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SYNOPSIS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Can a dramatic story be told in just one minute?
For someone who needs to be heard, it may be more than enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PREMIERE AND AWARD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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One Minute<\/em> began its journey in Canada at Minute Madness Toronto, a festival devoted entirely to sixty-second films. Because of the pandemic, the screening took place online. Among the hundred shorts selected for the competition, One Minute<\/em> was named one of three winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Its big-screen premiere, however, took place in the United States. In September 2022, the short film screened at the Zion International Film Festival in Tacoma, Washington.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A MATRYOSHKA OF STORIES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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One Minute<\/em> is built almost like a set of matryoshka dolls: two characters talk about telling a story in one minute, and they do so within a story that lasts exactly one minute. During their conversation, one of them proposes another story that could be told in a minute, involving an apparent third character we never see. But even that deeper layer is not the last: the proposed story contains a hidden message through which its narrator tries to convey the difficult situation he himself is facing. That situation \u2014 the story concealed within the message \u2014 ultimately reveals what the short film’s true story had been all along. And the film’s own title, One Minute<\/em>, is the perfect outer shell for this nested structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet the dramatic tone running through this metafictional playfulness makes it more than a simple game. Perhaps that is why so many responses went beyond surprise, speaking instead of tension, depth, harshness, or \u201ccondensed cinema\u201d \u2014 signs of a story that kept resonating long after its sixty seconds were over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Stills from One Minute.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \ud83e\udde9 \u00b7 FILM CREDITS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Written and directed by Israel Mirenda.
    Starring Carlos Ramiro Pereyra y Pablo Pipolo.
    Produced by Israel Mirenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    VIEW FULL CREDITS<\/strong><\/summary>\n
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    • TITLE: <\/strong>One Minute<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • ORIGINAL TITLE: <\/strong>Un Minuto<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • GENRE: <\/strong>Drama<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • RUNNING TIME: <\/strong>60 sec<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • DIRECTOR: <\/strong>Israel Mirenda<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • CAST: <\/strong>Carlos Ramiro Pereyra \u2013 Pablo Pipolo<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • SCREENPLAY: <\/strong>Israel Mirenda<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • PRODUCER: <\/strong>Israel Mirenda<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • CINEMATOGRAPHY: <\/strong>Israel Mirenda<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • SOUND: <\/strong>Ishaia Mirenda<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • CAMERA: <\/strong>Israel Mirenda<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • EDITING: <\/strong>Israel Mirenda<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • COLOR GRADING: <\/strong>Israel Mirenda<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • MUSIC: <\/strong>Edited by Israel Mirenda using tracks by Kevin MacLeod<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • POSTER: <\/strong>Israel Mirenda<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • SPECIAL THANKS: <\/strong>Jos\u00e9 Ignacio Gonz\u00e1lez<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • LANGUAGE: <\/strong>Spanish<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • COUNTRY: <\/strong>Uruguay<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • DATE: <\/strong>February 2020<\/em>
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      \ud83c\udfac \u00b7 FROM THE DIRECTOR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      At the beginning of 2020, I realized I had to commit to filmmaking in earnest. It felt almost like a last chance. To keep putting it off would be like giving up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cThis will break the ice,\u201d I told the actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Everything happened in a rush. In no time, I had written the script and sent a few messages; just hours later, the production was under way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The shoot was just as quick: one scene in the living room and another in the square we walked to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cThat’s it?\u201d
      \u201cYes, that’s it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The crew could not have been better: my daughter handling the boom mic and me doing everything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Since I did not yet have an editing suite, I asked my boss if I could edit the film in my office at Canal 10. Within hours, One Minute<\/em> was finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cDone. We’ve broken the ice,\u201d I announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Looking back on that moment today, I realize we really had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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