Incredible short films from the next generation of filmmakers with Janvier Wete

Janvier began his career, aged 20, by selling the pilot for a reality TV show called “Made in Brixton”. He went on to work for companies like Channel 4 and Vice Media.

Then in 2017 he got frustrated with the process of entering a short film he had made called “L.I.F.E.” for consideration by some film festivals. “I thought, what if I made my own festival on my own platform?” It was this resolve to find a better way for short film makers that got Janvier started with Minute Shorts.

The barriers to entry for filmmakers have never been lower and there is no shortage of high-quality short films being produced. The biggest challenges today are discovery and monetisation, and these are the problems Minute Shorts is tackling.

From the very beginning Minute Shorts has been a champion for diversity. Roughly 60% of the content hosted is documentary and their site boasts that “50% of our films are directed or produced by womxn. 50% of our content comes from minority ethnic communities.”