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By: Filminute http://www.filminute.com Spain and Portugal Win Top Awards at Filminute 2014 “Visceral impact” of winning films impresses both jury and public at 9th edition of international one-minute film festival London/Bucharest/ Commenting on his winning film, Rodó said the goal had been to “inspire some psychological terror in the audience, such that they would keep thinking about the story even after watching it.” The Filminute audience, who voted online from 130 countries for their favourite from the collection, awarded People’s Choice honours to Portuguese director André Marques, for his heartwarming film GRANDPA. The film, a moving commentary on fatherhood in contemporary society, was very popular with the global audience whose comments included “touching” Meanwhile, Top Rated honours at Filminute 2014 went to U.K. director Riccardo Servini’s superhero-inspired, job interview comedy EARTH’S LAST HOPE. The 7-member international jury, including Jennifer Baichwal, Isabelle Danel, Kristen Schaal, Wain Choi and Khris Burton also awarded this year’s 5 Jury Commendations to: Busker (UK), Grandpa (Portugal), Caracol (Spain), The Trail (South Africa), and Contre Plongee (Morrocco). For Busker, it is the second year in a row that stop motion animation director Trevor Hardy has made the Jury Commendation list. Finally, the Filminute 2014 CineCoup Prize went to this year’s Best Filminute winner Ignacio F. Rodó for Tuck Me In. CineCoup is a Canadian film “accelerator” Filminute Executive Director and Head of Jury, John Ketchum closed the festival saying, “a great one-minute film resonates well beyond the sixty seconds. When a film can do that and elicit a visceral reaction from audiences around the world - as both our top winning films have managed to do - you prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that you understand the art of filmmaking. It will be exciting to see what these and other filmmakers featured in this collection do next.” # END # More information and full details are available at www.filminute.com including press kits for the winning films. You may also follow Filminute on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ About Filminute 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 <www.filminute.com>. Every year, throughout the month of September, the Filminute festival presents an extraordinary array of 25 films online, for viewers around the world to enjoy, share and discuss. Press Office For Further Information, please contact: Filminute PR Office press@filminute.com John Ketchum john.ketchum@ Jeremy Angelis jeremy.angelis@ FILMINUTE 2014 WINNERS BEST FILMINUTE TUCK ME IN http://www.filminute.com/ IGNACIO RODO (Spain) PEOPLE’S CHOICE GRANDPA http://www.filminute.com/ ANDRE MARQUES (Portugal) TOP RATED EARTH’S LAST HOPE http://www.filminute.com/ RICCARDO SERVINI (U.K) 5 JURY COMMENDATIONS BUSKER http://www.filminute.com/ TREVOR HARDY (U.K) GRANDPA http://www.filminute.com/ ANDRE MARQUES (Portugal) CARACOL http://www.filminute.com/ ROMAN REYES (Spain) THE TRAIL http://www.filminute.com/ BAUKE BROUWER (South Africa) CONTRE PLONGEE http://www.filminute.com/ MOHAMED HMIMSA (Morocco) FILMINUTE 2014 CINECOUP PRIZE TUCK ME IN http://www.filminute.com/ IGNACIO RODO (Spain) End
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