Filminute
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Filminute @ Filmmaker: Fredrik Thelander’s Thursday
Throughout the month of September, Filmmaker is partnering with the online short film competition Filminute, hosting five of its nominated titles and running interviews with the director’s of these one-minute movies. Tell us who you are (where you’re from, background, previous credits as a filmmaker) I am a film director from Stockholm, Sweden. I’ve been working as a director for the past ten years and I am currently running my own production company, Notre Dame Film. I started in the business as editor and motion graphics artist. After some time I found interest in directing and went to study film […]
by Nick Dawson on Sep 24, 2013 -
Filminute @ Filmmaker: David Stevens’ M22
Throughout the month of September, Filmmaker is partnering with the online short film competition Filminute, hosting five of its nominated titles and running interviews with the director’s of these one-minute movies. Tell us who you are (where you’re from, background, previous credits as a filmmaker) My name is David Stevens and I live in Breda in the Netherlands. I currently study film at art academy AKV|St.Joost and prior to that I studied photography at Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam. I am now the owner of my own photography and film production company davidstevens.nl. In my work, I strive to bring a world […]
by Nick Dawson on Sep 23, 2013 -
Filminute @ Filmmaker: Matthieu Van Eeckhout’s The Evening Cigarette
Throughout the month of September, Filmmaker is partnering with the online short film competition Filminute, hosting five of its nominated titles and running interviews with the director’s of these one-minute movies. Tell us who you are (where you’re from, background, previous credits as a filmmaker) After 10 different lives as an architectural designer, graphic artist for video games, etc… I finally discovered the meaning of life as film director in animation. I made several short films and short com’. In the meantime I feed my family by making ads, games trailers and music videos. I’m also writing scripts for future […]
by Nick Dawson on Sep 20, 2013 -
Filminute @ Filmmaker: Orlando von Einsiedel’s Fish Supper
Throughout the month of September, Filmmaker is partnering with the online short film competition Filminute, hosting five of its nominated titles and running interviews with the director’s of these one-minute movies. Tell us who you are (where you’re from, background, previous credits as a filmmaker) I’d like to think I am a fairly regular chap from London, UK. Once upon a time I was a pro snowboarder which led to making snowboarding movies and setting up a production company called Grain Media. I’d always dreamed of making documentaries and eventually after a long time making branded content I managed to get to […]
by Nick Dawson on Sep 19, 2013 -
Filminute Announces 2012 Competition Winners
Earlier this week, Filminute — the short film competition which Filmmaker partnered with last month — announced the winners of this year’s awards. On the site in September, we featured five one-minute films: Christian Fischer’s Indian Mystery, Stijn Ghijsen and Tara Fallaux’s Sarina, Rafael Morais and Vijessna Ferkic’s Still Here, Ant Blades’ Wildebeest and Jeanne and Louise Traon’s Colloque Sentimental. Here’s the release: LONDON/BUCHAREST/TORONTO, October 10, 2012 – Awards for the 7th edition of Filminute, the international one-minute film festival, were announced today. UK director Ant Blade’s dramatic and hilarious animation CHOP CHOP took top honours with the jury, while fellow […]
by Nick Dawson on Oct 12, 2012 -
Filminute @ Filmmaker: Christian Fischer’s Indian Mystery
Throughout the month of September, Filmmaker is partnering with the online short film competition Filminute, hosting five of its nominated titles and running interviews with the director’s of these one-minute movies. Tell us who you are (where you’re from, background, previous credits as a filmmaker) I have basically been making films all my life, starting with my parents’ VHS camera (unfortunately, I was a generation too late for Super 8). I studied German Literature, Media Studies and Psychology in Marburg and Bonn and also had the opportunity to study film at NYU for a year. Since my graduation, I have […]
by Nick Dawson on Sep 24, 2012 -
Filminute @ Filmmaker: Jeanne and Louise Traon’s Colloque Sentimental
Throughout the month of September, Filmmaker is partnering with the online short film competition Filminute, hosting five of its nominated titles and running interviews with the director’s of these one-minute movies. Tell us who you are (where you’re from, background, previous credits as a filmmaker) We are sisters, raised in Paris into a family of filmmakers. We grew up in editing rooms where we were lulled by the images of famous directors such as Manoel de Oliveira, Maurice Pialat, Garrel, etc … While one of us is studying film and philosophy, the other has already made several films between documentary […]
by Nick Dawson on Sep 20, 2012 -
Filminute @ Filmmaker: Ant Blades’ Wildebeest
Throughout the month of September, Filmmaker is partnering with the online short film competition Filminute, hosting five of its nominated titles and running interviews with the director’s of these one-minute movies. Tell us who you are (where you’re from, background, previous credits as a filmmaker) My names is Ant Blades. I’m a director at Bird Box Studio in London. Here I have made many short films, all around a minute long and aimed at a YouTube audience (25 million views so far). I’ve worked previously as an animator for various studios, a digital creative for YouTube at Google, and a […]
by Nick Dawson on Sep 18, 2012 -
Filminute @ Filmmaker: Stijn Ghijsen and Tara Fallaux’s Sarina
Throughout the month of September, Filmmaker is partnering with the online short film competition Filminute, hosting five of its nominated titles and running interviews with the director’s of these one-minute movies. Tell us who you are (where you’re from, background, previous credits as a filmmaker) We are Stijn Ghijsen and Tara Fallaux. Both independent photographers based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Being (sort of) new to filming we decided to team up and venture in to this media together. This resulted in the One Minute Portraits project. Here’s a little bit about ourselves: Tara Fallaux studied at several art schools in Amsterdam and Pittsburgh (U.S.A), […]
by Nick Dawson on Sep 14, 2012 -
Filminute @ Filmmaker: Rafael Morais and Vijessna Ferkic’s Still Here
Throughout the month of September, Filmmaker is partnering with the online short film competition Filminute, hosting five of its nominated titles and running interviews with the director’s of these one-minute movies. Tell us who you are (where you’re from, background, previous credits as a filmmaker) Here’s a little bit about ourselves… Rafael Morais began acting at the age of 14. At 18 he was cast as the lead in the critically acclaimed feature film How to Draw a Perfect Circle (Official submission to the Academy Awards). Having screened at the Toronto, Palm Springs, Miami, San Sebastian and several other festivals, […]
by Nick Dawson on Sep 11, 2012
