Last night was the party to announce the winner of the "1 Minute Wonder Film Competition." Tickets and beer were free, which always makes for a popular event.
As you can see the party, held in the Penthouse Suite of the EIFF delegate centre, drew a full house. Even with people sitting down, not everyone could see the screen. But then this wasn't the official screening - that was held in The Filmhouse.
One Minute Wonders is a new scheme set up by film facilities house Metro Ecosse and The List.
Five 1 minute scripts on the theme of "Wild" were selected and then the scripts produced by separate teams of filmmakers using Metro Ecosse facilities.
For example, Emily Munro (pictured right), author of 1 Minute Wonder Training,
offered an interesting perspective on the war in Iraq through the
point of view of a military trainer and a little, white Scottish kid
who plays a mock terrorist.
As it turned out, none of the films were under a minute and one was as much as 3 minutes long.
Perhaps that's the wonder part?
No, seriously, making a one minute short is obviously much easier than writing a one minute short. Still, it would have been interesting to see what the results would have been if they'd enforced the 1 Minute rule.
I missed the announcement of the winner, which was some 15 minutes after the films screened, but I believe it was I Was A Honky Lover, which managed to compress emotion through use of an elegaic poem set at a Scottish wake.
Alison Peebles (the redhead in the picture), who was also one on the jury members, was the narrator of the poem.
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