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Baby Trashes Bar in Las Palmas, or how a short film trailer went viral

Posted Friday, February 18th, 2011

This blog is currently listed as inactive on Google Reader so I thought it was about time I got posting again! This is the trailer for a short film called Las Palmas by filmmaker Johannes Nyholm. The film itself is 14 minutes. It’s so fantastic to see a trailer for a short getting so much viral attention. It was featured on uber-blog Boing Boing and is about to pass 1,000,000 views on YouTube.

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New Shooting People book!!!

Posted Thursday, August 16th, 2007

With changes in technology allowing for cheaper production and distribution than ever before, short films are exploding. But how do you get the damn thing funded? And how do you know which distribution options are legit? The new Shooting People book on short film is hot off the press to help you maneuver through the creativity and confusion of the new shorts landscape. The book is called Get Your Short Film Funded, Made and Seen and it will help you

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SXSWclick! Watch and Vote

Posted Monday, July 23rd, 2007

You have till Friday to watch the finalists and vote for your favourites. Check ‘em out here. And while we’re on the subject of short films I think everybody should go to Rooftop Films on IFC.com and watch Jennifer Matotek’s Cats and Pants (it’s the film from 6/28). Genius.

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