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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...

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

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

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...

The 10th Anniversary edition of the ESFF with more short film screenings in Edinburgh, International Film Festival showcases, trophies, cash prizes and awards! We're also excited to be programming showcases of our best films for our 2021 partners: Adriatic Film Festival Budapest Short Film...

We continue our series of filmmaker interviews with the courageous documentary maker, Zeynep Kececiler. Zeynep is a Turkey-based award winning documentary-maker whose Somalia shot documentary, Miro's Journey, an amazing doc about a mother who raises her children by drug dealing in Somalia was...

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...

Featuring the best short films of 2020 at international film festivals Our 10th anniversary edition with extra screenings, awards, and new International programmes! We're also awarding prizes for Best Film, Best Animation and Best Scottish Short AND Showcasing our short films worldwide at...

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. Interview shot and edited by Amanda Rogers of RPP Productions.

Our second filmmaker interview of 2020 is with the award-winning Estonian director Madli Laane who's engrossing coming-of-age drama THREE AUGUST DAYS was featured at last year's Edinburgh Short Film Festival. The film follows a young Estonian girl living in Tallinn during the fall of the Soviet...

Short Film Festivals Update We're still open for entries for our 2020 edition which is scheduled to run Oct 22 - Nov 8th, Should circumstances change, our intention is to hold the screenings over the first available dates around that period. It's our 10th anniversary edition, with extra...

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...

Our 10th anniversary special edition! Featuring the best short films of 2020 at international film festivals, AND Presenting awards and trophies for the best films selected by our juries Regular Deadline: May 22nd 2020 This year, we're also excited to be programming films and film...

The 10th Anniversary edition of the ESFF with more short film screenings in Edinburgh, International Film Festival showcases, trophies, cash prizes and awards! We're also excited to be programming showcases of our best films for our 2020 partners: Adriatic Film Festival Stop Motion Montreal...

The 10th Anniversary edition of the ESFF with more short film screenings in Edinburgh, International Film Festival showcases, trophies, cash prizes and awards! We're also excited to be programming showcases of our best films for our 2020 partners: Adriatic Film Festival Stop Motion Montreal...