Online film festivals

Online film festivals are film festivals that are held entirely online. In some cases the films are shown for a certain amount of time where viewers can vote. But mostly the winners are selected by the festival organisation or a designated jury.

Omeleto, Top Shorts, The Monthly Film Festival are some leading online film festivals. Ranked in the top 10 Best and most reviewed festivals out of over 5000 of the world's best film festivals and among the first from the online film festivals.[1][2][3][4]

The first online film festival pioneered in the 1990s by the Webdance Film Festival.

The rapid pace of technological advancement had a huge effect on film festivals moving them into the online space. Many new filmmakers are starting to produce and edit their films on computers rather than on celluloid. And many film lovers are looking to the Internet for the latest independent releases.[5] Film festivals continue to be an important outlet for filmmakers who want to showcase their works and seek audiences and investors. Many of the major film festivals understand that an online component is going to become an important part of future festivals—and future films in general.

References
  1. Omeleto.com http://omeleto.com/
  2. Omeleto on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/omeleto
  3. Top Shorts on FilmFreeway https://filmfreeway.com/festival/ts
  4. TMFF on FilmFreeway https://filmfreeway.com/festival/tmff
  5. Watson, Stephanie, What are film festivals?, HowStuffWorks.com, retrieved 28 January 2013


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