The November 2020 edition of Cinetopia Podcast reviews some of the films that made it to official selection for the 2020 edition of the Edinburgh Short Film Festival!
We’re planning to run the edition (postponed from 23 October) shortly after Edinburgh moves to tier 2 so if you like what you hear then watch this space!
CINETOPIA PODCAST NOV 2020
We spoke to our patron, award-winning actor Jamie Robson about how the pandemic is affecting film production and acting. In these difficult times, how will filmmaking and acting develop and what does the future of film production look like?
Can you tell us a little about what projects you’ve been working on during lockdown?
I had two projects in post-production during the lockdown. Peter Marsden’s The Truth About Dreaming and Ross Wilson’s debut feature Spin State. […]
One of our guest curators for our 2019 edition was Paul Stekler, award-winning documentary filmmaker and head of the Doc school at the University of Texas film school.
Prof. Stekler’s films have won two Peabody Awards, three du Pont-Columbia University Journalism Awards, three Emmy Awards and a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He curated a night of Texan short films and talked to us about politics and filmmaking in a wide ranging interview.
Shot […]
The ESFF screens 16 nights of short film from Oct 22nd to Nov 8th 2020 at cinemas across Edinburgh,
featuring the best International, UK & Scottish short films.
Should circumstances change, our intention is to hold the screenings over the first available dates
around that period.
We’re awarding prizes for Best Film, Best Animation and Best Scottish Short Film.
AND
we’re working with partner festivals to showcase our favourite shorts to audiences internationally,
Budapest Short Film Festival
Brussels Short Film Festival
Valdarno Cinema Film […]
The third in our series of filmmaker interviews features Scottish filmmaker Tom Gentle, who’s powerful adaptation of Alistair Macleod’s short story was screened at the 2019 ESFF and won our award for Best Scottish Short Film.
Set in 1928 in the Scottish islands, In The Fall follows a young boy whose father is forced to sell the horse he loves, in order to survive. Powerful, intense and beautifully shot.
Interview shot and edited by Amanda Rogers of […]
We’re delighted to feature in an article in Film Daily’s news pages, Film Daily covers the film, entertainment and festivals and have published a piece covering the ESFF in their latest edition.
FILM DAILY NEWS
Florence is a twin city with Edinburgh and we’re delighted that our friends and partners at Firenze FilmCorti Festival have re-scheduled their events
for October 2020.
It’s very heartening news for everyone the loves live film events and the vital cultural role they play.
Our thoughts are for everyone in Florence and hope that Film Corti comes back stronger than before!
Our very best wishes to Marino and the team and we’re all hoping they can return later this […]
We’re thrilled to announce a new creative partnership with Busho – Budapest Short Film Festival!
Running since 2004, Busho is now in its 16th year and is one of Europe’s oldest dedicated short film events, screening
at cinemas across Budapest each September, Budapest Short Film Festival has established itself as a leading promoter
for short film in Central Europe.
We’re excited to be asked to prepare a programme for their 2020 edition, which runs from September 1st – September […]
We’re excited to announce our new partners for 2020, Valdarno Cinema Film Festival.
In it’s 38th edition, Valdarno Cinema FF hosts 5 nights of cinema in San Giovanni Valdarno in Tuscany.
The Festival runs from April 28th to May 3rd and we’re looking forward to presenting a programme of
short films at their 38th edition.
With a strong focus on Italian film, the festival has recently aimed at introducing their audiences to
international short film and have asked us to […]
We’re delighted to be working with Festival de Casteliers in Quebec, Canada to present a programme of animation
from Scotland at their 2020 edition!
Working closely with Edinburgh College of Art, we’re presenting a full programme of ECA and ESFF Scottish animation to
Canadian audiences on March 7th in Montreal.
From award winning 2D animation to some wonderful stop motion, inncluding the wonderful film ‘Short Changed’ by Zoe Hutber, we’re excited to send a full programme of Scottish shorts […]
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