Fri 04 Jun 2021 - Sun 06 Jun 2021
Edinburgh Short Film Festival Ltd.
Edinburgh Short Film Festival
17:00 / 19:00 (2 blocks per day)
Originally set to take place in November 2020, we're thrilled that we're finally able to present the postponed 2020 edition of the Edinburgh Short Film Festival, live at Summerhall. We're... [more]
Thu 30 Apr 2020
(Postponed) Stories We Tell (12) - screening
19:30 - 21:20
In this inspired, genre-twisting film, Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who’s telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates... [more]
Sun 26 Apr 2020
(CANCELLED) A Faithful Man / L’Homme fidèle (15) - screening
17:00 - 18:15
Nine years after she left him for his best friend, journalist Abel (Louis Garrel) gets back together with his recently widowed old flame Marianne (Laetitia Casta). It seems to be a beautiful new... [more]
Sat 18 Apr 2020
(POSTPONED) Bong Joon-ho's The Host (15) - screening
19:00 - 21:00
The Host is both a creature-feature thrill ride and a poignant human drama from Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho (Parasite, Snowpiercer). The film follows snack bar owner Gang-du Park... [more]
Fri 17 Apr 2020
(POSTPONED) Finding Nemo (U)
19:00 - 20:40
After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home. Finding Nemo won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the... [more]
Sat 11 Apr 2020
(POSTPONED) The Day After Tomorrow (12) - screening
19:00 - 21:05
As Paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is in Antartica, he discovers that a huge ice sheet has sheared off. But what he does not know is that this event will trigger a massive climate shift that will... [more]
Fri 10 Apr 2020
(POSTPONED) March of the Penguins (U) - screening
19:00 -20:30
At the end of each Antarctic summer, the emperor penguins of the South Pole journey to their traditional breeding grounds in a fascinating mating ritual that is captured in this documentary by... [more]
Sat 04 Apr 2020
(POSTPONED) Cane Toads: The Conquest (PG) - screening
19:00 - 20:30
A documentary horror film about the environmental devastation left in the wake of the giant toads' unstoppable march across Australia. It is described as an "irreverent" blend of "history, nature... [more]
Fri 03 Apr 2020
(POSTPONED) 28 Days Later (18) - screening
19:00 - 20:55
After a mysterious virus wreaks havoc in the United Kingdom, a team of survivors tries to cope with the aftermath of the disaster and find security. The film received critical acclaim. Many praised... [more]
Sun 29 Mar 2020
(CANCELLED) The Bridesmaid / La Demoiselle d’honneur (15) - screening
17:00 - 18:55
When the master of French thrillers Claude Chabrol meets the mistress of English suspense fiction Ruth Rendell, the result is a potent if very classic blend. It's love at first sight when... [more]
Thu 26 Mar 2020
(POSTPONED) Shooting The Mafia (15) - screening
19:30 - 21:05
Kim Longinotto tells the revealing story of the courageous Sicilian photographer and photojournalist, Letizia Battaglia who began a lifelong battle with the Mafia when she first dared to point her... [more]
Sat 21 Mar 2020
(POSTPONED) The Wizard of Oz (U) - screening
12:00 - 13:50
One of the best-loved movies of all time, The Wizard of Oz stars Judy Garland as Dorothy, a young Kansas farm girl who is whisked away by a twister to the land of Oz. Accompanied by a brainless... [more]
Fri 20 Mar 2020
(POSTPONED) One Hundred and One Dalmatians (U) - screening
19:00 - 20:20
One Hundred and One Dalmatians has charmed audiences for generations with its irresistible tail wagging stars, memorable story and wonderful blend of humour and adventure. Cruella De Vil, Disney's... [more]
Sat 14 Mar 2020
Best In Show (12) - screening
12:00 - 13:30
The Tension is unmistakable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air at the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show. Director Christopher Guest takes a hilarious look at... [more]
Fri 13 Mar 2020
Isle of Dogs (PG) - screening
19:00 - 20:40
Visionary director Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to vast Trash... [more]
Sat 07 Mar 2020
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (U) - screening
12:00 - 13:25
This thoroughly captivating remake of Disney's original theatrical hit became an instant favourite with audiences of all ages. You'll lose your heart to Chance, fun-loving American bulldog; Sassy, a... [more]
Fri 06 Mar 2020
Wallace & Gromit (PG) - screening
19:00 - 20:50
The complete collection of all four cracking half-hour specials featuring Aardman's Oscar-winning duo - charming and eccentric inventor wallace and his faithful, four-legged friend gromit! A Grand... [more]
Sat 29 Feb 2020
Dead Man's Shoes (18) - screening
19:00 - 20:30
Set in a small, bleak Derbyshire town. After seven years in the army, Richard returns to find out what happened to his beloved brother Anthony, who latched on to the local drugs cartel and became... [more]
Fri 28 Feb 2020
Will Anderson & Ainslie Henderson: A Retrospective - screening
19:00 - 21:00
Insane pigeons, a misguided monkey, the existential crisis of an animated GIF, stifled musicians, the poetry of Robert Burns and fracking are just some of the characters and subjects tackled in the... [more]
Thu 27 Feb 2020
Three Identical Strangers (12A) - screening
19:30 - 21:10
The astonishing story of three men who make the chance discovery, at the age of 19, that they are identical triplets separated at birth. Three Identical Strangers is one of the most incredible... [more]
Sun 23 Feb 2020
Guy - Special César-themed Screening
17:00 - 18:55
Celebrate the César Awards (the French "Oscars") with a special screening of Alex Lutz's Guy, which was a surprise winner last year awards. As a special treat the screening will be introduced... [more]
Sat 22 Feb 2020
London to Brighton (18) - screening
19:00 - 20:26
Kelly (Lorraine Stanley), a prostitute, is sent by her pimp, Derek (Johnny Harris), to procure a young girl for aging gangster Duncan (Alexander Morton). She brings back 11-year-old Joanne (Georgia... [more]
Fri 21 Feb 2020
Withnail and I (15)
19:00 - 20:48
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood (Paul McGann) and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail (Richard E. Grant) -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the... [more]
Fri 14 Feb 2020
Dog Soldiers (15) - screening
19:00 - 20:45
During a routine nighttime training mission in the Scottish Highlands, a small squad of British soldiers expected to rendezvous with a special ops unit instead find a bloody massacre with a sole... [more]
Sat 08 Feb 2020
The Full Monty (15) - screening
19:00 - 20:35
After the steel mill they work at shuts down, a group of unemployed men decide to get involved in the stripping business to earn a living. They invest the money they have saved to get started. It... [more]
Fri 07 Feb 2020
Trainspotting (15) - screening
19:00 - 20:35
The Academy Award-nominated screenplay by John Hodge follows a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed area of Edinburgh and their passage... [more]
Sun 26 Jan 2020
The Women on the 6th Floor / Les Femmes du 6eme étage (12A) - screening
17:00 - 18:10
Warm-hearted French comedy, set in 1960s Paris and starring the excellent Fabrice Luchini as a stockbroker in the stuffy world of the Parisian haute bourgeoisie. He falls for the family's new... [more]
Sat 25 Jan 2020
Chinese Visual Festival
Chinese Visual Festival: Four Springs (PG) - screening
19:00 - 21:00
A special Chinese New Year screening of an award-winning independent documentary following a family in remote Guizhou over four Chinese New Year celebrations, charting life, love and loss. Four... [more]
Sat 21 Dec 2019
Scrooged (PG) - screening
19:00
In this modern take on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love... [more]
Fri 20 Dec 2019
The Grinch (PG) - screening
19:00
In this live-action adaptation of the beloved children's tale by Dr. Seuss, the reclusive green Grinch (Jim Carrey) decides to ruin Christmas for the cheery citizens of Whoville. Reluctantly joined... [more]