Winners July 2025 Under 5 Minute Festival

Audience Awards:
Best Short Film: L’oeil des sables
Best Direction: L’anniversaire
Best Story: Can you hear me?
Best New Media FilM: The Perfect Shot
Best Cinematography: 3 Minutos
Best Editing: Junky Monkey
Best Experimental Film: Final Cut
Best Performances: Right Beside You

L’anniversaire, 4min., France
Directed by Thibault Mombellet
En rentrant chez lui, Julien découvre que ses amis lui ont organisé un anniversaries surprise pour ses quarante ans. Il est ravi, mais sa soirée tourne rapidement au cauchemar. Un traumatisme d’enfance refait surface et Julien met à point d’honneur à souffler ses bougies magiques… Y parviendra-t-il ?
https://www.instagram.com/rteebw/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-lanniversaire


Can you hear me?, 2min., USA
Directed by Ramiyah Brooks
After losing his mother, a young boy searches for answers in his role of her passing.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-can-you-hear-me

The Perfect Shot, 1min., Germany
Directed by Niklas Leifert
Self-styled marketing guru Martin Muffin rushes through the final beats of his branding photo masterclass—so he can finally craft his own perfect shot. Most students stick to the recipe. Béatrice frames things her own way.

https://www.instagram.com/niklasleifert

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-perfect-shot

3 MINUTOS, 5min., USA
Directed by Douglas Ryan
Under the time pressure of a potentially life changing test, a young couple unexpectedly takes a quick but meaningful look at their past, present and potential future.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-3-minutes

Junky Monkey, 3min., Japan
Directed by Hirohisa Nakano Magy
A man in Tokyo, desperate, wondering around , running through busy Tokyo scape and finally meet this guy to get something that he couldn’t resist which is…..

https://www.instagram.com/jovijova_official/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-junky-monkey

FINAL CUT, 5min., USA
Directed by Tom Varisco
A humble cottage. A delusional actor. A final fight for control.

https://www.instagram.com/tomvariscodesigns

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-final-cut

Right Beside You, 3min., USA
Directed by Annie Windsland
The night before her cousin’s wedding—to her ex—Isabel hides away, desperate to escape. But Liam, her fiercely loyal best friend, follows her, and something shifts. Their laughter fades. A glance lingers. A touch lasts too long. Unspoken truths press between them—until reality slams back in.

https://www.instagram.com/annewindsland

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-right-beside-you

L’oeil des sables, 2min., France
Directed by Florian Lejal
In ancient Egypt, a scribe witnesses a strange apparition: visitors from another time. Shocked, he draws them on papyrus, capturing the mystery. Now on display in a museum, this drawing continues to intrigue, leaving visitors with an unsolved enigma.

https://www.instagram.com/lllflowlll/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-loeil-des-sables

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