Exhibition Online
Sites in this category:
- BBC Film Network
- BBC online showcase of British filmmaking talent. Site offers the option to submit films, comment on films, and leave messages for filmmakers. Online films are divided into the following categories: Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Animation, and Experimental.
- blip.tv
- Blip.tv focusses on episodic shows rather than single clips.
- Cool Tube Theatre
- A showcase and information website for new filmmakers, aims at promoting 'fresh new talent and allow those new to filmmaking access to information on how to make their own films'. Site exhibits a selection of short films, and holds related information on accessing production material used. E.g. story boards, call sheets, production sketches etc. Plus email option to producer of site.
- DOC-AIR
- Doc-Air offers mainly European contemporary documentary and 'experimental' films streamed or to download. The catalogue is searchable by title, director, country or thematic category. Interesting - important even - films at really cheap prices.
- Europa Film Treasures
- About fifty films from the last century are available to view online.
- Four Docs
- Four Docs allows anyone to upload a short documentary which can then be viewed by any site visitor. Also, there is some information about documentary making.
- Google Video
- Acts both as a video sharing site and as a portal to video elsewhere on the web. Hosts some full length documentary as well as the usual short clips.
- Jumpcut
- Video sharing site with online video editing software.
- Revver
- Revver offers producers of content a share of advertising revenue.
- tank.tv
- From the print magazine Tank, tank.tv is a platform for exhibition of new moving image work. Includes films & video - maximum 3 minutes long - by new and well-known makers.
- UbuWeb
- UbuWeb was founded in November of 1996, initially as a repository for visual, concrete and, later, sound poetry. Over the years UbuWeb has embraced all forms of the avant-garde and beyond. This link is to pages streaming avant garde film, some of which you would struggle to find elsewhere.
- You Tube
- One of the best known sites for sharing video clips.
