A showcase of the best Under 5 Minute Films in the world today!
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Short Film: QUEER STUDY
Best Story: HIDE AND SEEK
Best One Minute Film: NOTHING STICKS
Best Experimental: OH DEER
Best Visual Design: WHAT WE IMAGINED
Best Direction: CYCLES
Best Performances: TOOTH
Best Music Video: LOOKING FOR YOU
Hide and Seek, 5min., China
Directed by Yu Sun
In a decaying factory, a domineering girl forces her timid friend into an endless game of hide-and-seek — until a hidden threat changes the game forever.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-hide-and-seek
Nothing Sticks, 1min., Netherlands
Directed by Roze Elisa, Kuba Szutkowski
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-nothing-sticks
Oh Deer, 1min., South Korea
Directed by Jeongeun Lee
The story begins with a single sphere, a form without shape or name, holding within it every possibility. As time passes, the sphere transforms into a human form, learning names and roles, and building its identity.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-oh-deer
What we imagined, 3min., USA
Directed by Shubhavi Arya
In a magical park, two children meet across a divide — one fast like a cheetah, the other once feared. Through questions, sketches, and a desktop of dreams, they invite us into a story of transformation, truth, and imagination. Their message is simple but powerful:
https://www.whatweimagined.mykidsstudio.com/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-what-we-imagined
Queer Study, 4min., USA
Directed by Abigail Espinal
A hopeless romantic tries to figure out if her best friend is gay in the worst ways possible.
https://www.instagram.com/abigailespinal1/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-queer-study
CYCLES, 3min., USA
Directed by Yashin Phillips
Woman uses exposure therapy to heal her inner child at a laundromat.
http://www.inchwormentertainment.com/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-cycles-under-5
TOOTH, 1min., USA
Directed by Lucia Arias
A girl, alone in her apartment, prepares to rip out her own tooth.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-tooth
Looking for You, 4min., Germany
Directed by Christian Scharfenberg
Shemp, the main character of 2021’s wonderful ‘Shots of Light’ returns to the screen as an intergalactic hero, on the search for their soulmate.
https://instagram.com/morganfinlayontour
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