ten second films
Before there was “Vine”, before there was “Tik Tok”, the Niagara Falls' Sylvia Ang Film Festival celebrated the magic of the moment with videos ten seconds and under.
Inspired by the innovative videos of poet Sylvia Ang, the Mini Mighty Niagara Film Festival invites you to gather or create mini films and to celebrate the videos that say a lot in very little time.
Submit up to FIVE ten second films by Fri 7 Nov 2025 at 11:59PM
SHITTY LITTLE
Jeff McKay and Takashi Iwasaki | Canada | 2023 | 7m
Playful, poignant & very memorable live action-animation shadow play, where humans take from forests whatever they desire - leaving nothing.
In western culture there is no value attributed to nature. It must be taken and shaped into a product for sale to have worth.
A prevalent societal attitude: How a meadow, a marsh, or a small wood "Isn't doing anything", and should be, "Made into something".
Jeff McKay: Born & raised on the Canadian prairies. Began in stage theatre, played drums in electro-pop/ dance bands. Making film since 1985. Spent 18 years as a freelance contract editor & director with the National Film Board of Canada. Independent freelance since 2003. Recipient of the Peabody Award and many national & international nominations. International co-productions making social, arts/cultural, sport & science/ natural history films.
Takashi Iwasaki: 1982: born in Hokkaido, Japan. Iwasaki moved to Winnipeg, Canada to study fine arts at the University of Manitoba in 2002, where he earned Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Attracted to the Winnipeg's multiculturalism and friendly arts community, he gained the permanent resident status of Canada and now lives and works as an artist in Winnipeg and calls it his new hometown. Iwasaki’s art practice diverges into many media from embroidery, painting, collage, wooden sculpture, ceramic, to public artwork. Bringing joy and peaking curiosity of the audience are part of the main focuses of his creation.