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FIVE MINUTES film short

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Whoo-hoo! 

FIVE MINUTES is one of the Prime Video Direct Film Festival Stars Shorts program winners! The program was open to all official short film selections at major film festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and Tribeca Film Festival. Thanks to Prime Video Direct for this honor and for continuing to support independent film.

You can watch FIVE MINUTES on #PrimeVideo here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G1Z2XYR

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Oh yeah! FIVE MINUTES has been chosen as the Short of the Week at ShortofTheWeek.com

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Yahoo! FIVE MINUTES is now a Vimeo Staff Pick. 

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FIVE MINUTES is live!

Watch now on Amazon Prime.

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We are proud to announce that Justine Bateman’s short film directing debut, FIVE MINUTES, will be released on Amazon Prime October 1, 2018 as part of their Film Festival Collection.

After premiering at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival in 2017, the film short was chosen by seven more film festivals. The Savannah Film Festival, The Florida Film Festival, Spain’s Verin Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, New Hampshire Film Festival, and The Catalina FIlm Festival, and The Tribeca FIlm Festival.

The film short is comedy about a progressive elementary school’s “parenting class” that takes an unexpected dramatic turn.

Bateman wrote, directed, and produced (alongside Mark G. Mathis and Clio Tegel). Cinematography by Mark Williams and editing by Jay Friedkin. It stars Rob Benedict, Bre Blair, Rae Dawn Chong, Aimee Graham, Steve Agee, Isaiah Mustafa, and Seana Kofoed. 

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FIVE MINUTES has now been selected by seven film festivals. Thank you to all the festival programmers.

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Big congratulations to Jay Friedman of Union Editorial for winning Best Editing of FIVE MINUTES at the 2017 Savannah Film Festival! 

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We just got back from the Toronto FIlm Festival where FIVE MINUTES went over great. Looking forward to showing it in other film festivals to come.

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Official FIVE MINUTES Trailer

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Steve Agee

Photo by Steven Meiers

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Make Up/Hair Artist Shashana Kaplan, Producer Mark G. Mathis, Actor Carlos Duarte, Actor Steve Agee,  Producer Clio Tegel, and Writer/Director/Producer Justine Bateman.

Photo by Steven Meiers.

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Sound mixer Seth Cooper and Director Justine Bateman.

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Producer Mark G. Mathis and 1st AD Clint Buckner

Photo by Steven Meiers.

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Cinematographer Mark Williams

Photo by Steven Meiers.

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Director Justine Bateman, Cinematographer Mark Williams, and 1st AC John Holmes set a shot.

Photo by Steven Meiers.

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Cinematographer Mark Williams and Writer/DIrector Justine Bateman discuss a shot. Actors Naj Ranglal, Rob Benedict, Bre Blair, Tina Ansah, and Seana Kofoed.

Photo by Steven Meiers