Scottish Screen has produced a guide for all you budding filmmakers out there. Nicely put together by Nigel R Smith, it details the festival circuit , awards and digital distribution. Well worth a read for the serious filmmaker.
check out this link for general info
http://www.scottishscreen.com/content/sub_page.php?sub_id=177&page_id=33
and this link for the download of the guide.
http://www.scottishscreen.com/images/documents/short_film_distribution_guide.pdf
