Accidental Media produces award-winning documentaries, short films and interactive media for international broadcast, DVD and online distribution. Working with formats from 35mm to HD, we are constantly pushing technologies to new creative limits in both production and distribution.
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5 Feb 2012
Adam Stafford and Alan Bissett will perform a live version of our award-winning short film The Shutdown at the Glasgow Short Film Festival. Check out the “Frames Per Second” event at 19:30 on Saturday 11 February.
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17 Nov 2011
Our new doc, Babytrapped, directed by Tomás Sheridan, is now showing on Current TV. If you’re in the UK, you can catch the next broadcast on Monday 21 November at 9pm. You can also watch it from our website if you’re outside the UK, USA, Italy, or South Africa.
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17 Oct 2011
BAFTA Scotland Award nomination for The Shutdown
Our multi-award winning short The Shutdown has been short-listed for a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Short Film. The awards ceremony and announcement will take place in Glasgow on 13 November. Stay tuned!
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7 Sep 2011
Catch the Edinburgh premiere of Fistful of Roses at Edindocs festival on the 17th September.
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6 Sep 2011
The dark and mysterious music video we produced for The Twilight Sad has just won Video of the Year at the Scottish New Music Awards. Directed by Adam Stafford, the video for “Seven Years of Letters” has also generated a lot of buzz around the web.
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9 Aug 2011
The Shutdown has been invited to the Kaunas International Film Festival in Lithuania. Stay tuned for details.
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1 Aug 2011
Just to Get a Rep will be featured at a special screening at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this Sunday (9pm on 7th August). Come along to Out of The Blue for this Live Film in Leith event. Director Peter Gerard will be present for discussions and to peddle DVDs.
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25 Jun 2011
The Shutdown wins the Jury Prize at Marin County International Festival of Short Film and Video. If you’re in California, head down to the Marin County Fair between June 30th and July 4th where The Shutdown will be screened twice a day. Click the NOW button in the trailer for screening details.
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10 May 2011
The Shutdown on your telly
If you are in France or Germany, tune into Arte on Friday 13th May to see The Shutdown on TV. It’s on at 00h35, so you’ll need to stay up late to see the scattered jewels of Grangemouth.
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4 May 2011
We will be at the Festival de Cannes and Marché du Film this year between 13th-19th May. Our multi-award-winning short The Shutdown will be featured in Cannes at a special screening at Visions Sociales - Le festival de cinéma de la CCAS. Come and see The Shutdown on the 17th May at 3pm. We will be taking meetings at the MEDIA stand on the Croisette, but it’s best to email us in advance if you want to meet.