Future Shorts is a short film label based in

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. It was founded in 2003 by

Fabien Riggall Fabien Riggall (born in 1975) is the founder and creative director of Future shorts, Future Cinema and Secret Cinema. Career Riggall started his career in film as a runner and worked his way up going from working as assistant producer to prod ...

. It organizes a monthly short film festival, Future Shorts ONE, that screens short films by filmmakers from all over the world.

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referred to Future Shorts as "an association that sifts through the world of short film every month so you don't have to" in an article about their participation in the Short Film Weekend of London in 2004. Their program at the festival included films by Chris Morris,

Lynne Ramsay Lynne Ramsay (born 5 December 1969) is a Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer best known for the feature films ''Ratcatcher'' (1999), ''Morvern Callar'' (2002), ''We Need to Talk About Kevin'' (2011), and '' You Were Neve ...

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, as well as

Run Wrake John "Run" Wrake (24 November 1965 – 21 October 2012) was an English animator, film director, graphic designer, and music video director. He was best known for his 2005 short film, ''Rabbit''. Early life and education Wrake was born in Ye ...

. According to

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, Future Shorts "offers a platform for film-makers in 25 countries." Future Shorts launched a DVD distribution division in May 2007. In September 2007, it launched a

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service in partnership with

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. The festival has also worked with various organisations and companies. The company collaborated with

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to promote their new phone, the

i8910 HD. The promotion aimed to show the strength of the phone's HD camera. Four directors were chosen, whose short films were available on the Future Shorts website, where people could vote of their favourite.

References

External links

Future Shorts website
Film distributors of the United Kingdom Companies based in the London Borough of Hackney {{UK-film-company-stub