Continuing to showcase the best of short films from around the world, while maintaining our audience feedback format moderated by Amanda Lomonaco. Showcasing a festival every single month in 2017! Tickets for 2017 are PAY WHAT YOU LIKE. Purchase your tickets online via Paypal or Credit Card. Tickets are first come first serve. All proceeds… Continue reading Under 5 minute Film Festival: Thursday June 29, 2017
Month: May 2017
Get to know the short film: I & MYSELF, 5min, Japan, Drama/Fantasy
Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival Mizuho came to Tokyo to make her dream reality but things have not been going well for her. “What did I come to Tokyo for…?” One day, depressed and on her way home, she is stopped by a certain lady. To her astonishment, the… Continue reading Get to know the short film: I & MYSELF, 5min, Japan, Drama/Fantasy
Director’s BIO: Hisanori Tsukuda
Short Film I & MYSELF Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival Director Biography Director / Creative Director of NHK (Since2004-) Film Director Recent representative work [Drama] “The Wife of Gegege”(2009) “Clouds above the Hill” Season3 (2011) “Taira no kiyomori”(2012) “Garasu no ie”(2013) “Housou Hakubutsukan Kiki-ippatsu”(2014) [as a Creative Director] “64”(2015) “Manben”(2015)… Continue reading Director’s BIO: Hisanori Tsukuda
Get to know the short film: THE FINAL FAIRYTALE, 1min, UK, Family
Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival A woman looks back at a fading memory of her father and of fairytales . Ken Williams Director Film Type: Short Runtime: 1 minute Completion Date: May 17, 2016 Production Budget: 1,000 EUR Country of Origin: Ireland Country of Filming: Ireland Film Language: English… Continue reading Get to know the short film: THE FINAL FAIRYTALE, 1min, UK, Family
Director’s BIO: Sewra G Kidane
Short Film Proclamation Punctuation Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival Director Biography Sewra G Kidane is a New York City based, award winning Commercial Film Editor, with over 10 years of experience editing with some of New York City’s top advertising agencies, networks and heavy hitters in the music industry. Her love… Continue reading Director’s BIO: Sewra G Kidane
Get to know the the short film: PROCLAMATION PUNCTUATION, 4min, USA, Dance/Fashion
Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival “Proclamation Punctuation” is an enthralling fashion film centered on a fabulously fascinating woman reciting a short soliloquy paying homage to her love for using exclamation points in her missives. Periods are so period, where as an exclamation point livens up a sentence! There is… Continue reading Get to know the the short film: PROCLAMATION PUNCTUATION, 4min, USA, Dance/Fashion
Get to know the short film: MOUNT ROYAL 2017-09, 2min, Canada, Experimental
Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival A short, non-narrative montage in which scenes from Montreal’s Parc Mont Royal are transformed via custom computer software into a dreamy cascade of colourful, abstract shapes, set to a melodic, sample-based soundtrack. Film Type: Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Short Runtime: 2 minutes 3 seconds… Continue reading Get to know the short film: MOUNT ROYAL 2017-09, 2min, Canada, Experimental
Director’s BIO: Jeff Draheim
Short Film THE SNOWMAN’S HAT Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival Jeff Draheim is known for his work on as an editor on Frozen (2013), Moana (2016) and The Princess and the Frog (2009). He currently works for Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Get to know the short film: THE SNOWMAN’S HAT, 2min, USA, Animation
Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival “The Snowman’s Hat” is a simple and sweet stop motion animation about the lengths a Snowman would take to retrieve his beloved top-hat. Jeff Draheim Director Project Links Website Film Type: Animation Runtime: 2 minutes 44 seconds Completion Date: January 10, 2017 Production Budget:… Continue reading Get to know the short film: THE SNOWMAN’S HAT, 2min, USA, Animation
Director’s BIO: Laura Malatos
Short Film FAMILY SHADOWS Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival Director Biography Laura Malatos is a filmmaker from Seattle, Washington. She’s established herself mainly as a writer/directed, but has additional experience in editing and cinematography. Her work captures the vulnerability of human emotion, often alluding to the beauty that comes from… Continue reading Director’s BIO: Laura Malatos
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