Sunday, 5 October 2014

RESEARCH: SHORT FILM FESTIVALS.


Short films are often screened at film festivals to attract the attention of distributors

The London Short Film Festival ( 9th-18th January 2015) gives viewers the opportunity to the see the "UK's best short films" through screening them at the festival. This is promoted by inviting the general public to submit entries into the festival. Film London offers bursaries and scholarships to fund short film makers.

The Sundance Film Festival, a programme of the Sundance Institute, is an American film festival that takes place annually in Utah. Held in January in Park CitySalt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival comprises competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature length films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including “Next”, “New Frontier”, “Spotlight” and “Park City at Midnight”, the Sundance Film Festival took place this year from the 22nd of January until 2nd February 2014.

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  1. The start of a piece of work investigating how short films are promoted as part of the distributor's work attracting and addressing audiences. Please complete this research.

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