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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.

The 2026 Edinburgh Short Film Festival opens Friday 6th Nov until Saturday 21st Nov screening one of the UK's strongest ...
24/10/2026

The 2026 Edinburgh Short Film Festival opens Friday 6th Nov until Saturday 21st Nov screening one of the UK's strongest short film programmes, with outstanding International shorts, 29 UK premieres & 27 award-winners.

We're very much looking forward to welcoming cinema audiences back to live screenings, with a programme of outstanding short cinema, award winning short films including films from Cannes, Locarno, the Berlinale and award winning shorts from across the globe.

On top of all that, we're holding panel discussions, lively networking events,
Q & A Sessions, Japanese short films from Tokyo, and a host of visiting European Film Festival directors on Nov 15th to screen their award-winning shorts.

Tickets on sale online now - see link in bio for details

Edinburgh animator and filmmaker David Hutchison has launched a new animated sci-fi series on the Scottish content strea...
24/10/2026

Edinburgh animator and filmmaker David Hutchison has launched a new animated sci-fi series on the Scottish content streaming channel, Scotflix.

Cat Dads In Outer Space (pilot)

Old prospector couple Ahab and Gert, living on their mining base asteroid Valhalla, realise that their cat Pip Pop's youthfulness is related to goo coming from a crack in the wall of their store room...

See Scotflix for details

IN COMPETITION 2: FINDING A CONNECTION📆 Saturday 7th November🕦 1:00pm📍Filmhouse, EdinburghThis eclectic programme of sho...
23/10/2026

IN COMPETITION 2: FINDING A CONNECTION

📆 Saturday 7th November
🕦 1:00pm
📍Filmhouse, Edinburgh

This eclectic programme of shorts explores the longing to feel connected, and to be seen by those around us.

A hard working scientist longs for connection in an award winning stop-motion musical, a boy longs for a friend in his new neighbourhood, and 14-year-old Douglas receives a life-changing birthday surprise.

Also screening an award-winning, beautifully shot Kurdish documentary, a touching and engaging Finnish stop-motion, and an intense Chinese neo-noir. 🎥

Join us for the second In Competition screening at the Filmhouse! 🍿

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The 2026 Edinburgh Short Film Festival starts Fri 6th Nov at the Filmhouse & Summerhall*International Award Winning shor...
23/10/2026

The 2026 Edinburgh Short Film Festival
starts Fri 6th Nov at the Filmhouse & Summerhall

*International Award Winning short films
*Student Discounts
*Q and As
*Guest programmes from Tokyo, Regensburg, Poznan and the Balkans
*Dedicated Scottish shorts night
*Networking events
*29 UK Premieres, 27 award winners
*55 films in competition for our awards

Tickets on sale now, (see link in bio for details.)

22/10/2026

A SERIOUS THOUGHT BY Jonas Taul

Sleep refuses to come, and thoughts drift — admirable, questionable, frightening, and beautiful. One thought lingers: if Earth is just a marble in infinite space, what does any single life upon it mean? A gentle film that discovers quiet answers to the universe's biggest questions. Original and visionary stop motion that premiered at the Berlinale.

Screening Fri 20th Nov Edinburgh Short Film Festival at Summerhall.

Tickets online now, see bio in link for details.

The 2026 Edinburgh Short Film Festival opens soon & we're excited to screen outstanding, award-winning short films inclu...
22/10/2026

The 2026 Edinburgh Short Film Festival opens soon & we're excited to screen outstanding, award-winning short films including UK premieres in competition.

With a Japanese Short Film Night, European Film Festivals Showcase, Scottish shorts night, a programme of German shorts from Regensburg, P6 nights of in-competition films, a Polish night from Poznan and a Balkan shorts night! There's Q and As, networking events and awards ceremonies!

LIVE at the Filmhouse & Summerhall!

Tickets & programme now online (see link in bio.)


Cinema Lives!We're excited to be screening our 2026 edition live at the Filmhouse this Autumn!The 2026 ESFF runs Friday ...
22/10/2026

Cinema Lives!

We're excited to be screening our 2026 edition live at the Filmhouse this Autumn!

The 2026 ESFF runs Friday Nov 6th - Saturday Nov 21st.

Tickets will be in demand and are now available online.

The world's best short films of 2026 and your only chance to see them!

Filmhouse Edinburgh and

Tickets on sale now - see link in bio for details.

The 2026 Edinburgh Short Film Festival kicks off on Friday 6th Novat the Filmhouse!*Guest programmes of Japanese shorts ...
21/10/2026

The 2026 Edinburgh Short Film Festival kicks off on Friday 6th Nov
at the Filmhouse!

*Guest programmes of Japanese shorts from Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in Tokyo.

*The best Scottish shorts of the year, in competition for our best Scottish Film award, and a dedicated Scottish shorts night

*German shorts from International Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, one of Germany's oldest short film festivals.

*We're also presenting a night of Polish short film, curated by Shortwaves in Poznan.

* Balkan programme curated by Balkan film network of around six Balkan film festivals.

*European short film programme curated by our partner film festivals across the continent,
AND
*Award winning and nominated short films from around the world, in competition
across six packed competitive programmes!

With networking, panel discussions, Q and As, tickets go fast so get yours today!

Tickets on sale now, (see link in bio for details.)


IN COMPETITION 1: SIDE BY SIDE📅 Friday 6th November🕦 8:35pm📍 Filmhouse, EdinburghThis programme of shorts explores our n...
21/10/2026

IN COMPETITION 1: SIDE BY SIDE

📅 Friday 6th November
🕦 8:35pm
📍 Filmhouse, Edinburgh

This programme of shorts explores our need for company, as we traverse the ups and downs of life.

Though we may all live different lives, we still sit side by side. 🫂

A girl finds comfort in companionship with a younger version of her distant mother, another has determined that her grandma has become a werewolf, and brothers long for connection with each other whilst struggling to navigate addiction.

Join us for the first In Competition Screening of this year’s edition! 🎥

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Edinburgh Short Film Festival welcomes International Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg with a specially curated programme of Germ...
21/10/2026

Edinburgh Short Film Festival welcomes
International Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg with a specially curated programme of German Shorts, from documentary to drama and animation.

Fri 13th Nov at Summerhall

Tickets on sale online now - see link in bio

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