Future Shorts
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Future Shorts is a short film label based in London
. It was founded in 2003. It organizes a monthly short film festival, Future Shorts ONE, that screens short films by filmmakers from all over the world.
The Guardian Guide referred to Future Shorts as "an association that sifts through the world of short film every month so you don't have to" in an article about their participation in the Short Film Weekend of London in 2004. Their program at the festival included films by Chris Morris, Lynne Ramsey, and Mike Leigh
. According to Screen Daily, Future Shorts "offers a platform for film-makers in 25 countries."
Future Shorts launched a DVD distribution division in May of 2007. In September 2007, it launched a web TV
service in partnership with Joost
.
London
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. It was founded in 2003. It organizes a monthly short film festival, Future Shorts ONE, that screens short films by filmmakers from all over the world.
The Guardian Guide referred to Future Shorts as "an association that sifts through the world of short film every month so you don't have to" in an article about their participation in the Short Film Weekend of London in 2004. Their program at the festival included films by Chris Morris, Lynne Ramsey, and Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh
Michael "Mike" Leigh, OBE is a British writer and director of film and theatre. He studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and studied further at the Camberwell School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design. He began as a theatre director and playwright in the mid 1960s...
. According to Screen Daily, Future Shorts "offers a platform for film-makers in 25 countries."
Future Shorts launched a DVD distribution division in May of 2007. In September 2007, it launched a web TV
Web TV
Web TV may refer to:* MSN TV , a thin client which uses a television for display and the online service that supports it* Web television, an emerging genre of digital entertainment...
service in partnership with Joost
Joost
Joost is an Internet TV service, created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis . During 2007-8 Joost used peer-to-peer TV technology to distribute content to their Mozilla-based desktop player; in late 2008 this was migrated to use a Flash-based Web player instead.Joost began development in 2006...
.