Short film distribution research - Dom

Distribution Research

Good websites for short film promotion

• http://www.atom.com/
• www.shortfilms.com
• http://www.youtube.com/futureshorts
• http://www.virginmediashorts.co.uk

Festivals that include or are dedicated to short films

• Bang!
• LA international Short Film Festival
• Encounters
• London Short Film Festival

Short Film Distributors

• Dazzle (http://www.dazzlefilms.co.uk)
• Omni (www.omnifilmdistribution.com)
• BBC film network

From my research about all of these ways of distributing short films there seems to be a common consensus that the best way to get a short film seen is via the internet. Linking this to our product, we have kind of taken the first step to getting the film distributed in this blog and the video being on youtube and social networking sites such as facebook. If we were to carry on with distributing the film I personally would enter the film into Virgin Media Shorts competition and then try to get it into a film festival like Bang! or London Short Film Festival, this would not only get the film seen and promote it but it would also give potential distributors such as Dazzle to see it and possibly distribute it.