ShortList 2016: Film Insiders See ‘Appetite for Experimentation’ in Shorts (Video)

Film Insiders See ‘Appetite for Experimentation’ in Shorts (Video)

Historically, short films haven’t exactly proved lucrative, but that could be changing, said industry insiders who judged the IMAX Industry prize at TheWrap’s fifth annual ShortList Film Festival award ceremony.

The YouTube Space in Playa Vista was an appropriate venue for a panel on the state of short filmmaking at Wednesday’s event, since filmmakers working in short formats may find the most opportunities on newer digital platforms.

“Proper cinematic shorts is not much of a living,” Bec Smith, an agent at United Talent Agency told panel moderator and TheWrap CEO Sharon Waxman.

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Jennifer Levine, the president of production and literary management at Untitled Entertainment, said she has a client who was producing 10 shorts of 10 minutes each for a digital platform.

Catherine Hardwicke, the director of “Twilight,” also directed the music video for Lady Gaga‘s “Til It Happens To You,” which she described as a “multifaceted story” that had to be compressed into a song’s length of time — and still managed to make a massive impact online.

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Film Insiders See ‘Appetite for Experimentation’ in Shorts (Video) At TheWrap