ESFF 2018 Print Programme just out!
Our split-new 2018 print programme looks fab and just out of the box!
You’ll be seeing them around the toun very soon!
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GalleryESFF 2017 HIGHLIGHTS
With the opening night of the 2018 Edinburgh Short Film Festival on Friday October 26th, here’s a brief tour of some of the highlights of our 2017 edition!
The lovely film shots are by Alexandra Person
GalleryPreview of the 8th Edinburgh Short Film Festival
The Edinburgh Short Film Festival once again is bringing some of the world’s best short films to Edinburgh and is pretty much your only chance to see one of the UK’s strongest short film programmes.
We’re screening 29 award winners, including the Audience Award winner from Cannes and Sundance Film Festivals, the Tribeca Grand Jury Award winners and there’s the best short films from SXSW, Aspen Shortfest, Palm Springs International Shortfest, London and Brussels Short Film […]
GalleryESFF 2018 PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED!
We’re excited to be able to announce our official programme for the 2018 Edinburgh Short Film Festival!
The ESFF 2018 is your one chance to see one of the strongest short film programmes in the UK.
With 26 UK Premieres, 7 European Premieres and no less than 28 award-winning short films, our 2018 programme is one of our strongest yet, and packed with some of the best films from Festivals overseas, including Tribeca, Cannes, Sundance, Annecy, and SXSW […]
GalleryEdinburgh Shorts Launch Party @ Scalarama
We had a blast at last night’s Edinburgh Short Film Festival launch Party!
It was a real honour to be Scalarama Edinburgh’s Opening event with a turnout well in excess of 70+ it was a busy
and fun night at the ESFF Garden Cinema! Thanks so much to Ieva Rotomskyte of Edinburgh Scalarama and of course the
amazing Fernando from the Tupiniquim Brazilian Pancake kiosk for their hard work in pulling off the event!
Thanks also to everyone who […]
GalleryESFF Filmmaker Interview #6 – Elias Sommer
We’ve had a record-breaking year for submissions and while we’re still watching and assessing all 1600+ entries for this year, we thought it was a good time to publish our 6th Filmmaker Interview, with Elais Sommer. Elias is a Scottish-based filmmaker, whose comedy DENTURES OF DEATH, was screened at last year’s ESFF.
A darkly comic tale that follows the nightmare a young boy endures when he stays with his Granddad. It’s a strong comedy with some […]
ESFF visits Florence for Firenze FilmCorti 2018: Preview
Our new partners for 2018 are Florence’s FilmCorti Festival which holds annual screenings of live-action short films every June and a specialised animation programme each October.
FIRENZE FILMCORTI 2018
The short film festival is in it’s 5th year and specialises in screening films previously never shown in Italy, while making awards for the best films screened at each event. The festival also partners Slovakia’s Fest Anca International Animation Festival among others and screens between June 14 to […]
ESFF Film-Maker Interviews #5 – Alia Ghafar
Another in our series of film-maker interviews, this time with Glasgow-based Alia Ghafar, whose excellent coming-of-age drama SALT & SAUCE deservedly won our Rising Star Award at the 2017 Edinburgh Short Film Festival
We’re looking forward to screening SALT & SAUCE to audiences at Hidden Door and Florence’s FilmCorti Festival in June!
Cinetopia : May edition Videocast
We’re excited to share the May edition of Cinetopia – Edinburgh’s new monthly film podcast.. this time on video!
There’s reviews of new releases including Tully and Let the Sunshine In, as well as film of the Edinburgh Short Film Festival’s screening at Edinburgh Printmakers, based in a sprawling 19th Century Wash-house and a discussion on the Netflix v Cannes controversy!
ESFF Programmes for Florence’s FilmCorti Festival in June
We’re very excited to be taking some of our favourite short films to Firenze FilmCorti Festival and sharing them with audiences in Florence, Tuscany! The programme is scheduled for Friday June 15th and we’ll have more info on the films and film-makers we’re featuring as well as the very excellent FilmCorti festival itself!
Marino and the team in Florence have put together a rather nice article about the partnership on their blogsite:
Edinburgh Short Film Festival @ […]