Jamie Robson Interviewed in the Scottish press

Our patron and jurist, BAFTA Breakthrough nominee Jamie Robson, was interviewed recently for The National newspaper where he discussed short films and the film industry in Scotland:

“They (short films) demonstrate ability prior to a filmmaker developing their debut feature which can be ahuge leap. Shorts can help draw attention to new filmmakers and provide a safe space for experimentation. They’re like sketchbooks – before there’s a Mona Lisa, there are preliminary works that are valuable […]

By |January 27th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Jamie Robson Interviewed in the Scottish press

ESFF Screens Shortcutz Amsterdam International Audience Awards

We’re thrilled to be partnering up with our friends Shortcutz Amsterdam to bring the Shortcutz Amsterdam 10th International Audience Awards
to Edinburgh audiences!

the Grassmarket Community Cinema on Wednesday January 17th at 7:30pm

FREE ENTRY! Donations to Grassmarket Project

Watch the films and vote on the best Dutch short film of the year!

Age:18+
TICKETS

By |January 12th, 2024|News Posts|Comments Off on ESFF Screens Shortcutz Amsterdam International Audience Awards

2023 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

By |November 7th, 2023|News Posts|Comments Off on 2023 Edinburgh Short Film Festival Winners

13th 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 […]

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Stills from the first 3 days at the 13th Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Delighted with the response to our opening 3 days at the 2023 ESFF!

From visiting filmmakers to panellists on our Low Budget Filmmaking Masterclass, thanks to everyone for coming along and to our audiences for 4 sellout events!

Thanks also to Melanie Russel for the still!

 

Thanks also to our many guests and panellists this weekend:

Tom Gentle  Director

Carys Evans Producer

Segolene Romier Animator

Jamie Robson Actor

Holly Jack Director/Actor

Rachel Fitzgerald Animator

Ana Songel GMAC

Kate Hammer Director

Katriona Tweedie […]

By |October 29th, 2023|News Posts|Comments Off on Stills from the first 3 days at the 13th Edinburgh Short Film Festival

ESFF 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 […]

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OPEN 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 […]

By |July 18th, 2023|News Posts|Comments Off on OPEN SCREEN 2 at the ECVS: Filmmakers and Animators Unite!

ESFF Showcase at the 2023 Adriatic Film Festival on June 10th

We’re looking forward to presenting a programme of ESFF shorts at the 2023 edition of the Adriatic Film Festival on Saturday 10th June!

Including UNSEEN by Strath Martin
SCUZZ by Alia Ghafar and JOURNEY by Sean Silvestre.

Excited to see what Italian audiences make of these outstanding Scottish shorts!

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New ESFF Partnership with FICBUEU

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!

 

By |April 4th, 2023|News Posts|Comments Off on New ESFF Partnership with FICBUEU

Open 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 […]

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