The document discusses the process of researching the target audience for a social realism film. The filmmaker explored specialist film sites like IMDB and MUBI to understand how social realism is classified as a genre and the types of audiences that consume these films. From this research, the filmmaker found that social realism has a niche audience of media students and film fans. The filmmaker's target audience is more mainstream and unfamiliar with social realism as a genre. Due to the niche nature of social realism films and their audiences, the filmmaker believes the film is best suited for specialist art house venues rather than mainstream cinemas.