Festivals show online films live
On 7 June 2012 the Vimeo Awards were presented at the second Vimeo Festival in New York. Hosted by the online platform, the event is a further example of the… Read More
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Analysis Review of award-winning short films in 2011
After getting the impression that just a handful of short films scoop up the lion’s share of awards and honours each year all over the world, we now publish an… Read More
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Report Norwegian media art
Three-year pilot project launched to archive Norwegian media art In 2007 the Arts Council Norway published the report “í… bevare det flyktige” (On preserving the ephemeral), which painted a sad… Read More
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Awards 2011
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Habana (Cuba) Premio Mediometraje o corto de ficción: TELA, Carlos Nader, BR Further awards see: http://www.habanafilmfestival.com/ Dubai International Film Festival (UAE) || 14/12/2011 Arabic… Read More
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Report Upload Cinema – Web short films at the cinema
Not long after YouTube was founded in 2005, people were already starting to download videos from the platform and present them elsewhere. This usually took place privately – for example… Read More
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Topic The year of the curators – A reader’s digest of a mega-trend
According to trend scouts on the Internet and in the features pages, 2011 was the year of the curators. Not the real-life curators, who have already had their year, but… Read More
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News 2011
Budget boost for MEDIA as of 2014 On 23 November the European Commission will make a first concrete proposal for the budget and form to be taken by the MEDIA… Read More
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News 2011
Argentina: Indiestribucion expands services The Argentinean online platform for short films “Indiestribucion” has added new interactive tools to make it easier for filmmakers to publicize their work. After setting up… Read More
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practical advice Topic Digital short films – from production to cinema
The digitization of cinema opens up completely new possibilities for putting films on the screen – options once attainable only at a high price and with a great deal of… Read More
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Report Constellation.tv
Constellation.tv combines social marketing with video-on-demand In early 2011 the video-on-demand platform Constellation.tv was launched – by its own account the “first global movie theatre”. What’s special about the platform… Read More
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Topic Eyewitness films on Internet platforms – An introduction and four examples of media convergence
Internet platforms have been springing up of late that feature documentation and recordings of current events as seen through the eyes of contemporary witnesses. Most of these are editorially supervised… Read More
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Report Experimental Television Center closes
The end of an era – the legendary Experimental Television Center closes In 1971 Ralph Hocking and friends founded the Experimental Television Center (ETC) in New York. Now, after a… Read More
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Report Gut und unter 10 Minuten
Gut und unter 10 Minuten – Kurzfilmverleih in Deutschland von Cornelia Walter Er mag ein Festivalliebling sein und seine Erfolgsgeschichte im Netz haben – eines ist der Kurzfilm sicher nicht,… Read More
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Report BFI and Film London
BFI and Film London put in charge of promoting British film – no funding for short film for the time being In July 2010 the British government decided to abolish… Read More
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Topic From book trailer to Vook – A new short film niche
A new niche has now joined the ranks of the many already filled by short film: the so-called “book trailer”. Book trailers are used to market books online. The idea… Read More
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Topic International Short Film Festival Oberhausen launches Oberhausen Films Online
March 2011 saw the debut of “Oberhausen Films Online”, a new video-on-demand platform that functions as the virtual video library of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. On offer are… Read More
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Report Future of Animate Projects in jeopardy
For more than 20 years Animate! in London has been the top address in the United Kingdom, if not all of Europe, for artistic animated film. Founded by legendary producer… Read More
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Report Teaching Artists’ Films
by Stefanie Schlüter This text is the condensed version of a research paper commissioned by the International Short Film Festival (Oberhausen). The paper was presented to the public in a… Read More
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Analysis Review of award-winning short films in 2010 – a brief appraisal
Based on the impression that just a handful of short films scoop up the lion’s share of awards and honours each year all over the world, we now publish an… Read More
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Report Film in the White Cube
Film in the White Cube – Philippe Parreno and the Serpentine Gallery demonstrate how to do it right Almost ten years ago we began to publish here texts on the… Read More
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Awards 2010
Film Front, Novi Sad (Serbia) Best Film international competition: BIG BANG BIG BOOM, Blu (I) Best Film regional competition: ZENA U LJUBICASTOM, Igor Drijaca (BiH) Special Jury Award: GRANDMA HAS… Read More
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News 2010
Annual balance sheet presented on French short film sales abroad During the festival in Clermont-Ferrand, Unifrance presented a study on the sale of French short films outside the country. The… Read More
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News 2010
Exhibition: José Val del Omar at the Reina Sofia Museum The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte “Reina Sofia” in Madrid is devoting a show to the Spanish film pioneer José… Read More
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Report Agence du court métrage
Agence du court métrage tests distribution of digitised short films The French short film agency has been running its distribution network Réseau alternatif de diffusion (RADI) for 20 years now… Read More
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Topic Digital options for self-distribution of short films – an overview
Today, marketing and selling digital or digitised films online no longer poses any major technical problems, as filmmakers can draw on their experience with video and submission platforms. Tools for… Read More
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Report News on Super 8 film
Although Super 8 plays a very minor role today now that the amateur film market has long since been swept up in the wave of digitisation, there is still a… Read More
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Topic 25 years of Metrópolis
In our fast-paced times, it’s an unusual occurrence when a television show is able to celebrate its 25th anniversary. And when it’s a cultural programme – as in the case… Read More
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Report B-Side gives up business
B-Side forced to close after five successful years when investors withdraw support About one year ago, we mentioned here on shortfilm.de the new business idea hatched by the Austin-based film… Read More
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Report Arabshorts.net
Arabshorts.net – a platform for short films from Arab countries Since December 2009 the Goethe Institute in Cairo has been presenting young filmmakers from the Arab world on the website… Read More
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Analysis Review of award-winning short films in 2009 – a brief appraisal
Prompted by the impression that just a handful of short films scoop up the lion’s share of awards and honours each year all over the world, we published here two… Read More