AUDIENCE FESTIVAL AWARDS

Best Film: FAMILY SHADOWS

Best Performances: I & MYSELF

Best Cinematography: EYE OF INDIA

Best Music: The music from BLURRY

WATCH the Audience FEEDBACK Videos for each film: 

MISSION: APO11O, 4min, France, History/Comedy WATCH Audience FEEDBACK MORE THAN LOVE, 3min, USA, Drama/Romance WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

BLURRY, 5min, USA, Thriller/Mystery WATCH Audience FEEDBACK LAST CHANCE, 3min, Hungary, Drama/Sport WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

EYE OF INDIA, 3min, India, Experimental/Adventure WATCH Audience FEEDBACK DAN, 1min, UK, Comedy WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

DATE TO THE CINEMA, 4min, USA, Romance/Drama WATCH Audience FEEDBACK VOICING SILENCE, 3min, UK, Animation WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

WOW, 4min, France, Drama/Romance WATCH Audience FEEDBACK BEYOND, 4min, Italy, Drama/Mystery WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

FAMILY SHADOWS, 4min, USA, Family/Drama WATCH Audience FEEDBACK THE SNOWMAN’S HAT, 2min, USA, Animation WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

MOUNT ROYAL 2017-09, 2min, Canada, Experimental WATCH Audience FEEDBACK THE FINAL FAIRYTALE, 1min, UK, Family WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

I & MYSELF, 5min, Japan, Drama/Fantasy WATCH Audience FEEDBACK PROCLAMATION PUNCTUATION, 4min, USA, Dance/Fashion WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

The UNDER 5 MINUTE JUNE 2017 FEEDBACK Film Festival gave our audiences simply the best of short movies from this community.

The theme of the festival was “OUTSIDE FORCES”.

Every film showcased was about a character(s) or situation that was getting in the way of success.

The UNDER 5 MINUTE FEEDBACK Film Festival is becoming one of our most popular events. It is definitely a festival that stirs the conversation and gets people talking.

For the June 2017 Festival we showcased the best 16 films from around the world in different styles, genres, and budgets. It still amazes me, after all these years doing the festival, the amount of talent that is out there in the world. And the clever things that people come up with to tell a story in less than 5 minutes. In fact, most films presented at this festival were less than 3 minutes.

There’s a cliche in storytelling that you enter each scene late and leave each scene early. The meaning behind that is you don’t want to waste the audience’s time. The classic example is that you don’t have to show a character driving to their destination, parking their car, getting out, knocking on the door etc… They can simply arrive at the next scene already inside the home having a conversation with the person they need to talk to further the story. Trimming the fat and only showing what is needed!

That’s the art of these 5 Minute Short Films. There is a story in all of these films. Setup. Conflict. Resolution – the three steps of any story. And the art is to tell your story within the context of your plot, themes, characters and uniqueness of your idea.

It’s no secret that all of these 16 films succeeded. When you have a tight race of 12 films vying for title of “BEST FILM” of the night, you know you’ve hit a jackpot of a film festival.

Hope to see you at our next Under 5 Minute Film Festival in December.

See you at the festivals.

– Matthew Toffolo