What makes a short film… short? There’s the official definition and then there is how these films are generally received on the festival circuit. We take a look at the potential festival journeys of both ‘long’ shorts and ‘micro’ shorts and the unwritten rules filmmakers need to consider.

Finding a home for your short film beyond the film festival circuit can be a real headscratcher. We explore some of the potential avenues open to filmmakers and get insights from some of the players involved in what the different options are and how to decide which is the right one for you.

As filmmakers turn their hands to short films and/or the festival circuit for the first time, blissfully unaware of the sheer magnitude of short films that have run the festival gauntlet before them, they may find it’s not easy finding a fresh, original take or story that programmers won’t have seen before.

With a growing appetite for films that specifically explore sex, sexuality and fetishism, through artistic expression that makes audiences think as much as feel, more festivals are thrusting their way on to the festival circuit than ever before.