FILMINUTE, THE INTERNATIONAL ONE-MINUTE FILM FESTIVAL
Filminute names Paul Haggis, Francisco Goldman, David Kennedy, Andrea
Dittgen and Taketo Oguchi to 2008 jury
The third annual edition of Filminute, the international festival that
showcases, awards and promotes the best one-minute films from around the
world, runs September 1 through 30, 2008.
Academy Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Paul Haggis (Crash,
Million Dollar Baby); David Kennedy, co-founder of the Wieden + Kennedy
advertising agency; Dr. Andrea Dittgen, editor of the German daily, Die
Rheinpfalz, and board member of FIPRESCI (International Federation of
Film Critics); award-winning novelist and journalist, Francisco Goldman
(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 SHIFT magazine; and Filminute principals Ketchum and Quao will
adjudicate this year’s selection of one-minute films.
Filminute is accepting entries until August 20, 2008. Throughout the
month of September, festival-goers around the globe will screen, rate
and vote on this year’s selection of 25 one-minute films at
www.filminute.com, via mobile, on television and at public? screening
installations in London, Bucharest, and Toronto. In addition to the
“Best Filminute” jury prize and commendations, the public is invited to
vote for its Festival favorite and selects the “People’s Choice” winner.
The Filminute awards are announced in October.
2007 was a banner year for Filminute, with an audience from more than 90
countries enjoying over two million individual screenings of one-minute
films. Ketchum says, “Filminute is designed to work across multiple
media and to inspire filmmakers worldwide. Filminute 2008's expansion to
television, combined with the festival’s sustained international
momentum, will make this year's festival the biggest and best yet.”
Filminute is truly an international event. Founded by Quao and Ketchum,
both Canadians living abroad, the event has been decentralized since its
inception. Filminute’s head office is in London, UK, where Quao is
based, while planning and operations, led by Ketchum, are centred in
Bucharest, Romania. In Canada, television production and publicity
activities are managed out of Vancouver, and web development and design
are spearheaded in Toronto.
Quao explains Filminute’s international scope and growth: “We secured
what the Festival needed based on where we had built the best
relationships. In Vancouver, we benefit from West Coast industry access.
London relationships bring investment weight and are the hub of our
business development activities. The software being used to create a
unique broadcast and broadband presentation for Filminute is developed
in Oxford and Helsinki.
“The best stories, the best films and our most passionate audiences
could come from anywhere,” says Quao. “With submissions from over 45
countries last year, we’ve proven our point. The Best Filminute winner
in 2007 was from Bulgaria, and this didn’t faze our audiences in any
way. Last year’s winner generated votes across the board and this
confirms Filminute’s belief that we can and will continue to upend
assumptions on where the greatest one-minute films come from. Russia,
Romania, Finland, India, Argentina, Canada and the UK have all produced
films that audiences everywhere raved about on Filminute.”
Filminute has also developed a number of unique relationships with an
array of international corporations and organizations. This year,
adbeast Inc., a leading provider of online digital asset management and
collaboration tools, is expanding its involvement with Filminute. Once
again, in conjunction with Filminute, Friends of the Earth is promoting
a One-Minute Film Competition for films with environmental themes. In
the UK, the flagship Selfridges department store in London will host
Filminute’s interactive screening and media presentation space at the
Wonder Wall. In Canada, the Royal Ontario Museum’s Institute of
Contemporary Culture will also program a live Filminute event supported
by a discussion around the impact and relevance of one-minute films.
Filminute is also producing a television broadcast property that will be
presented internationally via broadband and conventional broadcast
partners. More details will be announced in the coming weeks.
Filminute is currently accepting entries. To be eligible for Filminute,
films must be broadcast-quality and exactly 60 seconds in total running
time, including titles and credits. Submissions for the 2008 edition
will be accepted until midnight (PST), August 20, 2008. Films selected
for Filminute will be available for viewing on www.filminute.com
beginning September 1.
More information and full details are available at www.filminute.com.
Over 20 foreign-language translations of Filminute’s call for entries
are available at http://www.filminute.com/2008/translations.php
Contact: Ugis Briedis
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+371 2 6407774
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