Festival research

London short film festival

This film festival is usually held in January. This year's festival was between the 10th and 19th. It is hosted in 19 different central London venues.

The deadline for entries is usually in September. The entry requirements are:

• All submission filmmakers must be living or working in the UK.
• The films running length must be under 60 minutes.
• The following genres are accepted - drama, comedy, documentary, experimental, animation, lo/no budget, music video or a combination of genres.
• Entries must have been completed in the last couple of years (2/3years)
• All entries must be submitted on DVD or online through 'Withoutabox'.

There are many opportunities when entering this festival. Last year over 300 films were shown; which is a lot of exposure. There are many different awards that all give different prizes. Here are the usual awards. There are 9 awards:

• Best new short wins £1000.
• Best short Documentary wins free passes and submissions to 2 festivals.
• Best lo-budget short wins a Lomography camera package.
• Best Thriller short wins an opportunity to show their short on ShortsTV's European broadcast channel.
• Best experimental short wins a 'reel 100' membership, 12 cinema tickets and the film will be put on the ICA website and feature in the 'trailer wheel' for a week.
• Best student short wins a specialised course at London Film Academy
• Best female character win a one-to-one mentor session with a female director in the industry.
• Best music short wins a full package picture grade which includes one day Baselight grade, DigiBeta, DCP version and data files.
• Best comedy short wins a free place on the LOCO industry training course called 'Kickstart your comedy career'.

I looked into previous winners over the last few years it ran and I couldn't find any recognisable names or any people that really got far from this festival. Most websites just put a list of the winning directors and the names of the films.