EDINBURGH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2022 PROGRAMME              Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2021
Oct 28th – Nov 13th 2022

We’re thrilled to present our full 2022 programme!
Thanks to our selection committee, juries and our head programmer, Rebecca Selby-Heard, for all their hard work.

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

FRIDAY 28TH OCTOBER: PRE-LAUNCH NETWORKING WITH CINETOPIA
Venue: The Royal Dick Bar, Summerhall
Time:    7:00pm-11:00pm  FREE

We’re kicking off our 2022 programme with a free, pre-launch networking event with our partners, Cinetopia at The Royal Dick bar in Summerhall. Come along and meet Edinburgh-based film-makers and find out more about this year’s ESFF!

Edinburgh Short Film Festival

FRIDAY 28TH OCTOBER
Venue: Summerhall
Time:    7:30pm-9:30pm

EPIPHANY – TICKETS

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

It only takes a second to make a life changing decision! Sudden realisations and difficult choices flow through this eclectic programme of international shorts. Featuring a heart-warming family comedy from Ireland, an intense-domestic drama from Scotland, and an incredible drama from Pakistan which first premiered at Venice International Film Festival.

Our opening night, with (brief) highlights from our friends at the 7 Second International Film Festival and networking hosted by Cinetopia.

SANDSTORM                                        Seemab Gul                     UK Premiere      Venice International Film Festival 2021

MOMENT OF IMPACT                            Blair Stewart                                            Best Documentary Short Port Blair International Film Festival 2022

CHIATURA                                             Toby Andris                                                Palm Springs ShortFest 2022

ERASED                                                 Tom Lynch                       UK Premiere

WHEN WILL THE WARMTH COME?       Oleksandra Pletenetska   UK Premiere

THE MADMEN’S DIAGONAL                  Doria Tillier                      UK Premiere     Audience Award, Best Picture Award Festival International Court de Voiron 2022

THE ENIGMA OF FAINA                         Durna Safarova                UK Premiere     Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2021

TOO ROUGH                                          Sean Lìonadh                                            Best International Short Film  Galway Film Fleadh 2022

RUTHLESS                                             Matthew McGuigan                                   Best Irish Short Film IndieCork Film Festival

Content Advisory: strong violence, domestic abuse, coercive control and descriptions of torture.

 

SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER
Venue: Summerhall
Time:    2pm-4pm

LOW BUDGET FILMMAKING WORKSHOP & PANEL (2 hrs)

GMAC at Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

Low Budget Filmmaking Workshop
Our panel of invited guests will dissect low budget filmmaking from finance to casting, location shooting to essential crew; and beyond.

In collaboration with the Glasgow Media Access Centre and led by documentary filmmaker Duncan Cowles, the panel includes our festival ambassador, the award-winning actor Jamie Robson, filmmakers Sabina Torres, Derek Anderson, Nazia Mohammad and GMAC’s Ana Songel.

Free Entry

SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER
Venue:  Summerhall
Time:    7:30pm – 9:30pm

SCOTTISH SHORTS – TICKETS

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

Scottish shorts explored in our programme which we’ve co-curated with Glasgow Media Access Centre, including shorts commissioned via GMAC’s ‘Little Pictures’ programme and some ESFF filmmakers to watch out for.

STOP THE WORLD                                Matthew Hickman

INDUCTION                                           Derek Anderson

PRESS KEY 5                                           Lipa Hussain

UNSEEN                                                Strath Martin

CARRY ME HOME – A FERRY TALE        Seth Hardwick

FOLDING                                               Paul Sng

I MISS HUGS                                         Ana Songel

THE QUEEN’S SPEECH                          Helen Guinn

AN ANXIOUS PUPPET                           Sabina Torres

Content Advisory: strong language, domestic abuse.

SUNDAY 30TH OCTOBER
Venue: Summerhall
Time:    7:30pm – 9:30pm

HAUNTED FIGURES  – TICKETS

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

Horror and Thriller combine to both intrigue and abhor in this strand. Creatures from other realms haunt the living, uncomfortable images dance until they seem familiar, and obscure characters unveil the terror of what lies within. Immerse yourself in this programme, until you begin to question your own reality.
Featuring animation award winners, an amazing premier of a Scottish short and a highly cinematic Thai horror that won the Director’s Choice Award at Cannes 2022.

 RED ROOM                                        Bryan M. Ferguson

THE AWAKENING OF THE INSECTS    Stephanie Lansaque & Francois Leroy    UK Premiere      Best Original Music Annecy International Film Festival 2021

ANIMATION                                       Kate Sullivan

THE WELL                                         Peter Stanley-Ward

THE HORSE LATITUDES                     Damon Mohl                                         UK Premiere         17th International Festival Signes de Nuit

COMBUSTIBLE                                   Louis Grossot, Quentin Maillet, Betty Natale, Benoit Brissiaud, Pierre Picquot    UK Premiere

CINEGRAFFIC SCORE                         Iloobia                                                  UK Premiere

RIM                                                    Hagar Faibish                                       UK Premiere          Best Student Animated Film Award – Golden Kukor Animation Festival

KASSANDRA                                      Ivar Wigan                                            UK Premiere           LA Shorts International Film Festival 2022

OST.                                                   Abhichoke Chandrasen                         UK Premiere           Festival Director’s Choice – Best Horror Award Cannes Film Festival 2022

Content Advisory: strong and offensive language, violence, bloody violence.

THURSDAY 3RD NOVEMBER
Venue: Summerhall
Time:    6pm – 8pm

A KIND OF LOVE  –  TICKETS

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

Love knows no bounds in these shorts which explore the unexpected ways we experience feelings of warmth and adoration. Featuring Scottish animation, multiple international award-winning shorts and UK premiers, this programme also includes an engrossing drama-thriller, which won the Special Jury Award for Screenwriting at Sundance.

THE CRIMINALS               Serhat Karaaslan                            UK Premiere             Special Jury Award for Screenwriting Sundance Film Festival 2021

COVID LOVE                     Rene Nuijens                                   UK Premiere             Best Comedy & Supporting Actress SEVIFF Sevilla Indie Film Festival 2022

PHOSPHENE                    Rowan MacDonald                                                           Best Student Film Cannes World Film Festival 2022

BINGE LOVING                 Thomas Deknop  UK Premiere                                         Humo Award Leuven International Short Film Festival 2021

EMPTY LITTLE PEOPLE    Josh O’Caoimh & Mikai Geronimo   UK Premiere

MY FRIEND                      Michaël Bier & Hervé Piron             UK Premiere              Press Award Cluj Shorts 2022

MOON                              Zoé Pelchat                                                                        Grand Jury Award Amarcort Film Festival, 2021

Content Advisory: strong Language, suicide attempts and blood.

FRIDAY 4TH NOVEMBER
Venue: Summerhall
Time:    7:45pm – 9:45pm

ITALIAN SHORTS –TICKETS

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

The ESFF and The Italian Cultural Institute presents a night of curated Italian Short Film with The Adriatic Film Festival and The Italian Short Film Center. We’re exploring contemporary Italian life and society with some great films from all corners of Italy and a Q and A with invited guests from the Adriatic Film Festival.

GITA DI FAMIGLIA                    Francesco Della Ventura

BIG                                           Daniele Pini

RADIO RIDERS                         Paola Piscitelli & Fabio Corbellini

LA NOTTE BRUCIA                   Angelica Gallo

L’ULTIMO SPEGNE LA LUCE      Tommaso Santambrogio

MAESTRALE                             Nico Bonolomo

NOTTE ROMANA                       Valerio Ferrara

Content Advisory: strong and offensive language, violence, bloody violence, domestic abuse

          IIC Edinburgh Short Film Festival

 

SUNDAY 6TH NOVEMBER
Venue: The Voodoo Rooms
Time:    7:30pm – 9:30pm 

TIES THAT BIND US  – TICKETS

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

We are all tied to something, perhaps this is a universal sensation? The programme explores  feelings of being bound to something or someone, ties to a forgotten time, the laws that constrict us, or even the ties of family and friendship.
Featuring two Scottish-made dramas, an incredible documentary from Afghanistan, animations from Finland and Ukraine, as well as an outstanding short from Iceland. This programme proudly hosts the UK premier of an engrossing Italian drama. Free for Students.

GO HOME                                       Razan Madhoon                                              London Short Film Festival 2022

WHEN MOM IS GONE                     Zeynep Kececiler                                             London Documentary Film Festival 2022

RECIPES FOR BAKING BREAD        Sara Nesteruk                        UK Premiere      Best Experimental Film Intershort Festival

KIN                                                  Ruby Cedar                                                     Glasgow Short Film Festival 2022

DRINK MY LIFE                                Marzibil Saemundardottir    UK Premiere

INCHEI                                             Federico Demattè                 UK Premiere      Toronto International Film Festival 2021

ALL MY MOM’S PHONE CALLS        Iiti Yli-Harja                          UK Premiere       Tampere Film Festival 2022

Content Advisory: strong language, substance abuse, insinuation of suicide and sexual violence

FRIDAY 11TH NOVEMBER
Venue: Summerhall
Time:    7:30pm – 9:30pm 

JOURNEY  – TICKETS

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

Freedom, truth, self-discovery and spirituality are all explored in this strand of international shorts. Featuring fantastic dramas that premiered at Cannes and Venice alongside an award winning stop-motion claymation from Australia.

WHITE ROOM                                    Jakub Jirásek                                        Human Rights Award Festival Cinéma et Droits Humains (Amnesty International)

4AM                                                 Mehdi Fikri              UK Premiere         Venice International Film Festival 2021

JOURNEY                                          Sean Sevestre                                       Remi Winner 55th Worldfest Houston International Film Festival 2022

INAYA’S ROOTS                                 Camélia Jordana       UK Premiere        Cannes Film Festival 2021

SMALL                                               Jonathan Payne

AUGUST SKY                                      Jasmin Tenucci                                     Cannes Film Festival 2022

SHE WOLF TOTEM                              Verónica Echegui     UK Premiere         Best Fiction Short Film Spanish Academy Goya Awards 2022

AN OSTRICH TOLD ME THE WORLD
IS FAKE AND I THINK I BELIEVE IT      Lachlan Pendragon  UK Premiere        Best Australian Short Film Melbourne International Film Festival 2022

Content Advisory: Strong language, descriptions of torture and sexual violence.

SATURDAY 12TH NOVEMBER
Venue: Summerhall
Time:    7:30pm – 9:30pm

EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVALS SHOWCASE  – TICKETS

Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Braving Brexit with their best films, we’re delighted to welcome Shortcutz Amsterdam, Adriatic Film Festival, Agence Belge du Court Métrage and Munich’s Unified Filmmakers, screening their award winners! A panel discussion hosted by Aidan Stanley of RTE to talk about what makes a great short film, follows the screening.

TIERRA BOMBA DIVE          Joya Berrow & Lucy Jane                  Unified Filmmaker

MAMMARRANCA                Francesco Piras                                 Adriatic Film Festival

FOUNT                                Evrim İnci                                         Unified Filmmakers

HOLIDAY                             Michiel Dhont                                  Agence Belge du court métrage

RELICS                                 Jonathan Dumosch & Rotem Ezra   Unified Filmmakers

LES GLACONS                      Sara Dufossé                                   Agence Belge du court métrage

THE HUMAN                        Harko Wubs                                     Unified Filmmakers

FREEFALL                            Emmanuel Tenenbaum                    Shortcutz Amsterdam

Content Advisory: Strong language, mild violence

SUNDAY 13TH NOVEMBER
Venue: Summerhall
Time:    7:30pm – late

OTHER’S STORIES + AWARDS CEREMONY & CLOSING NIGHT PARTY  – TICKETS

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

The stories we tell help to shape the world around us. Perspectives merge in this wonderful mixture of animation and comedy from around the globe. From a beautiful Scottish animation exploring the deep sea, to a Spanish Sci-Fi exploring the complexities of human nature; this programme features all sorts of stories!
Our awards ceremony and closing night party follows the screening.

SEND KELP                             Sophie Ann Lamb

HOODS OFF                            Natasha Gilmore and St Albert’s Primary School                         Cinedanza Festival 2022

BOREALIS                               Antoine M.Des Gavroches,Solène Juignet,Julien Giard,Noëlie Girard,Julien Tassan,Yann Meessen

THE MONKEY                         Xosé Zapata & Lorenzo Degl´Innocenti                  UK Premiere     Winner 36th Goya Award Best Animated Short Film 2021

RUEBEN THE ROLLER ROO     Will Prescott                                                           UK Premiere     Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival 2022

I GOTTA LOOK GOOD
FOR THE APOCALYPSE             Ayce Kartal                                                             UK Premiere      Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2021

CRAYOLA DREAM THEATRE     Sarahjane Swan & Roger Simian (Avant Kinema)  UK Premiere

LIFE AND DEATH                      Volunteer Animation of Ukraine

A FRIEND’S FRIEND                   Julien Henry                                                          UK Premiere     Brussels Short Film Festival 2022

REACH THE VORTEX                 Pedro Poveda                                                         UK Premiere     Best Short Sombra- Festival De Cine Fantástico 2022

Content Advisory:Strong language, physical assault, bloody violence, and racism.

AWARDS CEREMONY AND LAST NIGHT PARTY FOLLOW THE SCREENING