OPEN SCREEN

We’re delighted to announce OPEN SCREEN

A new venture we’re undertaking in partnership with Clanimation and the Edinburgh Cine and Video Society.

Open Screen provides a space for filmmakers and animators to screen their work; old, new or even just works in progress
and get feedback, advice and suggestions from other filmmakers/animators.

The first edition of Open Screen is dedicated to Animation.

The space is for experienced and new animators, beginners or groups and co-operatives.
There is no charge […]

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13th Edinburgh Short Film Festival – Submissions Open: Awards, Prizes & Global Tours

Screening the best in International contemporary short film & programming for other festivals across the UK & Internationally,
the ESFF is now open for submission for short film-makers!

We’re planning extra screenings and offering cash prizes and trophies

But that’s not all!

This year, we’re also excited to be programming showcases of our best films for our international film festival partners
across Europe.

Max Length 25 minutes, international films welcomed, all genres eligible.
Open for entries online and via Film Freeway

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By |January 9th, 2023|News Posts|Comments Off on 13th Edinburgh Short Film Festival – Submissions Open: Awards, Prizes & Global Tours
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ESFF Joins the 6th Shortcutz Amsterdam International Audience Award

The Edinburgh Short Film Festival is excited to be participating in the 2023 Shortcutz Amsterdam International Audience Award.

The films in competition are nominated by a panel that includes Jan Harlan, the best Dutch short films of
last year will be screened at film festivals worldwide to voting audiences at 30 international film festivals and the winner announced in Amsterdam on Jan 22nd!

Screening the Netherland’s best short films from drama to animation, your chance to see the […]

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ESFF 2022 Reviewed in Snack Magazine

We’re simultaneously humbled and delighted with Snack Magazine’s review of our 2022 edition by their film critic, Christopher Sneddon.

“This small snapshot of films shows that, once again, the Edinburgh Short Film Festival has proven why it’s a veritable hotbed of discovery. With a wonderful variety of short films that highlight established and emerging talents, both locally and from across the globe, it’s an absolutely essential experience for the discerning film fan.”

Thanks Chris, we’re glad you […]

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Thank You & See You Next Year!

We had a wonderful 2022 edition and it was great to see the cinema spaces so busy again!

All that remains for us now is to give grateful thanks to everyone who helped us with our 12th edition.

Thanks to our lead programmer, Rebecca Selby, and to our hard working staff, Louise Balaguer, Margherita Berti, Fabiana Pernisco, Chris Newman and Ryan Vallo.

Thanks also to our selection committee for their contribution in selecting the films screened this year, […]

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Days 7-9 Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

Our closing weekend went off very well and we’re so grateful to everyone who come along!
Here’s a few stills of the evening, the awards ceremony and the after party!

Thanks to Ryan Vallo and Louise Balaguer for the photography!

      

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Invitation by Will Samson

We’re very grateful to West Lothian based poet Will Samson for writing a poem to celebrate cinema. Will read the poem at the opening weekend of
our 12th edition and we’ve reproduced the text below with his kind permission.

Invitation
As the warlords rattle their sabres
Wallowing in their murderous capers
“Kill, kill, kill.” Is their only invitation
This is not our direction

As the money hungry corporate puppets
Extend their grasping limbs
Delighting in their legal crimes
More, “money, money, money,” is their only […]

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ESFF at Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh

We’ve co-curated a shorts programme for the Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh which screens at Summerhall on Sat 15th October,
with short films from across Asia, including thriller, comedy, drama and some wonderful stop motion!

The Festival runs 15-20 October

TAIWAN FILM FESTIVAL EDINBURGH

 

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Filmhouse Closure

We’re all deeply shocked and saddened to hear about the sudden closure of the Filmhouse.

The Filmhouse was a treasured city institution and has played a vital role in the wider arts community over the years. Lots of our staff work, and have worked, at the Filmhouse and our thoughts are with them and the other people involved.

So important was the Filmhouse that it seems scarcely credible that it, the Belmont and the EIFF would be […]

By |October 7th, 2022|News Posts|Comments Off on Filmhouse Closure
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7SIFF hosts ESFF Showcase

Once again we are delighted to be working with our good friends at the unique, 7 Second International Film Festival.

Based in Buenos Aires, 7SIFF screen the world’s best micro-shorts and we are excited to be bringing a programme of full-length shorts to their
2022 edition! Screening on Saturday 27th September at the Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires, we’re pleased to screen a sample of some of our favourites from

the last couple of years, including […]

By |August 29th, 2022|News Posts|Comments Off on 7SIFF hosts ESFF Showcase
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