SHORT FILM FESTIVALS
I have been researching into the different short film festivals to gain a greater knowledge and understanding of what short film makers enter and to enjoy viewing successful short films.
The London Short Film Festival is one of the most popular of the festivals and is now in its 13th year. The London Short Film Festival is also famous for premiering UK showcase for cutting-edge and Uk independent film and as now started accepting international submissions. This festival is an event that presents the best in UK short film-making talent. It takes place in January and for the duration of the festival London's best independent cinemas are taken over to showcase the short films.
To gain further knowledge about this festival I visited the website which stated:'The London Short Film Festival is a Mecca for the UK’s young creative talent and a significant date in the UK film calendar. Every year the Festival’s large and loyal audience flock to screenings and events, and this network has grown steadily over decade and beyond.'
Sundance Film Festival takes place at Park city Utah in January. The Sundance festival focuses on presenting the most original stories,attracting the most adventurous audiences and dramatic documentary films. Fortunately many of the films that are launched at the festival gain commercial distribution that reach worldwide audiences.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Sundance festival the Art House Project was created in 2005. This project involved twelve art house theatres from around the country were designated to the Sundance Institute and in 2006 a Sundance retrospective series was made available for each of the theatres.
Edinburgh Short Film Festival is now in its fifth year and has moved from June to November to accommodate for the huge increase in submissions, the move to a different venue also allows the festival to be more of a one-off event during the year.
This year the festival have been developing an exciting and ongoing film exchange programme with the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival (was voted one of the coolest film festival in the world by Movie Maker Magazine). This new program allows all of the short films to gain more exposure to a greater audience.
It was useful research to investigate the world of short film festivals as they have limited distribution opportunities and are most liked to catch the eye of distributors at short film festivals.
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