Film Score "Just 5 Minutes"
Published by Samuel Erulkar
“Just 5 Minutes” is a short film produced by Maxwell Wang and Andy Peitong and has won awards at many international film festivals. “Just 5 Minutes” was awarded best short film at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2025 and was nominated for best film score. Other festivals at which the film was shown and nominated include the Cannes Film Festival and the New York Film Festival.
Film Summary (IMDB):
Luca Venditto, a down-on-his-luck filmmaker drowning in student debt from film school, scrapes by working in a restaurant to make ends meet. One ordinary afternoon, while clearing tables, he encounters an unusual guest-a lawyer-looking man in a stark black suit, exuding an eerie presence. As Luca reaches for the plates, the man commands him to sit, calmly revealing that today is the day scheduled, or more commonly known as “destined”, for Luca to die. Threatening to suicide and thus disrupt the arrangement of destiny, Luca holds the the mysterious man (Personification of Death) at gunpoint, demanding a last chance to rewrite his story. Granted just five minutes, he races against time to confront his deepest regrets, from ruined career opportunities to broken relationships. But as the clock ticks down, he discovers that even the smallest slice of time can hold the key to redemption-or seal his fate forever.