Who
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.
We are based in Scotland.
Now playing on Accidental Media: Trailer for Just to Get a Rep - the definitive graffiti / hip-hop documentary
NEWS
June 2009
- The Shutdown premiered to packed houses at Silverdocs and Edinburgh International Film Festival. The hype is building: 1 2 3 4 5 6
- We have begun development and research shooting for Tomás Sheridan's new feature documentary - Babel's Market.
May 2009
The Shutdown will be in the Sterling Shorts competition at Silverdocs this June.- The Shutdown has been selected for competition
at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. It is in the running for the Scottish Short Documentary Award. Our new documentary Motion/Static will also be featured in an industry-only screening. 
Accidental Media will be at the European Stand of the EU MEDIA Programme at the Marché du Film at the Festival de Cannes this month. Find Accidental Media on Cinando (requires log-in).- Lanterna Magicka will be included on the upcoming BFI release of Bill Douglas's Comrades on DVD and Blu-Ray.
April 2009
- Accidental Media produced videos about Scotland's first Poverty Truth Commission - a unique and inspirational event held at Glasgow's City Chambers.
- Peter Gerard was recently interviewed about our educational project Edinburgh Bookshelf - a free searchable collection of books and pictures about Edinburgh's history
- DfID announced an additional £9m funding for Mothers-to-be in Malawi, in part thanks to an Oxfam campaign. Accidental Media produced the video of Oxfam's Pregnant Women Breakdancing stunt.
- Just to Get a Rep will be broadcast on ABC2 (Australia) on Wednesday 8th April at 21:20.
March 2009
- Accidental Media produced a video of an Oxfam stunt in Paisley - pregnant women breakdancing to highlight the scandal that millions of women in poor countries and around the world aren't getting the healthcare they need for a safe and healthy pregnancy. Read more on Oxfam's website.
- Motion/Static (working title) - our short documentary proposal has been successfully commissioned for the Bridging the Gap funding scheme by Scottish Documentary Institute.
- We just wrapped the 16mm shoot for Fighting Talk.
February 2009
- Just to Get a Rep will be broadcast on ABC2 (Australia) on Wednesday 8th April at 21:30.
- "Midfield Maestro" will be broadcast on BBC ALBA on Rapal (Channel 168 on Sky/Channel 110 on Freesat). It will be shown on Wednesday 4th Feb 2009 at 22:00 and repeated on Friday 6th Feb 2009 at 23:00.
January 2009
- Find Accidental Media at the European Stand of the EU MEDIA Programme at the European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin 5-14 February.
- Accidental Media filmed a preview of Alan Bissett's forthcoming "Times When I Bite".
- Our 35mm music promo for There Will Be Fireworks will be aired on the BBC in February. You can also watch it here or in HD. Photographs from the shoot were recently published in Film Bang.
- Accidental Media has just moved into our new office in Glasgow. Get in touch if you want to drop in for a visit.