The One Minutes began in The Netherlands in 1998 on a small scale and it has developed into a mini world- wide movement with participants from about eighty countries. From the year 2000 onwards there have been annual awards for the best movies. In 2001 a beginning was made with the JUNIOR The One Minutes, a collaboration with the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) and UNICEF. Also in 2001 the first workshop was given about the making of One Minutes in China. After that workshops were organized in about thirty countries. In 2003 the Biennale of The One Minutes was held in Utrecht’s Central Museum. The first workshop in Africa took place in 2003. The Award winning ceremony took place in Xiamen, China, in 2005.