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!
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!
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 […]
Screening the best in International contemporary short film & programming for other festivals across the UK & Internationally,
the ESFF is now open for submission for short film-makers!
We’re planning extra screenings and offering cash prizes and trophies
But that’s not all!
This year, we’re also excited to be programming showcases of our best films for our international film festival partners
across Europe.
Max Length 25 minutes, international films welcomed, all genres eligible.
Open for entries online and via Film Freeway
Early Bird […]
The Edinburgh Short Film Festival is excited to be participating in the 2023 Shortcutz Amsterdam International Audience Award.
The films in competition are nominated by a panel that includes Jan Harlan, the best Dutch short films of
last year will be screened at film festivals worldwide to voting audiences at 30 international film festivals and the winner announced in Amsterdam on Jan 22nd!
Screening the Netherland’s best short films from drama to animation, your chance to see the […]
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 […]
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!
The 12th Edinburgh Short Film Festival in full swing, thanks to the visiting filmmakers from Italy, Turkey, Ireland, Iceland and around the UK who made it along!
Great to see so many people back in the cinema again and see you at the weekend for our final 3 nights!
Thanks to Louise Balaguer for the photography.
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, […]
Once again we are delighted to be working with our good friends at the unique, 7 Second International Film Festival.
Based in Buenos Aires, 7SIFF screen the world’s best micro-shorts and we are excited to be bringing a programme of full-length shorts to their
2022 edition! Screening on Saturday 27th September at the Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires, we’re pleased to screen a sample of some of our favourites from
the last couple of years, including […]
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