Vote for your favorite one minute film | Filminute x Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest 2022
Filminute is the international one-minute film festival that challenges filmmakers, writers, animators, artists, designers, and creative producers to develop and submit the world’s best one-minute films. 60 seconds — no more, no less. In collaboration with Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest, all the 25 films will be screened before the main titles Go between the 21st – 30th October.
The films are eligible for the Audience Award. You can vote your favourite film on https://filmedefestival.ro/les-films-de-cannes/editia-2022. The winners will be announced on the 30th of October at the Closing Gala of Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest.
The films can be also voted in the official competition of Filminute on www.filminute.com. The winners will be announced on the 15th of November.
CAMARA
COUNTRY: UK
DIRECTOR: Nora Jaccaud
SYNOPSIS: A refugee tells us of his journey from a brutal existence to a place of opportunity.
BLACK POWER IS GREEN POWER
COUNTRY: France
DIRECTOR: Etienne Husson
SYNOPSIS: A single voice with very few words can inspire a revolution, or many revolutions.
PAPER-THIN WALLS
COUNTRY: Spain
DIRECTOR: Ignacio Rodó
SYNOPSIS: Two neighbours meet in the elevator.
MARS 3752
COUNTRY: France
DIRECTORS: Nicolas Bianco-Levrin
SYNOPSIS: A delightful low-tech, lo-fi, space odyssey told from a kid’s POV.
DADDY
COUNTRY: Australia
DIRECTOR: Noel Vinson
SYNOPSIS: Hair-raising fun in a faux-gruesome zombie spoof.
ECHO
COUNTRY: Poland
DIRECTOR: Jakub Krzyszpin
SYNOPSIS: Trauma can replay like a film in one’s memory.
MELT
COUNTRY: Canada
DIRECTOR: Calvin Liu
SYNOPSIS: A meditative story about memory, sensation and the power of touch.
NIGHT SESSION
COUNTRY: Georgia
DIRECTOR: Petre Tomadze
SYNOPSIS: Neighbours sharing a courtyard are both shaped by and indifferent to the domestic violence they witness.
NOT FOR SALE
COUNTRY: Romania
DIRECTOR: Cătălin Bungean
SYNOPSIS: A story within a story. A suspenseful drama that remains a mystery… even at the end.
PITCHFORK ANNIE
COUNTRY: USA
DIRECTOR: Erik Weed
SYNOPSIS: A curious traveller stops to investigate a strange road sign. Gothic horror ensues.
PMS: PREMENSTRUAL SUPERHEARING
COUNTRY: UK
DIRECTOR: Owen Tooth
SYNOPSIS: Most women who suffer from PMS do not find humour in the experience. This comedy does.
SIDE EFFECTS
COUNTRY: Colombia
DIRECTOR: Andrés Gómez Tovar
SYNOPSIS: A timely and clever send-up about rumoured vaccination side effects. A cautionary tale.
STONELY LANGUAGE
COUNTRY: Iran
DIRECTOR: Reza Saveys
SYNOPSIS: A person forced to communicate urgently finds a creative and resourceful solution.
THE GAME
COUNTRY: Georgia
DIRECTOR: Gvanta Sarashvili
SYNOPSIS: A boy invents a game he can play with his deceased grandfather. The audience gets to play along too.
THE BURIED LIFE
COUNTRY: Iran
DIRECTOR: Sattar Naserabadi
SYNOPSIS: A moving depiction of a young boy whose life is confined and restricted by unfair circumstances.
THE GNOME
COUNTRY: UK
DIRECTOR: Rory Hern
SYNOPSIS: A late-night jogger receives a strange message. The ‘travelling gnome’ strikes back.
TO SAVE A FJORD
COUNTRY: Norway
DIRECTOR: Edith Lindtner
SYNOPSIS: A captivating documentary of a protest against a mining project in Norway.
THE FINAL SHOT
COUNTRY: USA
DIRECTOR: Justin O’Neill
SYNOPSIS:
HALTED
COUNTRY: Romania
DIRECTOR: Vlad Bobe
SYNOPSIS: The sounds and images of war are reflected in the content of children’s play.
THE PAINTER OF FISH
COUNTRY: Iran
DIRECTOR: Ashgar Besharati
SYNOPSIS: A striking one-shot film that brings focus to environmental issues and child labour practices within the fishing industry.
UPSTAIRS
COUNTRY: Turkey
DIRECTOR: Seyhan Emrah Nergis
SYNOPSIS: Real-time violence competes with a man’s attention to his video game.
WOMEN WHO CARRY MEN
COUNTRY: Brazil
DIRECTOR: Andréa Veruska
SYNOPSIS: A public performance of women carrying men. You won’t see this on mainstream media.
OH! MOTHER, MOTHER…
COUNTRY: Georgia
DIRECTOR: Khatuna Tatuashvili
SYNOPSIS: Overprotective parenting taken to the next level.
BOTTLE AND PIPE
COUNTRY: Ukraine
DIRECTOR: Igor Gladkov
SYNOPSIS: When artists and ‘tiktokers’ collide.
LEGACY
COUNTRY: Russia
DIRECTOR: Alexandr Krasilnikov
SYNOPSIS: Mother Nature’s revenge? Or is it something else?
