13th Edinburgh Short Film Festival – Submissions Open: Awards, Prizes & Global Tours

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 […]

By |January 9th, 2023|News Posts|Comments Off on 13th Edinburgh Short Film Festival – Submissions Open: Awards, Prizes & Global Tours
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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!
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ESFF CALLS FOR ENTRIES OPEN FOR 2021 EDITION

Our 2021 edition is scheduled for November 2021 and we’ve just opened our call for entries!

Our 10th anniversary special events are also slated for the November events and we’re planning to hold extra screenings as
part of the 2021 festival.

The 2020 edition was postponed and our aim is to hold the delayed 2020 events as soon as the venues reopen in Edinburgh,
hopefully in the first half of this year.

It’s been a very difficult year for everyone […]

By |January 14th, 2021|News Posts|Comments Off on ESFF CALLS FOR ENTRIES OPEN FOR 2021 EDITION
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Backstage Magazine are coming to Edinburgh!

The Brooklyn-based acting and casting magazine Backstage are coming to the Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2018!

Backstage are the only worldwide print and online casting resource, Backstage reaches thousands of highly trained, experienced, and specialized performers,

We’re excited to be hosting our new partners, Backstage at this year’s festival and we’re also very pleased to be able to offer  free casting services and exclusive access to our website to our film-makers via the link:

BACKSTAGE 

The code for our […]

By |March 28th, 2018|News Posts|Comments Off on Backstage Magazine are coming to Edinburgh!
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Love Film, Love Filmmakers!

February is for lovers, but we’d like to spread the lovin’ feeling to film-makers as well, so we’re offering a special submissions discount code valid only from Friday 23rd February to Sunday 25th!

The code offers a 20% discount for entries to the 2018 ESFF :

https://filmfreeway.com/festival/EdinburghShortFilmFestival
using the 20% discount code:weheartfilms
 
The code will only become active on Friday Feb 23rd –  valid till Sunday night Feb 25th

 

 

 

By |February 21st, 2018|News Posts|Comments Off on Love Film, Love Filmmakers!
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ESFF Extended Final Deadline Exclusively via Withoutabox!

Although our official dealine finished on Saturday 1st July, we’re happy to announce, for anyone disappointed to miss out, that we’re still open exclusively on Withoutabox until Monday 10th July!

Not only that but we’re also giving away 20% off discount codes through our Withoutabox Submissions Platform:

WITHOUTABOX EDINBURGH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS

using the 20% discount code:ESFFDISCOUNT

So don’t be sad, you can still make it if you try!

By |July 1st, 2017|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ESFF Extended Final Deadline Exclusively via Withoutabox!
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Final Deadline Discounts to thank our readers for helping us get on the top 25 Short Film Blogs list!

The Final Deadline for film-makers to enter the 2017 Edinburgh Short Film Festival is now imminent and our blogsite was recently named as one of the top 25 Short Film Blogs on the planet!

So to thank our readers for helping us get on the list we’re giving away 20% off discount codes through our Film Freeway & Withoutabox Submissions Platforms:

FILM FREEWAY EDINBURGH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS

using the 20% discount code:ESFFSHORTS

WITHOUTABOX EDINBURGH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS

using […]

By |June 24th, 2017|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Final Deadline Discounts to thank our readers for helping us get on the top 25 Short Film Blogs list!
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Exciting New Partnership with DC Shorts in the US & Discounts on Entry

We’re delighted to reveal that we have finalised the details on a new festival partnership with the USA’s largest dedicated short film festival on the US East coast, DC Shorts based in Washington! The Festival has recently been named as the one of the “Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” by MovieMaker Magazine and we’re very much looking forward to working with them.

The partnership begins during our 2018 editions and will see the ESFF prepare […]

By |March 26th, 2017|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Exciting New Partnership with DC Shorts in the US & Discounts on Entry
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