Research on the Exhibition of Short Films

The first site I came across while looking for means of exhibiting a short film was the BBC Film Network site and it's section on the exhibition of shorts. Some of the exhibitors listed were FutureShorts, a group that runs short film screening events across the UK and Europe, along with Bitesize Cinema, a group that finds shorts worldwide and puts them into cinema screenings, as well as regional groups too, such as Kultur Cine Club in Leeds, a non-profit organisation which organises screenings around Leeds of short films and documentaries from around the world.

Channel 4 also exhibits people's short films through their 3 Minute Wonder section, exhibited frequently on their main C4 channel.

Many creators of short films also exhibit their own work on Youtube, clear from the countless number of shorts posted on the site, with millions of results on my own search for short films. In a way, exhibiting their films to the general public is a great way to get started, since anyone can post their own film, get honest comments from their own audience, and boost their own popularity. Many of the better films have links to websites where you can download their films for a small fee. Youtube is a great way for people to get free advertisement and to gain interest in their product.

Personally, I think Invaded would be best exhibited on Youtube to start, perhaps with ambitions to find a distributor in order to get it into cinema screenings. However, it would have to be posted with age limitations on it disallowing younger children from watching it.