We’re delighted to announce that we are planning a partnership with FICBUEU, the International Film Festival of Bueu, in Galicia which has been running since 2008.
FICBUEU have a special focus on Galician short film and 10 screening sessions, more than 100 international short films, round tables, talks, Galician cinema award, music, education and lots of activities.
Looking forward to working with them on programming so watch this space!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We’re excited to announce a new partnership with Unified Filmmakers based in Munich, programmers for FilmFest Munchen, we’re working together on film events and short film programming for the coming year!
Unified Filmmakers open call is searching for the best shorts made about the Covid-19 pandemic and also will be hosting regular film talks and film events during 2021.
Later this year we’ll also be working on short film exchanges and growing cultural collaboration with our friends […]
Our 2021 edition is scheduled for November 2021 and we’ve just opened our call for entries!
Our 10th anniversary special events are also slated for the November events and we’re planning to hold extra screenings as
part of the 2021 festival.
The 2020 edition was postponed and our aim is to hold the delayed 2020 events as soon as the venues reopen in Edinburgh,
hopefully in the first half of this year.
It’s been a very difficult year for everyone […]
The ESFF screens 16 nights of short film from Oct 22nd to Nov 8th 2020 at cinemas across Edinburgh,
featuring the best International, UK & Scottish short films.
Should circumstances change, our intention is to hold the screenings over the first available dates
around that period.
We’re awarding prizes for Best Film, Best Animation and Best Scottish Short Film.
AND
we’re working with partner festivals to showcase our favourite shorts to audiences internationally,
Budapest Short Film Festival
Brussels Short Film Festival
Valdarno Cinema Film […]
Our second filmmaker interview of 2020 is with the award-winning Estonian director Madli Laane who’s engrossing coming-of-age drama THREE AUGUST DAYS was featured at last year’s Edinburgh Short Film Festival.
The film follows a young Estonian girl living in Tallinn during the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and her relationship with a Russian boy, set amid the grinding realities of life in a country in crisis.
Filmed and edited by Amanda Rogers at RPP Productions.
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