Filminute

The jury-awarded Best Filminute went to Kristina Grozeva's Game (Bulgaria), while the People's Choice was awarded to Siddartha Jatla's Missing (India).

The jury-awarded Best Filminute went to Oli Hyatt's StitchUp Showdown - Gym Jam (UK) and The People's Choice was awarded to Pici Papai's Quick (Hungary).

Multiple Filminute award-winner Khris Burton returned to take the People's Choice award for his film Nanny (Martinique).

Together with author John Vaillant, FIPRESCI journalist Barbara Hollender and others, the jury awarded Best Filminute honours to Rohin Raveendran's film Paijana (India).

Filminute 2018 welcomed to the jury Sebastian Lelio, winner of the 2017 Academy Award (Best Foreign Film) for ‘Una Mujer Fantastica.’ Alongside the award-winning Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vasquez, the ground-breaking American talent agent and producer Nikki Weiss-Goldstein, and others, the jury chose South Korean director Nuri Jeong's deftly directed thriller Edge of Seventeen for Best Filminute.

Filminute 2019 featured a strong female jury presence including: prolific, award-winning French editor & director Anne Goursaud; American PEN award-winning fiction writer Maile Meloy; acclaimed Canadian Executive Producer, Indira Guha; and the respected Turkish FIPRESCI film critic, Alin Tasciyan.

Together with rest of the jury they awarded Best Filminute to French directors Merick & Gohu for their powerful and original migrant tale I Am Not Afraid.

The People's Choice Award was won by Uruguay's Facundo Sosa for his chilling look at the future of immigration entitled Uno de Nosotros.

And the Top Rated award went to Spanish director Manuel Martin Merino for Searching his light-hearted and comedic look at dating in the digital age.

After the worldwide pandemic forced the postponement of the 2020 festival, Filminute 2021 returned with a strong international jury and 25 films drawn from over 3,000 entries.

Uncounted also received the first jury commendation, completing a spectacular run for a deeply moving film about a mother's love for her children set against the backdrop of drug cartel-inspired violence.

The People's Choice award, amazingly, also went to a Georgian animation: Khatuna Tatuashvili's delightful, emotional ode to the love of cats, Oh!