Gallery2023 Edinburgh Short Film Festival Winners
We’re delighted to announce the winners of our 2023 awards;
BEST FILM
Last Days of Summer
by Stenzin Tankyong
BEST ANIMATION
The Smile
by Erik van Schaaik
BEST SCOTTISH FILM
Candy
by Sarah Grant
Gallery13th Edinburgh Short Film Festival: That’s a wrap!
We’re delighted to close our 13th edition with a few images of our closing night as well as a pick of some of the events over the 11 days from 26th October.
We had a fantastic 2023 edition and we’re super-thrilled with the response from everyone!
We also need to thank the many people that participated and helped to make this year’s ESFF feel like we were back to 2019 again, so many thanks – in no […]
GalleryESFF 2023 Programme Announced and Box Office open!
We’re excited to announce our 2023 programme!
The 13th edition of the Edinburgh Short Film Festival opens on Thursday 26th October and runs to Sunday 5th November, from Cannes winners to Clermont-Ferrand Winners and winners from a host of international film festivals, alongside the best Scottish and UK short films of 2023, we’re also hosting guest programmes from our international partner festivals.
On Sat Oct 28th, we’re collaborating with our friends at Glasgow Media Access Centre to […]
GalleryOPEN SCREEN 2 at the ECVS: Filmmakers and Animators Unite!
Open Screen 2 is now closed for film registrations.
If you didn’t register your film in time, don’t worry, Open Screen 3 will return later in the year, so watch this space!
We’re delighted to announce OPEN SCREEN 2 which will take place at 7:30pm on Tuesday August 8th at the ECVS!
Open Screen is an occasional film event we’re undertaking in partnership with Clanimation and the Edinburgh Cine and Video Society.
Now open to filmmakers as well […]
GalleryOpen Screen 1 at the ECVS
Fabulous start to the Open Screen project, thanks to all the animators for attending and screening their work and many thanks to Stewart Emm and the ECVS for their help in bringing some great animations to their wonderful cinema and to our partners Gordon and Abi from Clanimation.
Thanks to Neil Guthrie for the pics!
Open Screen will return later in the year for live-action filmmakers as well as animators to screen films, works in progress, early […]
GalleryOPEN 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 […]
Gallery13th 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
Early Bird […]
GalleryESFF 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 […]
GalleryESFF Screens at Cinema On The Shore
Our friends at Cinetopia will be holding their open-air Cinema On The Shore event soon and we’re excited to be presenting
a programme of family-friendly shorts free at 1pm Sunday 18th September, with some of our animation award winners of recent years, including
the stunning stop-motion short ‘Muedra’ by Cesar Diaz Melendez and the wonderful 2D ‘Nigel’ by Natasza Cetner.
There’s pizza, refreshments and a whole weekend’s worth of finest deckchair cinema!
GalleryESFF Showcases at the 2022 Fastnet Film Festival
We’re excited to be presenting a programme of Scottish shorts at the 2022 edition of the Fastnet Film Festival in Ireland!
The programme is scheduled for Thursday May 26th at 12:15pm. Following the screening, we’re participating in a panel discussion with director Virginia Heath and producer Grant Keir on Scottish film and short film.
We’ve picked a varied programme of Scottish shorts from the last few years for the programme, including the powerful drama Go Home by […]