That’s the ESFF wrapped for 2026 and we would like to express our grateful thanks and gratitude to the many people who made it happen:
Head of Programming, Rebecca Selby; for her creativity in curating our In Competition Programmes,
Head of Events Margherita Berti; for ensuring the smooth running of the events and for her marvellous photography,
Head of Social Media; Veronica Buccino for her excellent videography and social media work,
The inimitable Aidan Stanley for his presenting at the Vilnius Shorts and European film nights,
Head of Jury; Wolfgang Leis for his contribution to the jury and panels,
Maria Rasinkangas for her outstanding and professional delivery of our Q and As and filmmaker interviews,
And our selection committee and events staff for their contribution in helping to select the programme and their work at all of our screenings;
Michael Godsman, Josie O’Brien, Ruth Forbes, Sadie Purves, Clémence Lo Pinto, Mattia de Collibus,Felicity Darwent, Maud Awu, Carmen Farrell, Penn Balint, Hadi Abedi, Pippa Kinneen & Hal Young.
Thanks also to our guest programmers and panellists including the Vilnius Short Film Festival, Shortcutz Amsterdam, Jan Harlan for his wonderful masterclass, the Adriatic Film Festival and Agence Belge du Court Metrage, as well as all the filmmakers for letting us see their amazing films and, of course, the wonderful audiences, thank you for supporting independent short filmmaking!
