As an official Festival sponsor, ShortsTV will offer a distribution deal for the winner of the “Best Short Film” award.

“This is a new and exciting aspect of the Festival that we hope will give our short film submissions a chance to showcase their incredible works of art and we look forward to a long productive relationship with ShortsTV,” commented Festival Chairman, Hal Wixon.

“At ShortsTV we’ve dedicated nearly two decades to supporting short films and the filmmakers behind them. We’re thrilled to partner with the Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival and continue leading the way to make more short form content accessible,” said Carter Pilcher, Chief Executive of ShortsTV.

The Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival welcomes its 21st run on September 27 – 28, 2019 at Nassau Hilton in Nassau Bay, Texas and Lakewooed Yacht Club, Seabrook, Texas.

More info about Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival:

The Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival, a non-profit organization, was established in 1999, to promote and showcase the discovery of motion picture artists through inspirational, educational and thought-provoking stories. Visit [URL]http://www.gulfcoastfilmfest.com[/URL] for more information.

About ShortsTV

ShortsTV is the world's first and only 24/7 HD channel dedicated to short movies. It is available across the US on DirecTV (channel 573), AT&T U-Verse (channel 1789), US Sonet (channel 292), CenturyLink (channel 1789), Frontier Communications (channel 1789) and Google Fiber (channel 603) and numerous NCTC member companies. ShortsTV™ is operated by Shorts International, the world’s leading short movie entertainment company with the world’s largest movie catalogue dedicated to short movies. Shorts International also operates ShortsTV®, which is available across Europe in the Netherlands on Ziggo (channel 125) and Delta (channel 312), in Belgium on Telenet (channel 314 Flanders & 334 Brussels), in Germany on MagineTV, in Romania on Telekom Romania (channel 201) and Nextgen, in Slovakia on Slovak Telekom (channel 312) and in Serbia on SBB (channel 175). ShortsTV offers hundreds of the world’s best independent shorts for download in 92 iTunes stores across the globe as well as on Amazon Instant Video (UK, US and Germany), Google Play (US and Canada), Verizon and Frontier (US). Since 2006, ShortsTV has presented the Oscar Nominated Short Films theatrical release in cinemas across North & South America, Europe, Russia and China and has made the release available on VOD and EST platforms.

ShortsTV is operated by Shorts International Ltd, which is headquartered in London, England and represented in the United States by Shorts Entertainment Networks, a wholly owned subsidiary located in Los Angeles. The company is led by Carter Pilcher, Chief Executive.

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