short film festivals 2017

We’ve been named as one of the top 25 short film blogsites on the planet by Feedspot (blog news feed org) and we’re also pretty sure that the planet in question is Earth! And as the Final Deadline for film-makers to enter the 2017 Edinburgh Short Film Festival is now imminent, to thank our...

In association with Puppet Animation Scotland & The Matthew Martino Benevolent Fund, the Edinburgh Short Film Festival is offering cash prizes and industry mentoring to the film-maker who wins the Best Film AND the best Animation at this year's ESFF! We're also curating for film festivals...

The Regular submission deadline for the 2017 Edinburgh Short Film Festival Monday 15th May Last chance to submit at the regular submission fee rate! Entrants will be eligible for one of our 3 awards for 2017: and for inclusion on our Global Tour for 2017/2018: But time is running out on our...

Our programme and dates for the Edinburgh Short Film Festival Programme at Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2017 have now been finalised and we're excited to be able to reveal details about the screenings! The festival was founded by actor Tetsuya Bessho and the first festival was held in...

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 partnership begins during our 2018 editions and will see the ESFF prepare a programme of some...