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Filminute is the international one-minute film festival dedicated to presenting, promoting and awarding the world's best one-minute films. 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, acting, dialogue, storytelling, photography and sound design. Filminute accepts films from the categories of fiction, animation, documentary and mashup. ==Information== 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 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". Filminute 2008 drew submissions from 60 countries, viewership from 94 countries, and more than 3 million viewings of the shortlisted films online and on television. The jury-awarded Best Filminute went to Oli Hyatt's ''StitchUp Showdown - Gym Jam'' (UK) and The People's Choice was awarded to Pici Papai's ''Quick'' (Hungary). The 2008 festival attracted a great deal of media attention including that of (Wired.com ) whose headline ran, "If those sprawling three-minute YouTube clips seem to drag on forever, Filminute, the international one-minute film festival, might be right up your alley." Filminute 2009 drew submissions from 55 countries, audiences from 122 countries and more than 3 million viewings of the shortlisted films online and across a variety of media. The jury-awarded Best Filminute went to UK's Phil Sansom & Olly Williams for their film ''Black Hole''. The People's Choice was awarded to Canada's James Cooper for ''Life''. The 2009 festival drew many positive reviews including Ronald Bergan's Guardian UK article "(One Hot Minute: How Long is a Piece of Film? )" which praised Filminute’s collection of "technically impressive mini-movies" and the festival’s commitment and focus "on story". Filminute 2012 marked the second time an animation won Best Filminute, with Director Ant Blade’s ''Chop-Chop'' (UK) taking the top prize. As well, Ant Blade was only the third filmmaker in the festival’s 8-year history to have two films shortlisted in the same year. The People's Choice award was won by Ben Jacobson for his smirk-inducing drama ''Candy Crime'' (UK). In addition to a record 134 countries tuning in to see the films, and a surge in the number of comedies, 2012 also saw the festival’s eastern presence grow with strong shortlisted films from Lithuania, Georgia, Turkey, and Russia. Filminute 2013 welcomed American independent filmmaking icon Richard Linklater to the jury who together with FIPRESCI film critic Carmen Gray and other luminaries awarded Best Filminute honours to Dutch filmmaker David Stevens for his excellent documentary ''M-22''. At the same time, the big story at the festival's 8th edition was Martinique filmmaker Khris Burton’s film ''Maybe Another Time'' which won the People’s Choice and Top Rated awards, as well as finished 1st in the Jury Commendations. It was the strongest finish ever for a single film at the festival. Filminute 2014 set new viewing records for the festival with over 5 million views recorded for the collection. Much of this was on the back of Ignacio F. Rodo's moving thriller ''Tuck Me In'' (Spain) which won the jury-awarded Best Filminute. The People's Choice award went to André Marques' heartwarming film ''Grandpa'' (Portugal) which also impressed with a Jury Commendation, a runner-up ranking for Top Rated, as well as the inaugural Cineuropa Audience Award. The festival and films also garnered widespread international media attention including Hugh Hart's piece in Fast Company "(60-Second Knockouts )" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Filminute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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