Category: Short Film Festival

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

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

Get to know the short film: FAMILY SHADOWS, 4min, USA, Family/Drama

Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival Every Friday night at 7 o’clock, Carter walks into the forest, and every single time, his father follows him. While wandering through the shadows, they discover what it means to be family. The film’s director was 17 at the time of filming and 18… Continue reading Get to know the short film: FAMILY SHADOWS, 4min, USA, Family/Drama

Director’s BIO: Manuele Mandolesi

Short Film BEYOND Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival Director Biography Manuele Mandolesi was born in Recanati on the 5th of July 1977. After finishing his degree in Communication studies he moved in Milan to attend a Master in “Digital Film and Television”. Here, he collaborated with a Media Production Studio… Continue reading Director’s BIO: Manuele Mandolesi

Get to know the short film: BEYOND, 4min, Italy, Drama/Mystery

Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival Night. Anonymous suburbs. A woman lies on the floor in a pool of blood. Two paramedics of Saint Mary’s Hospital are beside her. She’s a victim of violence by a wanted man. From the beginning and throughout the entire short film we will only… Continue reading Get to know the short film: BEYOND, 4min, Italy, Drama/Mystery

Get to know the short film: WOW, 4min, France, Drama/Romance

Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival WOW relates the cycle of desire between two lovers. The end is the beginning. The beginning is the end. WOW is a story where images blend into each other seamlessly, both from low to high desire and from high to low desire, along with… Continue reading Get to know the short film: WOW, 4min, France, Drama/Romance

Director’s BIO: Lucy Lee

Short Film VOICING SILENCE Playing at the June 29, 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival Director Biography Lucy has made eight independent animated films numerous animated film commissions, as well as live action documentaries and dance films. She works in a variety of media including oil on glass, sand on glass, drawn animation, puppets and cut… Continue reading Director’s BIO: Lucy Lee