Minute Made Film Festival

🎥🎉WINNERS🎉🎥

Our judges have watched your films and the results are now in!

Go to our website now to view our official shortlist🤩

Congratulations to our prize-winners and another big thank you to everyone involved 🥳

✨Film Friday Addition✨

This action/sci-fi, directed by Pete Travis and based on the comic strip of the eponymous character Judge Dredd, is an absolute thrill ride! It's been praised for its visual effects, action, and gritty violence, so prepared to be entertained - watch now on Netflix 💥

And that concludes the submission period for Minute Made Film Festival 2021! 🥳

We're only a small group, but we'd like to give a BIG thank you to all our partners, friends of the festival, the wonderful advisors and team behind it all, and all the participants who have submitted their amazing films 😍 We couldn't have done it without you!

More updates coming soon...

✨TV Tuesday Addition✨

If you're a fan of 'Rick and Morty', you'll absolutely love co-creator Justin Roiland's Hulu produced 'Solar Opposites'! It's hilarious and suprisingly serious at points, watch it now on Disney+!

✨Film Friday Addition✨

'The Death of Stalin' (2017) is a political satire film with a legendary cast, and Barack Obama listed this critically acclaimed dark comedy as one of his favourite films in 2018. Watch on Netflix now!

✨TV Tuesday Addition✨

'We are lady parts' is a brilliant sitcom written and directed by Nida Manzoor which follows an all-female Muslim punk rock band. It's 100% hilarious and we absolutely love it - watch it now for free on All 4 😭

We're accepting submissions for all of our 4 prompts! Being the last week of Minute Made Film Festival this year, we are accepting submissions for LOST, ISOLATION, CULTURE, and CONNECTION over the next 7 days. Link in bio 🎥❗️
***£1 submission could lead to >£750 worth of prizes!

✨TV Tuesday Addition✨

Based off the novel of the same name by Barry Jenkins, this series tells the story of people attempting an escape from slavery during the 1800s in Southern USA. It's critically acclaimed and has a great cast - catch it on Amazon Prime!

2 weeks left! Keep them coming, plenty of prizes to be won 🎥🎥 --> minutemadefilmfestival.com

Minute Made | Bristol Student 60 Seconds Film Festival Minute Made is a new short film festival open exclusively to Bristol students. With a maximum length of 60 seconds, any student from the University of Bristol, University of the West of England and Screenology is welcome to submit a film.

✨Film Friday Addition✨

Absolute classic! Bruce Lee in 'Fist of Fury' (1972) is iconic, and martial arts films don't get much better than this. We highly recommend, watch it now on Amazon Prime 🥋👊💥

✨TV Tuesday Addition✨

One for fans of Anime - this critically acclaimed series based off the best-selling manga also has a sequel film, that being the highest grossing Anime+Japanese film of all time! Watch now on Netflix 😈

✨Film Friday Addition✨

Powerful. This 1995 black-and-white independent drama follows the night journey of 3 friends from a poor urban neighbourhood in Paris over 24 hours, and it's captivating to say the least. Watch now on Amazon Prime/BFI Player 🚨

✨TV Tuesday Addition✨

This french comedy-drama is banging! It focuses on 3 agents at a talent firm as they struggle to juggle their personal and professional lives - watch now on Netflix 🤪

HEY YOU
YEAH YOU
You have until May 9th before our prompt changes (for the last time)! Send in your 60 second film and you can win amazing prizes 🤩🎉 It's super easy, follow link in bio

✨Film Friday Addition✨

'Attack the Block' (2011) was the film debut of director Joe Cornish and actor John Boyega. Set in South London, the film follows a street gang defending their council estate from predatory alien invaders. Its an absolute blast from beginning to end - Catch it now on Amazon Prime 👽

'Four' is Jennifer Sheridan's tense short film which we highly recommend - its got a star-studded cast and will truly get you on the edge of your seat for its entire 19mins. Watch it now on Vimeo!

✨TV Tuesday Addition✨

'Industry' follows a group of young graduates from different walks of life competing for success at a top investment bank in London - it's shocking, exciting, and critics say "boasts some excellent writing". Also, Minute Made co-founder Jin Choi features in one episode! Watch now on BBC iPlayer 💰

✨Film Friday Addition✨

Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney's project is beautiful! Production for this short animation began in 1945, 58 years before its completion in 2003 - you can find it on YouTube and Disney+

We also highly recommend 'Songs My Brothers Taught Me'. As Chloé Zhao's debut feature film, this naturalistic drama is poignant and intelligent, exploring the relationship between a Native American brother and sister. Available to watch on Amazon Prime and MUBI.

ANOTHER PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENT🥳

1st place winners of the Jury and Fresh Filmmaker categories will now also get a 1-on-1 zoom meeting with the amazing Alix Taylor! As the talent executive for the BFI Network in the South West, Alix will be giving advice and discussing industry-related opportunities and career paths available to the winners🏆🎥

✨Film Friday Addition✨

Andrea Arnold's 26min short 'Wasp' is brilliant - it won the Best Short Film (Live Action) Academy Award in 2004, and its got Danny Dyer in it! You can watch it now on YouTube 🐝

We also really enjoyed 'Tune in for Love'! A 2019 South Korean romance sure to pull on your heartstrings - watch now on Netflix ❤️

Keep 'em coming! Submit your films and get them seen at our screening event in June + have the chance to win some banging prizes! 🤩

Remember the current prompt is "isolation" - visit our website minutemadefilmfestival.com and follow to our FilmFreeway submission point!

✨TV Tuesday Addition✨

There's only 8 episodes in this critically acclaimed series and we wish there were more! 'Giri/Haji' (Duty/Shame) has been described by critics as a "violently stylish" and "sexy police thriller" and it's a must watch in our books - Watch it now on Netflix 🎥🇯🇵

Wowie! 🤩 Have a look at our list of amazing prizes for each category - submit your 60 second film now and you can win 🎁

✨Film Friday Addition✨

David Lynch's short film is weird and wonderful - a talking monkey being interviewed by a detective about a murder he potentially committed? What's not to love - watch now on Netflix 🐵

We also recommend 'Malcolm & Marie' - brilliant performances from John David Washington and Zendaya, available to watch now on Netflix too!

Big shoutout to the brilliant companies helping us out! We got BIG prizes lined up for y'all 🎁🏆 Stay tuned for updates 🔜
Check out our new partner InCamera (Band Studios) on YouTube for great content and tutorials on DIY practical effects for filmmakers!

✨TV Tuesday Addition✨

The MCU keeps delivering! The first two episodes of 'The Falcon and The Winter Soldier' are out now to watch on Disney+ and we love it!

🚨NEW WORD PROMPT🚨
*ISOLATION*
Opening TOMORROW 🔜
Submit your 60 second films based around the new word prompt from 29/03 to 18/04

✨Film Friday Addition✨

We loved this beautifully animated 8 minute documentary short from RCA graduate , which has won multiple awards and was BAFTA Shortlisted (2020)! Check it out now on Vimeo 🎥

✨TV Tuesday Addition✨

Based on Margaret Atwood's best-selling dystopian novel, this is a multi-award winning and truly gripping series we absolutey love and recommend all to watch❗️

Meet the judges!

We'll have British film critic David Thomson, film writer/director and co-creator of 'Casualty' Paul Unwin, and award-winning multidisciplinary artist Zohar Dvir as judges for the films you submit!
Submissions are still open for our first prompt word: LOST. Head over to our website to find out how to submit.

Love affordable filmmaking equipment? Have a look at our recommendations and make your Minute Made submissions stand out using things like this neutral density filter pack, smartphone lens kit, and pocket-sized LED fill light! 🎥

✨Film Friday Addition✨

2 for you! First, we're excited to tell you about Mercury's Retrograde. Director, animator, writer, and Minute Made judge Zohar Dvir's trippy animated short won the UK Student Award 2020 at Encounters Film Festival and is also a Vimeo Staff Pick - watch it now on Vimeo!🎱

We also love Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020). In Chadwick Boseman's final and arguably finest film performance, the film is a celebration of 3 black blues artists and legends. Watch now on Netflix 🎥🎷

Now announcing the Prize Categories! 🏆
First, Jury's Prize! Our professional juries will be picking the best film submitted to our festival!
and Second, Fresh Filmmakers! 1st- and 2nd-year students, show us the budding talent of yours!
Information on the prizes will be available soon, so stay tuned for upcoming updates!

✨TV Tuesday Addition✨

We highly recommend 'Spiral' - a French police crime/legal drama series which is sure to get you hooked and on the edge of your seat for its entire 8 seasons. Watch now on BBC iPlayer 🚔🎥🚨

Submissions are open!
Prompt word: LOST. Have you ever lost you grandma's diamond ring? Ever felt lost in the void? Or are you the type to get lost inside Google Maps? We want to see your story!
Visit our website and submit your film.