Future Shorts

{{Short description|English short film label}}

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Future Shorts is a short film label based in London. It was founded in 2003 by Fabien Riggall.{{cite news |title=Future shorts launches television service |url=https://www.screendaily.com/future-shorts-launches-television-service/4034989.article |newspaper=Screen Daily |date=29 September 2007 |accessdate=7 July 2011}} It organizes a monthly short film festival, Future Shorts ONE, that screens short films by filmmakers from all over the world.{{cite news |title=Future Shorts ONE international film event at Trackdown |url=http://wentworth-courier.whereilive.com.au/events/story/future-shorts-one-1/ |newspaper=Wentworth Courier |date=27 June 2011 |accessdate=7 July 2011}}

The Guardian Guide referred to Future Shorts as "an association that sifts through the world of short film every month so you don't have to"{{cite news|title=Short Film Weekend (London) |url=http://www.futureshorts.com/article-detail.php?id=17 |newspaper=The Guardian Guide |date=15–21 May 2004 |accessdate=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929192439/http://www.futureshorts.com/article-detail.php?id=17 |archivedate=29 September 2011 }} 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, Mike Leigh, as well as Run Wrake.{{cite web | url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk//news/obituary-run-wrake | title=Run Wrake, 1965-2012 }} According to Screen Daily, Future Shorts "offers a platform for film-makers in 25 countries."

Future Shorts launched a DVD distribution division in May 2007.{{cite news |title=Future Shorts moves into distribution |author=Wendy Mitchell |url=http://www.screendaily.com/future-shorts-moves-into-distribution/4030923.article |newspaper=Screen Daily |date=12 February 2007 |accessdate=7 July 2011}} In September 2007, it launched a web TV service in partnership with Joost.

The festival has also worked with various organisations and companies. The company collaborated with Samsung to promote their new phone, the Samsung 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.{{cite web | url=https://commsbusiness.co.uk/news/mobile-film-directors-revealed-by-samsung/ | title=Comms Business | Welcome to the leading information portal for the Voice, Data/IT and Mobile Channel }}{{cite web | url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/samsung-mobile-film-label-link-up-promote-i8910-hd-handset/902208 | title=Samsung Mobile in film label link-up to promote i8910 HD handset }}