 During an October 2007 television interview with Filminute co-founder and executive director John Ketchum, CBC journalist and host Evan Solomon described Filminute as "the future of modern storytelling".Filminute 2008 drew submissions from 60 countries, viewership from 94 countries, and more than 3 million viewings of the shortlisted films online and on television.The jury-awarded Best Filminute went to Oli Hyatt's "StitchUp Showdown - Gym Jam" (UK) and The People's Choice was awarded to Pici Papai's "Quick" (Hungary).