15th Edinburgh Short Film Festival Open for entries
All genres will be considered. Maximum duration 25 minutes.
Deadline closes June 20th 2025
ESFF 2025 ENTRIES
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15th Edinburgh Short Film Festival Open for entries
Best Film & Best Animation Awards and Trophies, International Showcases and Film Festival Partnerships
The Festival welcomes submissions from Scottish & International filmmakers.
All genres will be considered. Maximum duration 25 minutes...
The 14th edition of the ESFF with more short film screenings in Edinburgh, International Film Festival showcases, trophies, awards and industry networking.
We're also programming showcases of our best films for our international film festival partners across Europe.
Max Length 25 minutes...
For 2023 we're excited to be making awards for Best Film, Best Animated Film, Best Scottish Film
AND holding showcases at international film festivals.
Max Length 25 minutes, international films welcomed, all genres eligible.
Deadline: Friday May 19th
Open for entries online
ESFF 2023...
Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2023 Open For Entries
With International Film Festival showcases, trophies, awards and industry networking.
Early Deadline: Fri Feb 24
Open for entries online
ESFF 2023
Our 13th edition includes more screenings and curating programmes for other festivals across the
UK & Internationally. with prizes and trophies and our international film festival partners!
Max Length 25 minutes, international films welcomed, all genres eligible.
Early Bird Deadline: Friday...
For 2022 we're excited to be making awards for Best Film, Best Animated Film, Best Scottish Film
AND
holding showcases at international film festivals.
Max Length 25 minutes, international films welcomed, all genres eligible.
Deadline: May 16th 2022
Open for entries online
ESFF 2022 ENTRIES
Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022 Open For Entries
With International Film Festival showcases, trophies, awards and industry networking.
Early Deadline: Mon Feb 28
Open for entries online
ESFF 2022 ENTRIES
The 2022 edition of the ESFF with more short film screenings in Edinburgh,
International Film Festival showcases, trophies, awards and industry networking!
We're also programming showcases of our best films for our international film festival partners across Europe.
Max Length 25 minutes...
Fred Martin of Brussels Short Film Festival Q & A with Aidan Stanley of RTE at the 2021 Edinburgh Short Film Festival
Filmed & edited by Melanie Toutakova
Fred Martin of Brussels Short Film Festival Q & A with Aidan Stanley of RTE at the 2021 Edinburgh Short Film Festival
Filmed & edited by Melanie Toutakova
Edinburgh Short Film Festival 10 Year Best Films Online
It's our 10th Anniversary and we're celebrating 10 years of the world's best shorts with online screenings!
10 Years Best Film, 10 Years Best Comedy and 10 Years Best Animation online ONLY
ESFF 10 YEARS BEST FILMS
It's our 10th Anniversary and we're celebrating 10 years of the world's best shorts with online screenings!
We're hosting 10 Years Best Film, 10 Years Best Comedy and 10 Years Best Animation online for 1 week each during the
2021 ESFF this November!
From Vietnamese drama to Canadian animation...
Best Film & Animation Awards & International Showcases
We're still open for entries for our 2021 edition which is scheduled to run in November 2021.
Regular Deadline: May 17th 2021
Max Length 25 minutes, international films welcomed, all genres eligible.
The award-winning Edinburgh Short FF...
The 10th Anniversary edition of the ESFF with more short film screenings in Edinburgh,
International Film Festival showcases, trophies, awards and industry networking!
We're also excited to be programming showcases of our best films for our 2021 partners:
Adriatic Film Festival
Firenze...