A showcase of the best Under 5 Minute Films in the world today!
AUDIENCE AWARDS (FEEDBACK Film Festival):
Best Short Film: HANDYMAN
Best 1 Minute Film: COME AS YOU ARE
Best Cinematography: SQUELCH
Best Drama Film: FACADE
Best Story: UNVEILING EARTH’S CLIMATE SECRETS
Best Direction: HONORING ADAPTIVE ATHLETE: U.S Army Veteran – Marc Dervae
Best Performances: COOKED
Best Experimental Film: INTERSECTING PATHS
Best Documentary: OAKLAND STRONG
Best Visual Design: MY ROOF
Best Animation Film: BOY SCIENTIST
Squelch, 2min., USA
Directed by Xiao Xiao
In the factory, a worker pounds away at the metal, his body syncing to the rhythm of the machine—until a pain in his neck begins to grow, his flesh throbs, writhing, tearing, swallowing him whole.
https://www.instagram.com/xiao3dao
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-squelch
Facade, 2min., Ireland
Directed by Ciarán Mc Glynn
You never know who could be suffering in silence.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-facade
Unveiling Earth’s Climate Secrets, 4min., Austria/UK
Directed by Gina Moseley
Beneath Greenland’s vast ice sheet lies a hidden archive of Earth’s climate history, one that stretches back hundreds of thousands of years. This short documentary follows the cutting-edge world of paleoclimate research in Greenland, where scientists decode the past using nature’s own records: ice cores, cave formations, ocean sediments, lakebeds, and even ancient DNA.
https://www.instagram.com/greenland_caves/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-unveiling-earths-climate-secrets
Honoring Adaptive Athlete: U.S Army Veteran – Marc Dervaes, 2min., USA
Directed by David Goodman
Tradition Production Group, Outdoor Immersion, K9 Heroes 4 Heroes, and Operation Hunt 4 Heroes, in association with Humanity Pictures, present a teaser for the film of the inspiring true story of Marc Dervaes, an Army veteran who lost his right arm from the elbow down while serving in Iraq. This powerful narrative follows Marc’s journey of resilience, recovery, and purpose — a story forged through the healing power of outdoor therapy, brotherhood, and unwavering determination. Through nature, service animals, and community, Marc reclaims not just his strength—but his mission.
http://www.humanitypicturesonline.com/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-honoring-adaptive-athlete
Cooked, 3min., Canada
Directed by Darcy Birtwistle
Trapped in a loveless marriage, a woman gets a glimpse of a better life inside her microwave. On the other side: her alternate self, living freely, lovingly and armed with a plan. What begins as a surreal connection across realities turns into an unhinged plan between parallel selves.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-cooked
Intersecting Paths, 1min., USA
Directed by Peter Hriso
My work investigates repetition, modularity, and rhythm within digital space, exploring how simple geometric forms can accumulate into complex architectural landscapes. Using 3D animation software, I constructed a net layered systems of blocks and tiles that balance order with subtle irregularities. The interplay of opaque, translucent, and textured surfaces creates shifting patterns of light and depth, transforming static structures into dynamic visual experiences.
https://www.instagram.com/phriso1
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-intersecting-paths
Come As You Are, 1min., USA
Directed by Xiaolin Mai
A woman trapped in her husband’s football obsession stumbles into a fleeting connection with a stranger. The city conspires—an elevator ride, a hallway, a spark of possibility. But the outcome she chooses is as funny as it is freeing.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-come-as-you-are
OAKLAND STRONG, 4min., USA
Directed by David Godinez
Oakland is a city desperate for solutions. These strong kids are the answer hiding in plain sight.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-oakland-strong
MY ROOF, 2min., Croatia
Directed by Darko Kokić
18 years old. Your home is no longer yours. It’s time to grow up and make it in the world your ancestors built.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-my-roof
Handyman, 3min., France
Directed by Thomas Faccini
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-handyman
Boy Scientist, 3min., USA
Directed by Susan Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia
A brilliant boy scientist meets the girl scientist of his dreams, poised and beautiful, surrounded by flasks and beakers. The best he can do is bottle her image in his flask, so he may serenade and waltz with her in his Quantum Physics Lab.
https://www.instagram.com/alan_the_inanimate/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-boy-scientist
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