A showcase of the best Under 5 Minute Films in the world today!
AUDIENCE AWARDS (FEEDBACK Film Festival):
Best Short Film: The Infomercial
Best 1 Minute Film: 26 Years Old
Best Vertical Film: The Turtle Unmasked
Best Direction: I’m Sure It’s Nothing
Best Animation: Lemon
Best Comedy Film: Adventure of Goop
Best Documentary Film: Through the Roots
Best Experimental Film: Pills & Bots
Best Horror Film: Don’t Be Afraid
Best Music Video: HAVE A BANANA with The Jive Aces
Best New Media Film: Born in the Caribbean
Best Performances: Boiling Point
Best Story: My Proudest Moment
Best Visual Design: Ciao Bello
LEMON, 4min., Israel
Directed by Itay Semo
A small gesture by Jimmy, a pizza delivery driver, triggers a surprising chain of events in the city, revealing how a seemingly random act can lead to wide and meaningful impact.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-lemon
My Proudest Moment, 5min., Australia
Directed by Imbi Männik
This independent micro-short documentary captures interviews with two trailblazers changing the narrative discourse in the area of disability in Australia, Tim Cahalan and Joanne Hatchard, through the sharing of their ‘proudest moment’.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-my-proudest-moment
The Infomercial, 3min., USA
Directed by Ethan Irwin
Set in a nostalgicaly retro universe, this film cleverly critiques the extreme lengths one might go to capture someone’s heart, using a product that promises love at first sniff.
https://www.instagram.com/Iamking.kong
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-infomercial
27 YEARS OLD, 1min., Belgium
Directed by Sandrine Lambert
A vivid memory of 2001, when I was 27, captured in just one minute (everything turned out fine 🙂
https://www.instagram.com/avondroodboeken
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-27-years-old
Pills & Bots, 5min., USA
Directed by Robert Snyder, Sara Livingston
Pills & Bots is an experimental short in which the artists explore two compelling cultural trends: the marketing of drugs and the proliferation of android robots. Most of the images in this piece are taken from television commercials and various other kinds.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-pills-bots
HAVE A BANANA with The Jive Aces, 4min., UK
Directed by Kevin Short
Have a Banana is a song that features in the award-winning film Bonnie & Clive, this is a swing version cover from the UK’s top swing band The Jive Aces.
https://www.instagram.com/k4kfilms
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-have-a-banana
THE TURTLE UNMASKED, 3min., Italy
Directed by Igor Francescato
The story of the turtle forced by events to disguise itself, to wear a mask, a pair of gloves and to cover its feet. And to maintain the “safe distance” from others. The story of how the turtle left its dirty sea to return years later to find it dirtier, full of masks and gloves. And how she found a solution, although very, very far from home…
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-turtle-unmasked
Born in the Caribbean, 3min., Puerto Rico
Directed by Jose Pagan
An intimate, vertical aerial perspective of the humpback whale migration off the coast of Puerto Rico. Captured with technical precision by an FAA-certified drone pilot, this micro-documentary offers a rare, non-invasive glimpse into the majestic natural history of the Caribbean waters.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-born-in-the-caribbean
Adventure Of Goop, 5min., USA
Directed by Nicholas Komarnitsky
A wacky little character goes on a unexpected adventure full of suprises.
https://www.instagram.com/kvasooh
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-adventure-of-goop
Through the Roots, 3min., Japan
Directed by George Kumuro
A short poetic film depicting a conversation between two trees, reflecting on the past, present, and uncertain future of the natural world.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-through-the-roots
I’m Sure It’s Nothing, 3min., USA
Directed by Kacy Boccumini, Don Gardener
Doors locked. Nobody has keys. Safe and sound. So those footsteps… in my hallway… could be anything. Right?
https://instagram.com/mybestguyfilms
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-im-sure-its-nothing
Ciao Bello, 1min., France
Directed by Agnès Pétillot
A conservator-restorer may come to regret having accepted to restore a bust.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-ciao-bella
BOILING POINT, 3min., Norway
Directed by Carl Georg Rødsten
A young woman’s peaceful afternoon is interrupted by a call from her little sister, who’s holiday has turned into a nightmare.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-boiling-point
DON’T BE AFRAID, 1min., Germany
Directed by Brian J. Rassmann
A painter suffers from sleep paralysis.
https://www.instagram.com/brian_bass_dop
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-dont-be-afraid
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