papai (HUNGARY)

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Top Rated Film, 4.2 Stars

IMMERSE
Anton Groves (UK/ROMANIA)

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5 films received jury commendations at Filminute 2008

New Orleans For Sale!
Brandan Odums
USA

The Hobbyist
Justin Waite
UK

Belgrade
Mark Nava
SERBIA/USA

Rahim Murge Pe Mat Ro
Devashish Makhija / Rajat Nagpal
INDIA

Birthday Present
Markus Virpio
FINLAND
Filminute 2008 Sponsors

FILMINUTE 2008 Coverage
Friends of the Earth
THE STAIRCASE (George Mangalath Thomas, INDIA) appears both at Filminute 2008 and on the Friends of the Earth one-minute film competition, now in its second year of collaboration with Filminute. Until 22 October 2008, you may submit a vote for one of 10 films shortlisted by the Friends of the Earth for the People's Choice.

VIEW THE GREEN FILM WINNERS
60 Words on 60 Seconds
EYE WEEKLY film critic Chandler Levack reviewed 5 of our shortlisted films. This is our second year of collaboration with EYE WEEKLY. 60 words on 60 seconds is one of the Filminute audience's favourite review formats.

READ THE EYE WEEKLY REVIEWS
Shortlist Commentary
Jury and public comment on Filminute 2008.

READ THE COMMENTARY

Festival Screening Room
You may continue to view, rate and comment on all 25 shortlisted films at Filminute 2008.

VISIT THE FILMINUTE 2008 FESTIVAL SCREENING ROOM

FILMINUTE 2007 WINNERS

Best Filminute, 2007
Top-Rated Film, 4.6 Stars

GAME
Kristina Grozeva
BULGARIA

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People's Choice

Missing
Siddartha Jatla
INDIA

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5 films received jury commendations at Filminute 2007

About Time
Catalin Leescu
ROMANIA

In A Circus
Pablo & Gabriel Nicoli
ARGENTINA

Egg Love
Zach Math / Jonah Bekhor
CANADA

Fun Time
Aleksey Andrianov
RUSSIA

One Minute Guide TO PLANET EARTH
Armen Antranikian
GERMANY / UK
View Previous Winners
2007 Compliation video
2006 Winners
FILMINUTE 2007 Coverage
Friends of the Earth
Results from "Green Film" competition that ran in parallel to FILMINUTE 2007.

VIEW THE GREEN FILM WINNERS
60 Words on 60 Seconds
EYE WEEKLY film critic Philip Brown reviewed 6 of our shortlisted films.

READ THE EYE WEEKLY REVIEWS
Shortlist Commentary
The jury and public comment on the entire Filminute 2007 shortlist.

READ THE COMMENTARY

Achievement
2 films make the FILMINUTE and Friends of the Earth shortlists.

VIEW "POLAR BEARS"
VIEW "GLOBAL WARMING
VACATION"
Festival Screening Room
View, rate and comment on all 25 shortlisted films.

VISIT THE FILMINUTE 2007 FESTIVAL SCREENING ROOM

See the Filminute 2008 Gallery

PRESS RELEASE:
UK ANIMATION WINS BEST FILMINUTE
Top honours also go to Hungarian and Romanian productions at Filminute international one-minute film festival

LONDON/BUCHAREST, October 12, 2008 - Maniacally competitive sock puppets, an innocent take on the proverbial "quickie," and a sci-fi rendering of the wonders of antacid take top honours at Filminute, the international one-minute film festival. The 2008 Filminute Awards were announced today at a live event at the Orange Concept Store in Bucharest and on a televised special on ShortsTV in Europe.

Filminute's seven-member international jury awarded the Best Filminute to UK director Oli Hyatt's animated romp STITCHUP SHOWDOWN - GYM JAM. Produced by Blue-Zoo and Nickelodeon, Hyatt's animated film features sock puppet warriors in a death-defying gym work out.

Determined by a worldwide audience from more than 90 countries, Filminute's People's Choice Award goes to Hungarian director Pici Papai's QUICK, which looks at an adult relationship through the eyes of children.

Click Here To Read The Full Announcement


HOST: PETER SHINKODA
Filminute broadband and television

Peter Shinkoda - Host Filminute 2008

Peter Shinkoda presents the Filminute 2008 Awards as well as the broadband and broadcast segments of the festival hosted on the Adobe Media Player content network.
About Peter Shinkoda

With segments shot in London, Vancouver, and Bucharest, the shows were Co-Executive Produced by videojournalist David Dunkley Gyimah of Viewmagazine.TV
About Viewmagazine.TV

Special thanks to director Wayne Campbell, Stockbridge Music Productions, composer Matti Paalanen, MOBY Gratis, D-topia Sound Production, editor Alexander Radu, Loop Media animation, and photographer Christopher Wadsworth.




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