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17:12

17:12

A minor source of trouble is a big headache for this Norwegian couple.

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A moving short about the white, but not so little, lies a Mexican father tells his son as he makes the arduous journey back to his son in the U.S. In truth, the father’s “vacation” in Mexico was a deportation, and the mountains, rivers, and desert he describes are all obstacles he overcomes to reach the final, actual, looming wall.

Sondre H. Johansen
Norway

DIRECTOR: Sondre H. Johansen. PRODUCER: Skeptisk Film. CAST: Marie Holmboe, Nicolai Lund. DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Audun S. Sylte. CAMERA ASSISTANT: Mathias Kartveit Mikalsen.

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2024 SHORTLIST

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WORLD AND ME

UZBEKISTAN – Eldor Kudratillaev

WHAT DID THEY SAY?

CANADA – Kevin Jin Kwan Kim

UNDERCOVER PAINTER

POLAND – Filip Rudnicki

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IRAN – Seyedehzahra Mousavi

TRAIN

UZBEKISTAN – Botir Abdurakhmanov

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SANDEKALA

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PICTURE

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SPAIN – Gabriel Escobar

HAHAHA

ARMENIA – Gor Grigoryan

FIG

CANADA – Reed Hodgkinson

EARITATION

SWITZERLAND – Riu Lohri

CAUGHT RED HANDED

FRANCE – Lucas Magis

BREAD AND WINE

SPAIN – Ignacio Rodó

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AUSTRALIA – Kai Higham

ASPIRING FILMMAKER

PHILIPPINES – Arjanmar H. Rebeta.

APOTEMNOPHILIA

TURKEY – Emre Cef Kamhi

ADIEU

AUSTRIA – Eduardo Mandim

10

IRAN – Faryad Khosravyani

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FILMINUTE 2025.
Festival runs NOV 1 - NOV 31
Submission deadline: September 31st.
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Congratulations to Best Filminute winner, WHAT DID THEY SAY? (Canada), People's Choice winner, SANDEKALA (Indonesia), and to Best Performance winner, Charo Bergón, STITCH IN MOUTH (Spain). Watch, rate, and comment on all the winners on the Filminute 2024 page.

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