About the Festival

The One Minute Film and Video Festival first came about in 2003, as the result of a dare among lapsed-filmmaker friends in Toronto. The idea was to complete a project based in imposed time and subject-matter restrictions to make it easier to get motivated. The One Minute Film & Video Festival is an opportunity for filmmakers, from professional to amateur, to create and screen new work based around a common theme. The strict time restriction puts a premium on creativity, while making the projects (reasonably) easy to accomplish in a short period of time.

The One Minute Film and Video Festival is held annually and runs for one night at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto. The theme for the 2004 festival is 'firsts', though contributing artists have been encouraged to interpret the theme as broadly as desired, and in any genre they choose.

The premiere screening of the 2004 One Minute Film and Video Festival was held on Thursday, November 18, 2004, and a repeat screening was held on December 12.

To visit the 2003 Festival web site, click here!