In a compilation titled ‘Just a Minute’, ten one-minute films will see their world premiere during IFFR 2004. In a project designed to celebrate and promote adventurous short film-making, the Rotterdam film festival has invited ten talented directors, masters of the short film form (most of them regularly presenting work in Rotterdam this and past years) to make a special one-minute film as part of a project collaboration between IFFR and the Dutch Province of Zuid-Holland. The film-makers participating in the ‘Just a Minute’-programme are Yael Bartana (The Netherlands), Anouk de Clercq (Belgium), Tony Cokes (USA), Werther Germondari (Italy), Christoph Girardet (Germany), Lewis Klahr (USA), Miguel Gomes (Portugal), Nicolas Provost (Belgium), Brothers Quay (UK) and Bea de Visser (The Netherland). The collaboration between IFFR and the Province of Zuid-Holland will continue after the festival and will involve short film-making by professionals and high school students, regional tours of selected festival films and film education. In a similar way, the IFFR was also involved in film production by commissioning ten video-diaries for its 2001-edition sidebar ’On the Waterfront’.