Choose Not to Fall (WINNER, BEST FILMINUTE 2010)
Matthew Marsh
UK
• A one-man show! This film is totally innovative because the protagonist and his talent is such. Great fun, thrilling and up-lifting, all at the same time, this film in one minute says so much more then reams and reams of paper used up in motivational books! Very well shot with real stunts, this made for very exciting viewing. (Jury)
• Beautifully shot documentary with an extraordinary and likable athlete. His acrobatics serve to demonstrate his philosophy as well as the film's which doesn't need any special effects. (Jury)
• Nicely written and emphatically delivered. (Jury)
• truly inspirational!
• I keep coming back to this movie...
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A New Prayer
(WINNER, PEOPLE’S CHOICE 2010)
Dorin Pene
Romania
• A Mel Brooks-ish, Monty Python-esque take at the gates of heaven...(Tweet)
• a cheeky peek at God’s administrative processes!
• Very Witty!
• If you think you’ve got a stressful to-do list, wait till you’re made privy to God’s personal prayer hotline. A lowly restauranteur from the Holy Land arrives at the gates of Heaven and begins his spiel, but will the good lord listen? Well-crafted dialogue and timely delivery are the strengths of this hilarious take on appealing to a higher power. (Eye Weekly)
• Foarte interesanta ideea ...
| Dark Valley(Top Rated Film)
Oskar Arnarson
Iceland
• Stunning, simple and spooky!
• scared the #&!*% out of me!
• Very atmospheric, nice cinematography and editing. The girl does a great job as well!
• Creepy with great production value
• Powerful atmosphere, strong acting and innovative use of sound and rear-view mirrors! (Jury).
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Auto Madar(JURY COMMENDATION)
Vasan Bala
INDIA
• A perfect example of the style and content in harmony. The rhythmic pace is just right for the comic-dramatic situation. It also manages to use a variety of stylistic devices - splitscreen, handheld camera and a wonderful closeup, without any gimickry. (Jury)
• A bad day for a hit man is a bad day for the cabbie. (TwitterTweet)
• Gangsters get into everyday travails too.. Nice!
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Goodbye Mr. Nice Guy(JURY COMMENDATION)
Ana Iliesiu / Matei Branea
ROMANIA
• A very funny, surreal and original comment on the mixture of animation and real life, done with aplomb. (Jury)
• Hilarious and inventive. (Jury)
• What at first seems mundane turns into something unique and cool. (Jury)
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GUMBOOTS
(JURY COMMENDATION)
Bauke Brouwer
SOUTH AFRICA
• A well executed complete story which evokes several emotional responses at different points in the 60 seconds…Could see this piece growing into something longer. (Jury)
• Does something few other short films can do: tells a full-circle story yet leaves a lasting impression. (Jury)
• Absolutely brilliant. Well done!
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Love Suicides: Prologue(JURY COMMENDATION)
Edmund Yeo
MALAYSIA / JAPAN
• Poetic and intriguing. (Jury)
• a film that deftly wraps complexity in simplicity (Jury)
• Daddy's a ghost and he's kind of a downer. (Tweet)
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Flesh(JURY COMMENDATION)
Maarten Rots
NETHERLANDS
• a highly entertaining :60 second journey from intimacy, through to discomfort. (Jury)
• Great, wry concept. Wonderfully obscure. (Jury)
• Thank you for making me the voyeur!
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5:27 PM
Jeremiah Crowell
USA
• Beautiful production, cinematography and
music. Resonated.
• When you think about road rage, you realize that you have options. Meditative piece.
• This is an awesome use of 60 seconds. Wonderful work.
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ASHES
Robin King
UK
• Sartre, Beckett & pulp film rolled into 60 seconds. (Tweet)
• The film does bear semblance to Sartre’s No Exit and the ambiguous ending may hint at the arrival of a third character arriving to join the film’s doomed pair. “Hell is other people…” Indeed.
• This is awesome! It reminds me of all the Dario Argento movies except with a wonderful sense of humor.
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BUSINESS AS USUAL
Michael Benni Pierce & Shaun Boyle
USA
• Misplacedplanet guys – masters of comic tension!!!
• Elvis' rocks out at The Office (Tweet)
• Love the interviewer’s delivery and reactions at the end!
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DRINKING & UNICORNS
Motke Dapp
USA
• Superhero has another drink, then goes to fight crime (Tweet)
• Awesome writing!
• Who woulda thunk a superhero just has a job and not a career?
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DUEL IN THE SUNSET
Serdar Taç
Turkey / Slovenia
• Bizarrely sweet!
• like the fight ;)
• Girl, guy, sun, moon & a fight scene at the docks.... (Tweet)
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ECHOES
John Riley
UK / Romania
• Very eerie and atmospheric tale with an excellent use of sound. A new angle on the mirror in cinema. (Jury)
• It’s moving and poignant and heartbreaking and heart-warming. Uses the allotted time slot to every advantage. Impeccably executed by all involved. (Jury)
• Idea & acting by the older character is great.
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THE FINN
Eric Hynynen
Finland
• That the storyline for ‘The Finn’ felt slightly familiar ultimately made little difference to the films impact, which was substantial. The craft used to wring such poignancy out of such simple propping was a real pleasure to experience. (The Jury)
• Whether it's a morbid allegory for life in this dark northern European outpost, or a darkly comedic comment on how those punishing Finnish winters make you feel, director Eric Hynynen’s decorated stop-motion art-house piece is arguably the most depressing minute you’ll spend all day. The grainy film resolution and lurching soundtrack music heighten this moving tribute to man’s best friend.(Eye Weekly)
• Original!
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GONE
Dhruv Mookerji
India
• Gone presents a magician and assistant who take matters into their own hands when a disappearing trick goes awry. Expressive performances bring this silent film to life, turning a simple premise into a tense, effective usage of all 60 valuable seconds. (Eye Weekly)
• Funny!
• Charming.
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AN HONEST DAY’S WORK
The Brothers Grinn
USA
• The Los Angeles-based directorial team of Andre Query and Ken Dodge have dreamed up a high-production-value rendering of big-game hunting, shot from an original point of view. Take a chilling glimpse through the eyes of the prey as two average sport hunters decide how to dispose of the carcass — and then prepare yourself for the film’s unsettling plot twist. (Eye Weekly)
• It’s not easy to build mystery, suspense, and a big reveal in less than 60 seconds. But with its disarming point-of-view, and a genuinely unnerving twist ending, An Honest Day’s Work, a fast and dirty tale of the hunter and the hunted, hits you right in the gut. Or the temple. (dailyxy.com)
• love the camera angle on the last shot...left lots of questions for the imagination.
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LISTEN TO YOUR LADY
Mark Nava
Serbia / USA
• Saws in cakes. Spoon-dug tunnels. Cell door-devouring toothpaste. We’ve seen movie jailbirds fly the coop by any number of half-baked schemes. But Listen to Your Lady puts a fresh twist on well-tread territory. A Mountain Fresh twist, that is. (Dailyxy.com)
• impressed with the amount of resources that were corralled together to make it happen. A huge part of film making is making things happen, and this short looks like it did alot of that. (Jury)
• Awesome prison break flic!
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MADAM A.
Daniel Maráky
Czech Republic
• Touching and subtly suggestive story, hinting at another world in the past by its creative use of sound. (Jury)
• Evokes emotion and very good use of sounds to convey a story. (Jury)
• delivers a fragile, poignant, and powerful performance
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MENU
Joanna Rechnio
Poland
• In a dreary, desolate landscape, a lone masked figure is prepared to end it all, until he begins to fantasize about a perfect last meal. With a haunting choir soundtrack, Menu is an eerie reminder that our passions are what make us strive to keep on living. It also affirms the notion that French food is simply to die for. (Eye Weekly)
• We can’t tell you how many times the thought of a good meal has been the only thing keeping us tethered to this mortal coil. Menu considers what it takes a committed foodie to summon the will to survive a harrowing fate. A delicious solution if there ever was one. (Dailyxy.com)
• Love the overarching confidence!
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NATIONAL 03
Ana Mendes
Portugal
• A sublime film, literally a work of art & hints at so much. A political film? (Tweet)
• A modern day limbo (illegal immigrants?) deftly captured…
• Stays with you! Who are these men and will they be saved?
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SERVED COLD
Gábor Hörcher
Hungary
• What child didn’t dream of getting to teach their parents a lesson at dinner time? Served Cold envisions one small step for a child, one giant leap for childkind.(Dailyxy.com)
• Excellent! Resonated beyond a minute, good story/characters come through, lovely acting/cinematography/direction
• Nice pace.
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SHIVER IN THE EVENING OCEAN AIR
Tubomi Koukou
Japan
• Yakuza on the beach? Or something even more...(Tweet)
• So much fun! What a great reveal!
• Nice twist at the end, would like to know more about the story/characters
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THE WALL
Tomas Rafa
Slovak Republic
• ‘The Wall’ was brilliant in its effortless, uncluttered
examination of multiple topics of interest. Political,economic, and social commentary all found ample room to coexist on that small patch of muddy ground. A very nice film. (Jury)
• Interesting poetics of sending a ball over the wall, the ball carries the journey and is triumphant but they don’t get to follow it and that’s a nice tension.
• The Wall kept it real & showed what the human spirit is capable of (Tweet)
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YELLOW
Motke Dapp
USA
• A highly unique film and very well shot (Jury)
• A very clever skit (Jury)
• Creative and fun. The music worked very well. I liked the hat indicating the cab was available.
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