Brett Williams and Hayden Phipps, “The Death and Life of Desmond Wolfe”, 2013 Entry for the Filminute Challenge

Every year, Filminute challenges filmmakers all over the world to tell a story in 60 seconds.

The concept of flipping through brief moments in a person’s life to create a short film is tried and true, which is what makes this outstanding work from Brett Williams and Hayden Phipps that much more impressive. For one, it’s got a beautifully-shot stunt at its core. For two, it subverts that common flash-by-flash exploration of a person’s existence by introducing us to a man who is not at all what he seems.

This film from South Africa received a Jury Commendation in 2013.