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 […]

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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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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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ESFF at the Adriatic Film Festival

We’ve been honoured and privileged to participate in the Adriatic Film Festival’s International Showcase for the last few years and this year we were

delighted to screen a batch of Scottish shorts to Italian audiences, including; Unseen by Strath Martin, Journey by Sean Sevestre and Scuzz by Alia Ghafar in a
programme themed around ‘Slices of Life’.

Thanks to the audience for their enthusiastic participation and to Guido and the AFF team for their interest in Scottish short […]

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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 […]

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ESFF 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!

By |August 29th, 2022|News Posts|Comments Off on ESFF Screens at Cinema On The Shore

ESFF 2022 Now Open For Entries!

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 […]

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Stills Gallery – ESFF 2021

Some stills from the 2021 Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Photography by Melanie Toutakova

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ESFF 2nd Weekend – Stills

Some stills from Days 4 + 5 of the 2021 Edinburgh Short Film Festival.

Great second weekend, thanks for everyone for coming along!

Photography by Melanie Toutakova

 

 

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Stills from Weekend 1 of the 2021 ESFF

Some images from the first weekend at the Edinburgh Short Film Festival, taken b y our very own Melanie Toutakova!

 

 

By |November 9th, 2021|News Posts|Comments Off on Stills from Weekend 1 of the 2021 ESFF