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

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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 Paul Bruce|January 9th, 2023|News Posts|Comments Off

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ESFF 2022 Reviewed in Snack Magazine

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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 […]

By Paul Bruce|November 25th, 2022|News Posts|Comments Off

Days 4-6 Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

The 12th Edinburgh Short Film Festival in full swing, thanks to the visiting filmmakers from Italy, Turkey, Ireland, Iceland and around the UK who made it along!
Great to see so many people back in the cinema again and see you at the weekend for our final 3 nights!

Thanks to Louise Balaguer for the photography.

By Paul Bruce|November 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off

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The 2022 Adriatic Film Festival hosts the ESFF

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The 2022 Adriatic Film Festival hosts the ESFF

It was wonderful to be at Adriatic Film Festival to present a programme of Scottish Shorts, including Go Home by Razan Madhoon and What’s Left To Say by George Farrow-Hawkins. A great festival with a full programme of excellent short film.

Congratulations to Guido and his fabulous and hard-working team for another terrific edition and a fascinating programme!

By Paul Bruce|July 26th, 2022|News Posts|Comments Off

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ESFF Showcases at the 2022 Fastnet Film Festival

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ESFF 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 […]

By Paul Bruce|May 7th, 2022|News Posts|Comments Off

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ESFF 10th Anniversary Special Weekend 18th – 20th February 2022

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ESFF 10th Anniversary Special Weekend 18th – 20th February 2022

Two years in the planning, The Edinburgh Short Film Festival is finally celebrating it’s 10th anniversary with special screenings of our 10 Years Best films at The Filmhouse in February!

At last, we’re FINALLY able to present our 10th Anniversary best film programmes to live audiences. We’re understandably thrilled the event will go ahead at the Filmhouse featuring our award winners and the best films screened at the ESFF since we launched in 2011!

The ’10 Year […]

By Paul Bruce|January 20th, 2022|News Posts|Comments Off