The Edinburgh Short Film Festival is now open for entries for our 2022 edition!
The 2022 edition will run October 28th to November 13th 2022 and any international or UK film under 25 minutes of any genre is eligible for entry.
The Early Bird Deadline is February 28th 2022, all entries will be eligible for our awards and we will also be programming short film showcases for festivals internationally.
Enter via our Call for Entries page or via […]
Fred Martin (Brussels Short Film Festival) talks about short film with Aidan Stanley at the 2021 Edinburgh Short Film Festival
Film shot and edited by Melanie Toutakova
Some stills from the 2021 Edinburgh Short Film Festival
Photography by Melanie Toutakova
Our award winners for 2021:
BEST FILM
Annah La Javanaise by Fatimah Tobing Rony
BEST ANIMATION
Step Into The River by Weijing MA
BEST SCOTTISH FILM
Tom Cat by Kirsty McLean
Congratulations to this year’s winners!
Stills by Melanie Toutakova
We’ll be publishing a collection of stills from the last weekend shortly but we just wanted to give thanks to
all those who played such a vital role in bringing the 2021 ESFF together!
Firstly we’d like to thank Rebecca Selby-Heard our head programmer,
Melanie Toutakova, our official photographer,
Chris, Louise and Margherita our capable volunteers and front of house staff,
Summerhall and the Summerhall staff for their support and assistance.
Our special guests and festival partners including Krakow Int. Short […]
Some stills from Days 4 + 5 of the 2021 Edinburgh Short Film Festival.
Great second weekend, thanks for everyone for coming along!
Photography by Melanie Toutakova
Some images from the first weekend at the Edinburgh Short Film Festival, taken b y our very own Melanie Toutakova!
We’re loving the 2021 ESFF leaflet, fresh out of the boxes!
Another elegant design classic by the very talented Mike Forbes!
You get one free with every ticket!
We’re delighted to present the trailer for our 2021 edition!
Edited by the indefatigable Amanda Rogers, we think it’s wonderful!
It’s our 10th Anniversary and we’re celebrating 10 years of the world’s best shorts with online screenings.
We’re hosting 10 Years Best Film, 10 Years Best Comedy and 10 Years Best Animation online for 1 week each during the
2021 ESFF this November.
From Vietnamese drama to Canadian animation, you can see our award winners and some of the best films from 10 years of the
Edinburgh Short Film Festival online only!
Tickets available here:
ESFF 10 YEARS BEST FILMS
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