Well!! We have just officially ended our #SixtySexySeconds valentines short film competition, with some quite phenominal winners! You can check out the top 5, plus some notable mentions below for some creative inspiration! How incredible what story you can accomplish in 60 seconds!

OUR TOP 5

 

#5: @maria_is_ok

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This is my entry for the #sixtysexyseconds competition. Hope you like it! @raindancefilmfestival Crew: @emmapardoe @julia_ttom @m.arth.c Cast:@annaroseeeeeee @sondreovrebo @dylan_3901 @_amydave_

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#4: @jakebentley3012

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@raindancefilmfestival Our entry for raindances sexy sixty second competition! We hope everyone likes it! It was very different to our usual style of filmmaking that's for sure. Thank you to @s.hantelle for editing the short! #sixtysexyseconds

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Top 3: @jamesskinneruk

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I am happy to be able to share 'Fabulous'. Our 60 second film for @raindancefilmfestival, all about feeling fabulous and daring to be yourself! #sixtysexyseconds. Directed, produced and edited by James Skinner @jamesskinneruk Written by Ben Marshall @bendmarshall77 Starring Maya Mitchell, Francisco Labbe @franactor , Sophia Hodgson @sophia.hodgson , Clementine Pinet @clementine_pinet Cinematography by Rob Campbell @ccs_video Sound by Joe Dawson @surreal33 Music by @talkingknots Huge thanks to @raindancefilmfestival and @raindancefilmschool. Some of the team met at your networking events and at the @bifa_film awards! #valentinesday #sexy #independentfilm #London #shortfilm

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Top 3: @pl.mlgrw

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Hey there @raindancefilmfestival Delighted to be sharing our #SixtySexySeconds where sexiness is inspiring others to challenge repressive norms by exposing your own vulnerability. Thanks so much to everyone involved for your time, openness and generosity. It was a hell of alotta fun! Cast Niamh: Ebony Dickson Macy: Natalie Selles Mother: Claire Kieran McGrogan Nurse: Paula McCafferty Patient 1: Rosamund Monteith Patient 2: Jenny Parkhill Patient 3: Fintan Woods Crew Writer, Director & Producer: Paul Mulgrew Art & Producer: Jarlath Houston Editor: Ryan Mulgrew Director of Photography: Conor Rotherham Assistant Director: Hannah McEvoy Sound: Daniel McCabe Camera Assistant: Ruaidhri Owens-Fennell General Assistant: Jenny Parkhill Chaperone: Noelle Dickson Special Thanks Jude Sharvin; David Templeton and Children’s Heartbeat Trust; Catherine Devlin and Digital Art Studios; Lynda Briggs; Bettina Waked; Sarah Cathers; Susan Scott; Hannah Smyth; Nicky Larkin; Professor Raffaella Folli, Yvonne Richmond, staff and security team of the Ulster University at Jordanstown. #ShortFilm #IndependentFilm #Belfast #CHDAwareness #CHD #Heart #ZipperScar

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Top 3: @clemdelaclem

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Presenting… ”FEVER: Love in the Time of Corona”, a new sultry dark comedy. It’s 2020 and sanitisation is the new currency of seduction. The more you wear, the better… Keep clean, keep sexy. Are you… #HotforHygiene? [Sound ON] Winner of @raindancefilmfestival #SixtySexySeconds short film competition Crew: Writer & Director: Clemily Martin @clemdelaclem Producer: Josh W Barnett @joshwbarnettfreelance 1st AD: Sam Redfearn @samredfearnvideos Cast: Guy Clark @guyhclark Meredith Lambert @mez_dispenser Clemily Martin @clemdelaclem Sam Toller @stntoller #SexySanitisation #fevershortfilm #raindancefilmfestival #sixtysexyseconds #shortfilm #shortfilmcompetition #shortfilmfestival #comedy #darkcomedy #1minutefilm #newwriting #womeninfilm #femalewriters #coronavirus #coronavirusmask #coronavírus #coronavirusitaly #coronavirusuk #coronavirusespaña #coronavirusoutbreak⚠️ #covid_19 #flattenthecurve #washyourhands #coronavirusitalianews #coronavirüsü #coronamemes #corona #coronavirusnontitemo

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Additional Staff Favourites:

With such wonderful films submitted this year, we couldn’t help but share a few extras. Here are an additional 3 chosen by our staff!!

@elquango

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Will Thou Be My Valentine? ❤🧚‍♂️🏹… 😉 . . #ValentinesDay #SoRomantic #Shakespeare #RomeoandJuliet #CupidsArrow #shortshortfilm #comedy #postcreditscene . Cinematographer: @wanhoward . . Hey @raindancefilmfestival , this is my #sixtysexyseconds . Oddly enough, I made this BEFORE knowing about your festival and it meets a lot of your criteria, but not all… I hope that's okay… (By the way, my intention was always to make it work as a 1-minute short (which it does); the second part I consider as just extra, optional footage)

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@danncooper93

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Eyup @Raindancefilmfestival here's our film Greenfingers, made for the #sixtysexyseconds challenge. As you know gardening is…ripe for innuendo, so we just couldn't resist. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Created by⁣⁣ Dann Cooper @danncooper93 Liam Francis @liamfrancis391 ⁣⁣ Elliot Taylor @phonehome12 ⁣⁣ Lucy Hilton-Jones @julu92 ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Starring ⁣⁣ Lucy Hilton-Jones @julu92⁣⁣ William James-Holstead @seriouswill⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Sound ⁣⁣ Tomos Pierce @tom_el_p⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #sexysixtyseconds #raindance #raindancefilmfestival #shortfilm #indiefilm #1minuteshort #manchester #gardening #juicytomatoes #film #allotment #innuendo

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@paulchoochoo

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Short Lived (him) by Paul Baichoo. #sixtysexyseconds @raindancefilmfestival #raindancefilmfestival #shortfilm #shortfilms #filmaker #filmmakerslife #film #filmakers #photography #actor #actorslife

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Thank you to everyone who submitted their films! Due to the quality of films submitted this year, we have decided to send through the top 3 to the screening of the festival! Other winners will be enjoying their wins of 2020 Raindance Festival passes, Independent Filmmakers Ball tickets, and memberships!!

Want to enter our next competition? Get your design skills ready for this one:

Independent Filmmakers’ Ball Poster Competition