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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...

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...

Featuring the best short films of 2021 at international film festivals Our 10th anniversary edition in November with extra screenings, awards and new International Showcases screening in November 2021! We're also awarding prizes for Best Film, Best Animation and Best Scottish Short AND...

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...

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 screenings & presenting awards for...

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...

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2020 Now Open For Entries! International Tours & Cash Awards The 10th Anniversary edition of the ESFF with more short film screenings in Edinburgh, A dedicated Animation Sunday, International Film Festival showcases, trophies, cash prizes and awards including Best...

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...

Highlights of the 2018 Edinburgh Short Film Festival Here’s a short video of some of the highlights from the 2018 Edinburgh Short Film Festival! Thanks to all the film-makers who participated and looking forward to seeing your next films, Filmed and edited by the talented and indefatigable...

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2019 Now Open For Entry! International Tours & Awards Featuring the best short films of 2019 at international film festivals We're screening 8 nights of short film at cinemas across Edinburgh in 2019 Presenting awards and trophies for the best films selected by...

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2019 Now Open For Entry! International Tours & Awards Featuring the best short films of 2019 at international film festivals We're screening 8 nights of short film at cinemas across Edinburgh in 2019 Presenting awards and trophies for the best films selected by...

The ESFF screens 8 nights of short film every Autumn at cinemas across Edinburgh, featuring the best International, UK & Scottish short films from drama to documentary, comedy to animation, experimental to web series. We're also awarding prizes for Best Film, Best Animation and Best Scottish...