This year's award-winners were selected from a line-up of 25 films from 18 countries. The shortlist of 25 was narrowed from a field of more than 2000 film and animation screenings and submissions. The jury awarded commendations to five films ranked in the following order:
The winner of the festival was the entry, Choose Not To Fall, an inspiring and acrobatic documentary from the UK and marks the first time that a documentary has won the top honours at Filminute.
"The range of countries and stories on the jury's commendation list support the belief we stated when we started Filminute in 2006. One-minute films level the playing field. These films prove that no country has a monopoly on great stories," says Filminute co-founder Sabaa Quao. "So many of this year's films do prompt us to watch them two and three times in a row."
The winning films and the complete Filminute shortlist can be viewed at www.filminute.com as well as the South African entry.