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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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 […]

By |October 3rd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ESFF 2023 Programme Announced and Box Office open!

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 |November 25th, 2022|News Posts|Comments Off on ESFF 2022 Reviewed in Snack Magazine

Days 7-9 Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

Our closing weekend went off very well and we’re so grateful to everyone who come along!
Here’s a few stills of the evening, the awards ceremony and the after party!

Thanks to Ryan Vallo and Louise Balaguer for the photography!

      

By |November 15th, 2022|News Posts, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Days 7-9 Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022

DAY 1 -3 at the 12th Edinburgh Short Film Festival Stills

We’ve had a lovely first weekend at the 2022 Edinburgh Short Film Festival and thanks to our colleagues at GMAC for helping with the Low Budget Filmmaking Workshop and for
co-curating our Scottish Shorts programme. Thanks also to visiting filmmakers from far and near including Damon Mohl from Indiana, Tom Lynch from Ireland, Ivar Wigan from LA, a whole heap of Scottish filmmakers, the 7 Second IFF for their micro-highlights, Duncan Cowles for presenting the workshop, […]

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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 […]

By |January 7th, 2022|News Posts|Comments Off on ESFF 2022 Now Open For Entries!

Fred Martin (Brussels Short Film Festival) in conversation with Aidan Stanley at the 2021 ESFF

Fred Martin (Brussels Short Film Festival) talks about short film with Aidan Stanley at the 2021 Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Film shot and edited by Melanie Toutakova

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Thank You!

We’ll be publishing a collection of stills from the last weekend shortly but we just wanted to give thanks to
all those who played such a vital role in bringing the 2021 ESFF together!

Firstly we’d like to thank Rebecca Selby-Heard our head programmer,
Melanie Toutakova, our official photographer,
Chris, Louise and Margherita our capable volunteers and front of house staff,
Summerhall and the Summerhall staff for their support and assistance.

Our special guests and festival partners including Krakow Int. Short […]

By |November 23rd, 2021|News Posts|Comments Off on Thank You!

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