FILM AWARD WINNERS:
BEST FILM: Our Wonderful Nature
BEST PERFORMANCE: Mamma
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: City of My Heart
BEST MUSIC: The Flow
- Watch Audience FEEDBACK Videos:
 BOLD GREEN, 28min., Germany, Romance/Drama WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 MARTINA, OH MARTINA, 12min., Spain, Romance/Drama WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 MAMMA, 5min., Italy, Crime/ThrillerWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 THE FLOW, 3min., Belgium, AdventureWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 CITY OF MY HEART, 4min., Greece, Documentary WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 STUPID SMARTPHONE THERAPY, 4min., Germany, ExperimentalWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 HONEYMOON, 3min., Switzerland, Romance WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 21ST CENTURY HERMIT, 3min., UK, Documentary WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 THE WAVES, 4min., UK, AnimationWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 OUR WONDERFUL NATURE, 3min., Germany, AnimationWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 DEAR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, 4min., UK, Documentary/WarWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 BE THE ONE, 5min., Switzerland, Crime/Music VideoWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
The theme of the EUROPEAN Short Film Festival was “DETERMINATION”
Every film was about a character who had a purpose to venture beyond the situation they were currently in.
The 2018 season had its 2nd FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto (3rd overall), with a showcased of the best EUROPEAN Short Films from around the world – with 10 of the 12 films being Under 5 minutes in length.
The Under 5 Minute Film Festival has turned out to be one of our most popular events. When I went to Film School back in the day, our guest professor, a well regarded and successful filmmaker, kept telling his students that if you can’t make an engaging 30 second film with a beginning/middle/end, then you have no right making a 1 minute film, much less a longer short or a feature movie. He kept wanting us to go out and make films Under 5 Minutes in length so we truly understood the art of filmmaking and storytelling. This is what all of the great filmmakers have done.
This is what this festival is about. Showcasing amazing stories will little length time. For for the filmmakers to showcase their talent, and work on their art under 5 minutes at a time.
With a showcase of films from all over Europe in various genres from Animation to Comedy to Romance to Thriller – this became one of our most popular events in our history.
Thanks again to the Festival Coordinators Mary Cox & Kierston Drier.
See you at the next festivals.
– Matthew Toffolo
HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: June 2017 Under 5 Minute Film Festival
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
MORE THAN LOVE, 3min, USA, Drama/Romance
BLURRY, 5min, USA, Thriller/Mystery
LAST CHANCE, 3min, Hungary, Drama/Sport
EYE OF INDIA, 3min, India, Experimental/Adventure
DAN, 1min, UK, Comedy
DATE TO THE CINEMA, 4min, USA, Romance/Drama
VOICING SILENCE, 3min, UK, Animation
WOW, 4min, France, Drama/Romance
BEYOND, 4min, Italy, Drama/Mystery
FAMILY SHADOWS, 4min, USA, Family/Drama
THE SNOWMAN’S HAT, 2min, USA, Animation
MOUNT ROYAL 2017-09, 2min, Canada, Experimental
THE FINAL FAIRYTALE, 1min, UK, Family
I & MYSELF, 5min, Japan, Drama/Fantasy
PROCLAMATION PUNCTUATION, 4min, USA, Dance/FashionThe 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
Audience FEEDBACK Video: MIDNIGHT WALK, 4min., Australia, Thriller
Played at the November 2016 Film Festival
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MIDNIGHT WALK, 4min., Australia, Thriller
Directed by Mathilde Nocquet
Midnight, hidden by sunglasses and a badass vinyl disguise, a mysterious brunette is looking for her victim. Plunged into darkness, a car park is the stage of her next murder.
Film Type:Short, Web / New Media
Runtime:3 minutes 41 seconds
Completion Date:May 20, 2016
Production Budget:10,000 AUD
Country of Origin:Australia
Country of Filming:Australia
Film Language:English
Shooting Format:Digital red dragon
Aspect Ratio:16:9
Film Color:Color
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 OCTOBER ACTION/CRIME 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from October event |
 SEPTEMBER DOC/COMEDY 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from September event |
 AUGUST FAMILY/ANIMATION 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from August 25th event |
 AUGUST HORROR/THRILLER 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from August 18th event |
 JULY 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from July 28th event |
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 MAY 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from May 26th event |
 APRIL 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from April 28th event |
 MARCH 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from March 31st event |
 FEBRUARY 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from February 25th event |
 JANUARY 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from Jan. 28th event |
Audience FEEDBACK Video: DEADLY VIEW, 3min., Ireland, Thriller/Mystery
Played at the November 2016 Film Festival
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DEADLY VIEW, 3min., Ireland, Thriller/Mystery
Directed by Malcolm Willis
Just before dawn, a dark suspicious man drives to a desolate location where he carries a large black bag containing an unknown object, together with a spade, from the boot.
Film Type:Short
Genres:Drama
Runtime:3 minutes 3 seconds
Completion Date:January 31, 2016
Production Budget:0 USD
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Filming:Ireland
Film Language:English
Shooting Format:Raw dng
Aspect Ratio:16:9
Film Color:Color
First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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OCTOBER ACTION/CRIME 2016 Film Festival Watch Audience Feedback Videos from October event |
SEPTEMBER DOC/COMEDY 2016 Film Festival Watch Audience Feedback Videos from September event |
| AUGUST FAMILY/ANIMATION 2016 Film Festival Watch Audience Feedback Videos from August 25th event |
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JANUARY 2016 Film Festival Watch Audience Feedback Videos from Jan. 28th event |
Audience FEEDBACK Video: LUNCH, 2min, UK, Experimental/Music Video
Played at the November 2016 Film Festival
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LUNCH, 2min, UK, Experimental/Music Video
Directed by Matthew Fletcher
From the dawn of Homo Sapiens we’ve been eating it, and we will continue to eat it… until it’s redundant. Take a journey through space-time and be aware of the 3D spatially dynamic soundtrack.
Film Type: Experimental, Music Video, Short
Runtime: 2 minutes 25 seconds
Completion Date: January 18, 2016
Production Budget: 200 GBP
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Country of Filming: United Kingdom
Film Language: English
Shooting Format: XAVC-S 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Film Color: Color
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 NOVEMBER 2015 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from Nov. 26th event |
 OCTOBER 2015 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from Oct. 29th event |
 SEPTEMBER 2015 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from September 24th event |
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 JULY 2015 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from July 30th event |
Get to know the short film: PROVERBIAL LUCK, 5min, Austria, Romance/Comedy
Playing at the Thur. Nov. 24th Film Festival
PROVERBIAL LUCK, 5min, Austria, Romance/Comedy
Directed by Dave Lojek
Idioms garnish our language, but are often hard to translate. This comedy helps to illustrate them and tells the story of two neighbours, who become enamoured. The “foam-beater” (boaster) Hanspeter throws an eye after an addleheaded Annemarie, but she just “shows him the bird” (indicates that he is chuckoo). So he has to “jump over his shadow” (take the plunge) and get a foot in her door. Amusement for all proverb fans who love to make whoopee, gaze into the pale blue yonder, or get to the point.
Enjoy German idioms and learn how to translate them.
This is the first film of co-director Steffi Sixdorf, by the way.
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
1. International Kino Cuntra KinoKabaret Graz, Austria
2. International Kino Mainz KinoKabaret Mayence, Germany
3. Open Air Summer Special Screening Kassiopeia Berlin, Germany
4. International KinoBerlino KinoKabaret Berlin, Germany
5. International Kino M KinoKabaret Munich, Germany
6. Golden Anteaters International Film Festival Lublin, Poland
7. International KinoEaters KinoKabaret Lublin, Poland
8. Biesdorfer Dokumentar- und Kurzfilmforum Berlin, Germany
9. Kurzfilmtag in Getersloh, Germany
10. Volkino Soiroe Courts-Motrages International Clermont-Ferrand, France
11. BEST FILM + BEST COMEDY + BEST SOUNDTRACK + AUDIENCE AWARD + 1st JURY PRIZE
@ Landesfilmfestival Berlin / Brandenburg, Germany
12. Kontrast – Bayreuther Kurzfilmfest, Germany
13. AUDIENCE AWARD @ Videonale Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany
14. BEST FANTASY SHORT + NOMINATION for BEST DIRECTOR @ Genre Celebration Festival
Los Angeles + Shanghai, USA
15. Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche, Germany
16. Gutersloher Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
17. ContraVision Film Festival Berlin, Germany
18. BEST DIRECTORS @ European Short Film Festival of Independent Authors Berlin, Germany
19. BEST COMEDY SHORT @ Florida Movie Festival Daytona Beach, USA
20. BRONZE MEDAL @ FANTEX – Bundesfilmfestival fur Fantasie- und Experimentalfilm
Waiblingen, Germany
21. International Kino Dramawas KinoKabaret Innsbruck, Austria
22. International Kinophilia KinoKabaret Linz, Austria
23. Senftenberger Kurzfilmtage, Germany
24. BeamStrip #2 Vienna, Austria
25. 3rd AUDIENCE AWARD of SHORT FILM NIGHT @ Filmkunstfest MV Schwerin, Germany
26. KuFiFe – Kurzfilmfestival Stuttgart, Germany
27. Festival of Nations Lenzing, Austria
28. Incorto Festival Mexico City, Mexico
29. World Festival of Emerging Cinema St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
30. Cine Pobre Film Festival La Paz, Mexico
31. Winner of OBELISK @ 74. Deutsche Filmfestspiele – German National Film Festival St. Ingbert
32. kinolog NAIVE BILDER Vienna, Austria
33. The Unprecedented Cinema – International Short Film Festival Tallinn & Maardu, Estonia
34. Kino Montpellier Screening of International Kino Shorts, France
35. International KinoKabaret Napoli, Italy
36. Russelsheimer Filmtage fur Satire, Germany
37. Ekurhuleni International Film Festival, South Africa
38. IndieCrete Film Festival Archanes, Greece
39. Silver International Film Festival Toronto, Canada
40. Newark International Film Festival, USA
41. City Crash 7 meets Artwalk Festival Leipzig, Germany
42. Ottawa Digital Film Festival, Canada
43. Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
44. World Movie Contest of 78. UNICA – Union Internationale du Cinema in Suceava, Romania
45. Kurzfilmfestival IDEALE Borken, Germany
46. River Aire Ten Minute Film Festival Leeds, UK
47. Elche International Independent Film Festival Alicante, Spain
48. Maipu Cortos Festival de Cine de Humor, Argentina
49. Innkurzfilmfestival Braunau, Austria (Tribute Screening) 50. filmzeitkaufbeuren, Germany
51. Buskopolis Festival of Cinematic Oddities Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA
52. SCHLINGEL Internationales Filmfestival fur Kinder und junges Publikum Chemnitz, Germany
53. Biberacher Filmfestspiele, Germany
54. White Nights International Filmfestival St. Petersburg, Russia
55. Bienal Internacional de Video y Cine Contemporoneo VIDEOFEST Mexicali, Mexico
56. Moving Pictures Festival Nieuwmoer, Belgium
57. INDIGO Filmfest Wadern-Bardenbach, Germany
58. Open Air Kiezkino Berlin, Germany
59. Nomination for Best Comedy @ Motion Picture Award of photokina Collogne, Germany
60. Best Independents International Film Festival Karlsruhe, Germany
61. Milano Film Festival – Special Screening, Italy
62. XXS Filmfestival Dortmund, Germany
63. Toronto Under 5 Minute Short Film Festival, Canada
64. Frame by Sound Festival Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
65. TIF Video Challenge Nicosia Cyprus, Greece
66. VISUALIZAME Festival AUDIOVISUAL & MUJER Aguadulce, Spain 67. Friedenale Berlin, Germany
68. YOUKI – International Youth Media Festival Wels, Austria 69. SHORT to the Point Bucharest, Romania
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Get to know the short film: MIDNIGHT WALK, 4min., Australia, Thriller
Playing at the Thur. Nov. 24th Film Festival
MIDNIGHT WALK, 4min., Australia, Thriller
Directed by Mathilde Nocquet
Midnight, hidden by sunglasses and a badass vinyl disguise, a mysterious brunette is looking for her victim. Plunged into darkness, a car park is the stage of her next murder.
Film Type:Short, Web / New Media
Runtime:3 minutes 41 seconds
Completion Date:May 20, 2016
Production Budget:10,000 AUD
Country of Origin:Australia
Country of Filming:Australia
Film Language:English
Shooting Format:Digital red dragon
Aspect Ratio:16:9
Film Color:Color
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Get to know the short film: HORSE PARADE, 1min., Puerto Rico, Romance/Experimental
Playing at the Thur. Nov. 24th Film Festival
HORSE PARADE, 1min., Puerto Rico, Romance/Experimental
Directed by Otavio Pacheco
In a chess game the black horse and the white queen fall in love, and then the white horse starts a dispute for her love.
Film Type:Animation, Short
Runtime:1 minute 10 seconds
Completion Date:May 23, 2016
Production Budget:0 USD
Country of Origin:Brazil
Country of Filming:Brazil
Shooting Format:Digital
Aspect Ratio:16:9
Film Color:Color
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Audience FEEDBACK: STEPHEN THE TIME TRAVELLING DOG, 3min, UK, Comedy/Fantasy
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STEPHEN THE TIME TRAVELLING DOG
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STEPHEN THE TIME TRAVELLING DOG, 3min, UK, Comedy/Fantasy
Directed by Kyran Davies
Where’s Stephen?
Film Type: Short
Genres: Sci Fi, Fantasy, Comedy
Runtime: 2 minutes 45 seconds
Completion Date: September 30, 2015
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Country of Filming: United Kingdom
Film Language: English
Shooting Format: Digital
Film Color: Color
First-time Filmmaker: No
Student Project: No
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Audience FEEDBACK: PEOPLE OF NOWHERE, 2min, Israel, Documentary/Music Video
Watch the best of the July 2016 Film Festival. Winner of BEST FILM at the Festival.
PEOPLE OF NOWHERE
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PEOPLE OF NOWHERE, 2min, Israel, Documentary/Music Video
Directed by Lior Sperando
Music Video about the wave of Syrian refugees who try to make their way into Europe.
Director Statement:
I have heard and read different opinions about the wave of Syrian refugees who try to make their way in to EU. Then I went to Lesvos. 7 Days on the Greek Island gave me a healthier human perspective on the situation. Seeing in my own eyes the people behind the headlines and feeling their deep struggle, broke my heart.
Is this the “threat” people talk about? All I could see was courages people in a crisis. I also got to meet brave volunteers from all over the world who reach out to help all people regardless of their religion, race or background. That inspired me.
My hope is that this video will shake some of the bad ideas we sometimes feed ourselves with.
Film Type: Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media
Genres: Music Video, short short, Ducumentry, world news
Runtime: 1 minute 59 seconds
Completion Date: November 25, 2015
Country of Origin: Israel
Country of Filming: Greece
Shooting Format: 1DC
Film Color: Color
First-time Filmmaker: No
Student Project: No
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