Summer season of Future Shorts Festival kicks off in Baku
Baku, August 26 (AZERTAC). The Future Shorts Festival - Summer Season 2012 organized by the YARAT! Nonprofit organizations started on Friday in Green Theatre here.
Summer season of the Future shorts festival is the world`s biggest pop-up film festival.
Iran, Mexico, Tanzania, Canada, and Portugal join expanding list of territories.
Sanderson and St Martin`s lane hotels in London join growing list of future shorts venues.
Future Shorts is the largest short film network in the world. Future Shorts is the world`s most prolific and innovative film organisation, connecting audiences to a global network of film and culture. Working across exhibition, distribution and experiential events, Future Shorts is committed to redefining the ways audiences experience film.
Future Shorts is the product of 8 years of audience development, experimentation and of reacting to the demand for another way of experiencing film. Since 2003 the festival built a new audience for film across the globe and developed a platform for filmmakers that allow millions of people worldwide to engage with their work.
Future Shorts today announces highlights of the Summer Festival which is screening at locations around the globe from June 1st. The line up includes Grant Orchard`s Oscar-nominated and BAFTA winning “A Morning Stroll” (UK, 2012); recent Clermont winner “Guest” from South Korea and SXSW favorite and award winner “Notes on Biology” from the US. Showcasing the most exciting short films and filmmakers from around the world, Future Shorts is building a massive screening network and powerful community.
The ever expanding festival now features in 60 countries and 160 cities worldwide, with over 350 screenings and more than 35,000 audience attendees across six continents.
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