Research Portfolio: Online platforms for distribution and short film festival

My short film will be distributing or shown at a short film festival and it can also be shown on Netflix and youtbe.

The way i can get my movie onto Netflix is to try and get it onto Netflix database, because it's not possible to email someone who works for Netflix or within the company and ask. However if your movie isn't picked it wouldn't be able to go on the Netflix database. Netflix database is a long list of movies that Netflix chooses from for them to go on its homepage. The good chances of getting your film onto the the Netflix database is if you take of a distributor that has access to the important roads your need to go down, however it is really hard to do so. On the other hand it is possible to do. There is an distributors company which is owned by IndieGoGo that would help you to get your film seen on Netflix, but not just Netflix other services such as Distribber. The fee for Distribber is $1,600 however all the money that your movie makes you will receive 100% of it all and still have all your rights to your movie.

If you make it to the Netflix database you need to show that your independent movie is worthy therefore you need to create an army. The public need to queue in your movie by requesting it which is called queue demand. Therefore you would need to ask everyone to do this so your movie receives the most amount of requests. It depends on the amount of demands you get, the bigger the amount the more of a chance your film will be considered streaming through Netflix. Also to better your chances of getting your film on Netflix you need to have a wide press coverage and a good IMDB listing.


Also i could stream my short film onto youtube. To do this you would have to make a youtube account and be registered to youtube. Then you would have to go on youtube itself and click upload. Your movie has to be MPEG for you to upload it, therefore after filming and editing your movie you would have to save it as an MPEG file. To find out if the file is an MPEG you would have to check through properties and it should say if it is or isn't. After clicking upload you would click upload video, then browse your movie and upload it.and your film will be online for everyone in the public to see, watch, like and comment about it.

 A short film festival is where distributes go to watch short films and see which is the best one. The short film that they are impressed with will get promoted in a particular area in the world and because of this the maker of that short film will achieve some reputation and praise and how creative they are.

The film festivals that my short horror film will be presented on are: Manchester film festival, can can film festival, London film festival, Raindance film festival, Encounters international short film festival, Leeds international film festival, Aesthetics film festival at all these film festivals their will be distributes that will hopefully be impressed and then they would promote it for it to be seen.


Raindance film festival 

Raindance film festival is a film festival that show short films for distributors to choose. To submit my film to them i would have to call in to place an entry. 

Raindance Film Festival is officially recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences USA, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the British Independent Film Awards. Selected shorts will qualify for Oscar® and BAFTA nominations. British short films that play in competition and all British features that play in 2016 will be eligible for entry for the 2016 British Independent Film Awards BIFA.

Categories

The Festival accepts feature films (over 45 min.), short films (under 45 min.), music videos (under 6 min) VR films (under 45min) and web series [Raindance Web Fest] of all lengths and genres and is committed to showing the boldest and most innovative work, and films that challenge the boundaries of filmmaking.

• Narrative Feature
• Documentary Feature
• Narrative Short
• Documentary Short
• Animation Short
• Music Video
• LGBT (Feature)
• Virtual Reality *new

Festival Strands

• In Competition
• Discovery
• Documentaries
• Official Selection
• Raindance LGBT
• Special Screenings
• Raindance Symphony Orchestra
• Shorts
• Music Videos
• Raindance Web Fest

Status of Your Film

• Feature Films must be at least UK Premieres: they must not have been released in the UK on any format, nor screened publicly online.
• There is no Premiere policy for short films and music videos, they may have screened at other Festivals and/or online.
• Raindance accepts work-in-progress cuts but we will not accept subsequent cuts of more complete versions. Please send your film in the most complete and finished form possible to be reviewed.

How to Submit 

Submissions are open via withoutabox or filmfreeway only.

*VR films to be submitted via filmfreeway only.

Completion Date

To be eligible to Raindance 2016 your film must have been completed after 1 January 2015.

Submission deadlines and fees

Date	Deadline	Feature Fee	Shorts Fee	Music Video Fee
22 April 2016	Early Deadline	£55	£25	£25
20 May 2016	Regular Deadline	£70	£35	£35
10 June 2016	Late Deadline	£100	£50	£50
17 June 2016	WAB Extended Deadline	£150	£80	£80

All Withoutabox submissions for Raindance Film Festival are to be paid by credit card. The submission fee is non-refundable.

Raindance Members

RAINDANCE MEMBERS CAN SUBMIT ONE SHORT FOR FREE OR A FEATURE AT HALF PRICE.
Raindance members can submit one short/music video for free, or a feature at half price. If you are a member emailfestival@raindance.co.uk to receive your unique waiver code. Please include your membership number and expiry date. To join Raindance please go to: http://www.raindance.org/premium/

Selection

Submissions are reviewed and selected under the following criteria:
– Quality of narrative and production values.
– Independent nature of the production.

Notification

Raindance endeavours to complete all selection procedures by 31 August 2016 and inform all submitting parties, in writing, if their film has been successful or not after that time. Successful submissions will receive a Filmmaker Festival Pack that will include important information on shipping the DCP to the Festival, press and publicity, guest accreditation, contact information and how to make the most of participating in the Festival.

Screening

Selected films MUST provide a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) in order to be screened at the Raindance Film Festival, as well as a back-up Blu-ray. (Except VR films)

Festival Prizes

– Best Film
– Best Director
– Best Screenplay
– Best Actor
– Best Actress
– Best UK Feature
– Best Documentary Feature
– Discovery Award
– Best Short
– Best UK Short
– Best Music Video

Here are other film festivals that i could enter my short film into.

Top of Form

• Raindance Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
• London Short Film Festival• Edinburgh International Film Festival 
• London Short Film Festival 
• Manchester International Film Festival 
• Encounters International Short Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
• Leeds International Film Festival
• Aesthetica Film Festival