Research

1. S H O R T F I L M
D I S T R I B U T I O N

2. A S H O R T F I L M L A S T S O V E R A L L A R O U N D 5 M I N U T E S . I T C A N
B E A N Y T H I N G F R O M A L I V E A C T I O N F I L M T O A N I M A T I O N . I T
C A N E V E N B E M A D E U P F R O M A C O M B I N A T I O N O F B O T H .

3. S H O R T F I L M S A R E N O T D I S T R I B U T E D I N T H E S A M E W A Y A S
L O N G F E A T U R E F I L M S A R E .
T H E P R O D U C E R S O F S H O R T F I L M S A R E M O R E T H A N L I K E L Y
E I T H E R I N D E P E N D E N T P R O D U C T I O N C O M P A N I E S O R J U S T
I N D I V I D U A L P E O P L E O R G R O U P W H O T H O U G H T O F A N I D E A
A N D B R O U G H T I T T O L I F E . T H E S E C O M P A N I E S A N D P E O P L E
C A N N O T A F F O R D T O D I S T R I B U T E A S A G L O B A L B L A N K E T
R E L E A S E S I N C I N E M A S A L L O V E R T H E W O R L D , A S T H E Y
D O N ' T H A V E T O F U N D S T O D O S O .

4. T H E Y D I S T R I B U T E T H R O U G H :
- S H O R T F I L M A W A R D F E S T I V A L S
- O N L I N E D I S T R I B U T I O N
- A W A R D W I N N I N G S H O R T S
- S H O R T S W H I C H A R E U S E D A S ‘ P R E - S A L E S ’ T O F U N D
F E A T U R E F I L M S .

5. S H O R T F I L M
F E S T I V A L S
Short film festivals take place
all over the world, just like
‘normal’ film festivals.
Some feature film festivals
interpret short films into their
festival, like Some short film
festivals are completely
separate.

7. • The Sundance Film Festival:
This is the largest independent
film festival in the US.
• Founded in 1978, it shows 200
films to its attendees, which
was 46,731 in 2012.
• Held in Park City, Salt Late City
in Utah, United States.
• Sundance offers a Short film
Tour, which shows 95 minutes
of 8 different short films.

8. • Founded in 1946, this film
festival is held in Cannes in the
South of France.
• All genres and types of film are
shown here, documentaries
from around the world to good
old fashioned feature films
• However, this is an invitation
only event…
• Short films compete to be
shown in the Short Film Corner
of the festival.

9. • Raindance prides themselves on
showcasing feature and short films
as well as music videos by
filmmakers all over the UK and the
world.
• It supports independent, new and
alternative filmmakers not just for the
duration of the 12 day festival, but
the whole year.
• This year it will occur on the 21st
September to the 2nd of October in
Piccadilly Circus where it will screen
over 150 short films.
• This festival also has an influence on
the short films who are nominated to
win an Oscar.

10. O N L I N E
D I S T R I B U T I O
N
• This another way in which Short
films are distributed to audiences.
• This is easily accessible as
audiences can now simply go on
their laptop or any technological
convergent device and watch 5
minute films.
• These are just a few of the
websites who allow streaming of a
number of short films.
• Bigger streaming websites such as
Netflix, don't stream as many short
films, if any, because they are not
as popular with their subscribers.

11. A W A R D W I N N I N G
S H O R T S
If a short film wins an award, they will be publicly named as the winner
of an award, and therefore will receive credit for it. A film who has an
award to its name is going to catch the interest of audiences more so
because it will be seen as a successful short film. For example, the
audience already knows that this film is going to be good because it
has won an award. This is a method of distribution in itself.

13. ‘ P R E - S A L E S ’
Again, Lights Out can be used
as an example. The short was
so successful that this year it is
now being released as a feature
film.
A short can be used to ‘test the
waters’ for an idea and film.
They create hype for the film
and makes sure that the idea is
good enough.