SITE

Number of Featured  Films on the Site in 2017: 300

Number of News Pieces + Articles: 51

Total Hours of Programming: 59 hours 35 min

Number of Paid Submissions: 3254

Accepted Films: 141, a 5.6% Acceptance Rate

 

CREATORS + CONTENT

Avg. Film Length: 12 min

Films Under 5min: 31

Films Over 20min: 44

% of Films w/ a Female Director: 24%

% of Films that were Crowdfunded – 16.1%

% of Student Films – 12.6%

% of Filmmakers with Representation – 18%

Average Budget: $18766 

Median Budget: $6000

Country of Origin:   USA: 53%; UK: 16.6%; Canada: 8.7%; Rest of the World: 21.7%

Animation: 62 – 20.6%

Documentaries: 56 – 18.6%

 

AUDIENCE

The Most Viewed Films on the Site

  1. Hot Seat
  2. Strange Thing About the Johnsons
  3. Happiness
  4. Cuck
  5. The Alchemist’s Letter

Total Minutes Viewed Onsite: 27,118,158 or 451,969 hours

Biggest Year Over Year Audience Growth: India

Playlist

SotW + PBS Show: Films for Fathers

Happy Father's Day! Building on a playlist we did a few years back, the new episode of the Short of the Week YouTube shows features films for fathers. If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to our channel to make sure you get each custom themed playlist as soon as it hits the web.