Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Edinburgh's Short Film Festival

Showcasing short films, awards for Best Film, animation & Scottish film alongside networking events, q & as, panel discussions & more! Edinburgh's Short Film Festival

Dedicated to showcasing short films from near and far in eclectic venues across the city and working with festivals internationally to screen and promote short film. Making awards for best director, best animation, best male & female actors and hosting workshops and competitions for film-makers and screenwriters.

Join CinemaAttic for a night celebrating Colombian culture and resistance through six contemporary short films that expl...
08/10/2026

Join CinemaAttic for a night celebrating Colombian culture and resistance through six contemporary short films that explore bodies, landscapes, memory, desire and conflict โ€” but also music, humour, imagination and tenderness.

โ€œPresente!โ€ is both a declaration and a response. It is the voice of a generation saying: we are here, we remember, we question, we imagine, we continue.

๐Ÿ“… Saturday 24th October
๐Ÿ• 8:30pm
๐Ÿ“ South Leith Parish Church Hall, 6 Henderson St, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6BS

With new and emerging voices from Colombiaโ€™s vibrant film scene alongside established auteurs, including Theo Montoya, whose new short Pelotรณn Trueno (Thunder Platoon) premiered in the Official Short Film Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and Leinad Pรกjaro de la Hoz, whose Un pรกjaro volรณ premiered and won at Berlinale.

More information and tickets here:

Our friends at Hong Kong's IFVA are launching their 30th edition soon!From 9 to 23 October, ifva based at the Hong Kong ...
07/10/2026

Our friends at Hong Kong's IFVA are launching their 30th edition soon!

From 9 to 23 October, ifva based at the Hong Kong Arts Centre will present a series of finalist screenings and extended programmes for this edition, featuring outstanding works by short filmmakers from Hong Kong and across Asia, showcasing the diverse landscape of moving image creation in Asia.

Check out the full programme online:

https://ifva.com/landing/?langcode=en

Weโ€™re back with the 16th edition of the Edinburgh Short Film Festival! ๐ŸŽฌThe 2026 ESFF opens on Friday 6th November at Fi...
06/10/2026

Weโ€™re back with the 16th edition of the Edinburgh Short Film Festival! ๐ŸŽฌ

The 2026 ESFF opens on Friday 6th November at Filmhouse Edinburgh and continues until 21st November, with screenings at the Filmhouse and Summerhall Arts

Across seven nights of in-competition short films, filmmakers will compete for our 2026 awards, with films ranging from Chinese neo-noir to Finnish stop-motion, and from Kurdish documentary to Australian horror! ๐Ÿฟ

And we also have some excited screenings with our partners including German, Polish, and Japanese shorts, as well as our popular European and Scottish nights! ๐ŸŽž๏ธ

Find more info at the link in bio! ๐Ÿ”—

Tickets coming soon! ๐Ÿ‘€

Human TrafficCinetopia  presents Human Traffic + 90s DJ session at the Voodoo Rooms on 7 October! Enjoy Justin Kerrigan'...
05/10/2026

Human Traffic

Cinetopia presents Human Traffic + 90s DJ session at the Voodoo Rooms on 7 October!

Enjoy Justin Kerrigan's hedonistic cult classic in 4k restoration (BFI), following a group of 20-something mates over a drug-fuelled weekend of pubs, clubs and parties, with Orbital, Dilinja, and Primal Scream on the soundtrack. Then stay for a 90s DJ session packed with bangers and tunes inspired by the film, running until 1am.

Chosen by young programmer Rowan Sharp as part of Cinetopia's Transmission: Youth Across Generations multi-event programme, tickets start from just ยฃ7. Student concessions available. DJ session only tickets too.

cinetopia.co.uk/transmission

Last Chance ๐ŸŽฌ Call for entries: Bref International Short Film Festival 2027!Bref returns to Aosta, in the Italian Alps, ...
05/10/2026

Last Chance ๐ŸŽฌ Call for entries: Bref International Short Film Festival 2027!

Bref returns to Aosta, in the Italian Alps, from 20 to 25 April 2027, and submissions are now open.

The festival is looking for short films from around the world, across fiction, documentary, animation, horror and fantastic cinema, and more. Submitted films must be under 30 minutes.

๐ŸŽž Submit your film via FilmFreeway:
https://filmfreeway.com/BrefInternationalShortFilmFestival

๐ŸŽฌ Call for entries: Bref International Short Film Festival 2027!Bref returns to Aosta, in the Italian Alps, from 20 to 2...
29/09/2026

๐ŸŽฌ Call for entries: Bref International Short Film Festival 2027!

Bref returns to Aosta, in the Italian Alps, from 20 to 25 April 2027, and submissions are now open.

The festival is looking for short films from around the world, across fiction, documentary, animation, horror and fantastic cinema, and more. Submitted films must be under 30 minutes.

๐ŸŽž Submit your film via FilmFreeway:
https://filmfreeway.com/BrefInternationalShortFilmFestival

ICYMIWe're excited to announce our in-competition programme for our 16th edition!The 2026 ESFF opens on Friday 6th Novem...
29/09/2026

ICYMI
We're excited to announce our in-competition programme for our 16th edition!
The 2026 ESFF opens on Friday 6th November Filmhouse Edinburgh and continues until 21st November at the Filmhouse and Summerhall!

With 7 nights of in competition short films competing for our 2026 awards, ranging from Chinese neo-noir to Finnish stop motion and from Kurdish documentary to Australian horror!

Tickets coming soon!

Our friends at Hong Kong's IFVA are launching their 30th edition in October.From 9 to 23 October, the Hong Kong Arts Cen...
29/09/2026

Our friends at Hong Kong's IFVA are launching their 30th edition in October.

From 9 to 23 October, the Hong Kong Arts Centre will present a series of finalist screenings and extended programmes for this edition, featuring outstanding works by short filmmakers from Hong Kong and across Asia, showcasing the diverse landscape of moving image creation in Asia.

Check out the full programme online:

https://ifva.com/landing/?langcode=en

28/09/2026

We're excited to announce our in-competition programme for our 16th edition!

The 2026 ESFF opens on Friday 6th November Filmhouse Edinburgh and continues until 21st November at the Filmhouse and Summerhall

With 7 nights of in competition short films competing for our 2026 awards, ranging from Chinese neo-noir to Finnish stop motion and from Kurdish documentary to Australian horror!

Tickets coming soon!

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