Edinburgh Shorts: Guilt, Then Absolution?
GUILT, THEN ABSOLUTION? is a diverse program about sin and reconciliation, boasting a variety of genres and screening as part of the postponed 2020 Edinburgh Short Film Festival.
GUILT, THEN ABSOLUTION? is a diverse program about sin and reconciliation, boasting a variety of genres and screening as part of the postponed 2020 Edinburgh Short Film Festival.
If there’s one running theme of the absolute tyre fire that was the year 2020, it’s that we always need ways to escape. As such, it’s suitable that this block of the long-postponed 2020 Edinburgh Short Film Festival focuses on this very topic.
This programme of shorts at Edinburgh Short Film Festival will both engage your mind and leave you wondering about what, if anything, is out there.
COPING MECHANISMS is a strong selection of shorts. ESFF has collated an engaging programme which raises a number of important questions and rebuts pre-existing stereotypes around underrepresented issues such as disability and mental health.
Jim Ross previews the opening night of the 2019 Edinburgh Short Film Festival.
The Edinburgh Short Film Festival’s November 8th program deals with mind games, toying with – and being teased by – our adversaries, and amusing ourselves. Jim Ross reviews.
Luka Vukos previews the closing night of the 2018 Edinburgh Short Film Festival – “this final set of films is another great bunch and their precise arrangement is likewise thoughtful.”
Jim Ross interviews Charlotte Wells, director of BLUE CHRISTMAS and two other award-winning shorts, about the film – nominated for Best Scottish Short at Edinburgh Short Film Festival – and her work.
Sophia Carr-Gomm took the time to talk to Jim Ross about her short THE WIDER SUN, her path to directing as well her future plans as a filmmaker.
Edinburgh Short Film Festival’s program for November 4th proves adept at nixing assumptions and blending a varied set of tones and genres. Jim Ross previews.