The European Short Film Festival (ESFF) celebrates the art of cinematic storytelling in its most concise form. Held annually, ESFF showcases a curated selection of short films from emerging and established filmmakers across the worlds. These films, span various genres and styles and are aimed at fostering collaboration and championing the unique voice of short films. Join us at ESFF.
The next ESFF is June 20-24, 2024
Past Festivals
The Winter 2021 ESFF ran December 27th – January 8th, on Eventive. Follow us on Twitter for updates!
Award Winners December 2021
Best Short Film
Body and Soul by Charlotte Cristin
Best Short Documentary
Vättern Below The Surface by Erik Skog
Best Animated Short
Daily Bread by Manuel Sirgo
Best Experimental Short
The Inherent Bloom by Ludo Vici
Best Horror Short
My Castle, My Home by José Mira
Best Sci-Fi Short
Kairos, Qualitative Time by Carlos Scasso
Best Music Video
Border Syndrome احلام بلا حدود by Philipp Wenning
Best Comedy Short
Quarantine Fling by Milo Shandel
Best Short Short
Para Nadar by Flore Elise Hartout
Audience Awards
Rutunn’ by Fabio Patrassi
Tonewood by Shahram Shahangi
Quarantine Fling by Milo Shandel
Para Nadar by Flore Elise Hartout
Daily Bread by Manuel Sirgo
December 2021 Schedule
Shorts 1
Where Are You by Simone Chierici
311 by Rachel Bavaresco
Daily Bread by Manuel Sirgo
Stuckmann GmbH & Co. KG by Charif Ounis
Mimi’s Good Night by Jackie Ross
Cheap as Chips by Henry Morris
A Patch Of Blue by Memi Koupa
The Warziniek’s File by Pierre J. Secondi
Short Documentaries 1
Para Nadar by Flore Elise Hartout
Illusia by Ramona Gastl
Khukuri: Tradition Forged In Steel by Andrzej Wisniewski
Imago by Asta-Mai Dünweber
Undeniably Young: Nora Young & the Six-Day Race by Julia Morgan
Vättern Below The Surface by Erik Skog
Experimental Shorts
RADIX 2 by Cristiano Leone
Diary of an Ant by Pia Pentzlin
Yang by Jin Li, Jingyan Lin
ExiT by Simone Cita Kieltyka
Connect by Elliot Elmblad
Dodgson by Gretchen Cash
The Inherent Bloom by Ludo Vici
Shorts 2
After You, Please by Paul Rosescu
A Bowl Full of Love by Ashrita Chavali
Jasconius by Nadine Rahimtoola, Ken Burke
A Final Message by Matthew Pollock
The Hobbyhorser by Marc Coleman
Tonewood by Shahram Shahangi
Sashimi by Dumont Marylise
Body and Soul by Charlotte Cristin
Sci-Fi and Horror Shorts
ServingBots by Charif Ounis
Another Clover by Thomas F. O’Brien
Don’t F**k With Dogs by Kiirstin Marilyn, Kevin Kenny
Siphon by Veronica Taylor Small
Necromancy Tutorial: Raising a Draugr by Gunnjón Gestsson Gestsson
Professional by Casey Hockett, Elle Carpenter
Kairos, Qualitative Time by Carlos Scasso
My Castle, My Home by José Mira
Short Documentaries 2
CityTREES:Partners in Breathing by Kristin Reiber Harris
Yellowstone 88: Song of Fire by Jerry van de Beek, Betsy De Fries
Alone Beneath The Northern Lights by Valentin Boitel-Denyset
Dreams Interrupted by Órla Siobhán Murphy
Climate Rebellion, Halifax, Canada by Alan Collins
Metanoia by Flo Gassner, Paul Schweller
Shorts 3
What Do We Do? by Roderick Fenske
The Boy Who Seeped Slime by Jenna Provost
Papa Anruf by Veronika Bolotina
All Stuffed With Fluff by Gwenael Clause, Frank Berjot
Quarantine Fling by Milo Shandel
Rutunn’ by Fabio Patrassi
Mister Anyone by Adalberto Lombardo
Music Videos
Field Of Miracles (Wooden Whales) by Maria Pronina
Border Syndrome احلام بلا حدود by Philipp Wenning
South by Siqi Cao
Walk With Us by Hannah Westbrook, Kym Franklin, Willa Moore, Darren Crisp
If You Don’t Fight, You Lose by Yanni Scott Davis
Control (Mr.GoM) by Gregor Marvel
Till Next Time by David Podgornik
Breonna by Cailleah Scott-Grimes
Long Way From Home by John Coinman, Jo Andersen
Magnetic by Philip Clemo
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The Summer 2021 European Short Film Festival took place June 21st-30th on Eventive.
Award Winners June 2021
Best Short Film
Norwegian Couscous by Mohamed Chakiri
Best Short Feature
Always Keep Positive by Till Vill
Best Comedy Short
Inconvenience Store by Danny Coolahan
Best Short Documentary
TransSiberia by Ciaran O’Connell
Best Animated Short
FreeBird by Michael Joseph McDonald, Joe Bluhm
Best Experimental Short
Precious Balance Walk by Felicia Konrad, Johan Haugen
Best Horror Short
Ghost Me by Anisha Savan
Best Sci-Fi Short
Hotel Utopia by Alexandra Mischker
Best Short Short
Pussy Boo by Remi Parisse
Best Music Video
My Cruel Friend by Karina Luchinina
Audience Awards
Ghost Me by Anisha Savan
Dive, Dive, Dive by Gond
Hope, Apertamente by Magrì Carlo
Pointe Black by Rebecca Murray
Hotel Utopia by Alexandra Mischker
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June 2021 Schedule
Shorts 1
Nuria Mallena: Thing of Mine by Suzana Thomaz, Mayara Lepre
Pussy Boo by Remi Parisse
FreeBird by Michael Joseph McDonald, Joe Bluhm
Inconvenience Store by Danny Coolahan
Closeted by Magali Perra
One Last Job by Sophia Vester
Corsica by Finn Weigt
Experimental Shorts
Hope, Apertamente by Magrì Carlo
Beidezusein by Clara Pistner
Apparition in Orvieto by Michael Fantauzzi
Sokka by Daniel Pop
Memory House by Annika Glac, Marcus Struzina
Lotus by Angelika Fürstler, Austin Ahlborg
Lifelines by Brooke Smiley
Precious Balance Walk by Felicia Konrad, Johan Haugen
Shorts 2
My Cruel Friend by Karina Luchinina
The London Traffic Warden – A Poetic Nature Documentary by Alexis Dubus
Zitronenbonbons by Finn Weigt
Coming Back by Yuxin Zhao
Unfair Game by Andre Semenza
Day 0 by Sergio Panariello
Norwegian Couscous by Mohamed Chakiri
Documentaries
Pointe Black by Rebecca Murray
Company Culture by Ran Zhang
The Art Of Mars by Ossi Piispanen
Timeless Drift by Mathieu Dumond
TransSiberia by Ciaran O’Connell
Shorts 3
Arklight – Ignite by Christoph Rohner
Death is Smoking My Cigars by AJ Leon
Dive, Dive, Dive by Gond
A Midday Dream by Eugenia Fabrizi, Mirza Vele
Metanoia by Alina Podschun
Modern Maximum by Edmond Carrère
Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy
Ghost Me by Anisha Savan
Moon: The Movie by Augustin de Lapeyriere
Hotel Utopia by Alexandra Mischker
Permafrost by Aeryn Lee
Fulgidusen by Alexander Feichter
Shorts 4
Backstreet to the American Dream (Animated Open) by Patricia Nazario
Get Him!! by Bill Buckley
Tim by Andrew Barella
100 Meters by Matthias Pachner
Always Keep Positive by Till Vill
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
The 2020 European Short Film Festival ran November 13-22, online.
2020 Award Winners
Best Short Film
Vulcan by Rikki Lea
Best Short Documentary
A Peace Of Europe by Thom Jackson-Wood
Best Animated Short
Who You Are by Maria Eunice Clarissa
Best Experimental Short
L’Ortolan by Joe Bowden
Best Horror / Sci-Fi Short
Lucie Unbowed by Denis Gouzerh
Best Comedy Short
Regarding Annabel by Garry Simpson
Best Music Video
Solo by Thierry Albert, Arthur Couvat
Audience Awards
Who You Are by Maria Eunice Clarissa
A Peace Of Europe by Thom Jackson-Wood
Coming Back by Ivo Consi
L’Ortolan by Joe Bowden
Weltschmerz by Ben Schaub
2020 Schedule
Block 1: Shorts 1
Solo (Thierry Albert & Arthur Couvat)
Trooper (Shawn Driscoll)
Farewell (Qingyang)
Bum Bum (Federica Pace)
Coming Back (Ivo Consi)
Block 2: Documentaries 1
Sound of Frühling (Klaus Peter Karger)
A Bard for the Ages (Brian Barsuglia)
The Normans (Maurice Micallef)
Block 3: Experimental Shorts
Audition Room 2 (Jette Newell)
Weltschmerz (Ben Schaub)
You Are (Not) The Only One (Riccardo Albertazzi)
Lesbian. (Rosemary Baker)
L’Ortolan (Joe Bowden)
Brava (Kasey Lum)
A Secret (Marek Stave)
Are You Listening? (Raven Miller)
After Dark (Laura Sanchez & Belen Maya)
Flowing Into The River (Hanxuan Jiang)
A Dark Horizon Of Thought (Jannes Callens)
Block 4: Documentaries 2
Poms (Todd Antony)
Toddy (Chris Noltekuhlmann)
Haenyeo (Ralph T Vituccio)
A Peace Of Europe (Thom Jackson-Wood)
Block 5: Shorts 2
Who You Are (Maria Eunice Clarissa)
Regarding Annabel (Garry Simpson)
Let There Be Light (Simon Gullström)
Dunce Cap (Emil Möller)
Isolation Animation (Ruth Ducker)
Weightless (Dominik Rüedi & Miguel Burger)
Block 6: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror
Routine (Russ Emanuel)
Breadcrumbs (Jan Eilhardt)
Comfort Him (Lee Bailes)
Algorithm (Edwina Casey)
En Vogue (Dag Kaszlikowski)
Volveré (Alex Hermogens)
Lucie Unbowed (Denis Gouzerh)
Block 7: Shorts 3
The Two Of Us At The Edge Of The World (Naoki Kawakubo)
My Amazing Grace (Debra Gussin & Dale Effren)
Looking For Freedom (Aurelie Gauthier)
The Orchard (Martin McDougall)
Infinite Echo (Erwin Julierstersen Kopeng)
Washed Away (Heidi Hornbacher)
Bàba (Stephanie Wong)
UnLucky (Orlaith Mc Manus)
Block 8: Shorts 4
Postpartum (Henriette Rietz)
Time Is God (Pepo Alfaro, Elena Gutierrez, & Pablo Garrido)
Good and Better (Gil Alkabetz)
Lulu DotAway (Snobar Avani)
Stella: An Aspiring Actress (Paul Frift)
Vulcan (Rikki Lea)
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The European Short Film Festival is dedicated to new filmmakers. We accept low-budget short films in every genre, on any topic from every country around the world. Special attention is paid to first and second time directors, and films that overcome budget limitations in new and innovative ways. The European Short Film Festival brings attention to the most talented emerging filmmakers, showcasing their work to audiences around Europe.
The festival is growing into a world-class event, uniting new filmmakers with critics, scholars, and the movie-loving public.
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ESFF 2017 TRAILER
ESFF Trailer by Grégory Papinutto of Agence Gamines
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2017 WINNERS
Best Short Film
King Grandpa – Martin Grau
Best Short Documentary
Generation Emigration – Alexander Blumberg
Best Comedy Short
Stumblebee – Monika Tenhündfeld
Best Animated Short
Hänsel & Gretel Don’t Let Fear Eat You – Stefanie Bruhn
Best Experimental Short
Nobody Is Home Right Now – Konstantin Rall
Best Horror / Sci-Fi Short
Umbra – Urszula Nawrot
Best Music Video
When I Walk Alone – Bozena Krakowka
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMM 2017
Kurzfilmblock 1, oct 1 um 18:00
Secret – Ido Hagin & Amit Hagin
Solastalgia – Leopold Helbich
No Monsters In Berlin – Kate Holland
Fake Men – Martin Gentner
How Long Are You Staying? – Anna Gerasimova
Kurzfilmblock 2, oct 1 um 20:00
The Power of Citizen Leadership – Flore Dussey
Jajá – Melina Borcherding
Brain – Johann Schultz
Nimbostrumus – Samuel Ackermann
Rain – Martin Gerigk
Kurzfilmblock 3, oct 1 um 22:00
Cavello – Sven Bresser
Hallucinations – Ben Couvin
Forgiveness – Stefan Klinge
Structures Of Nature – Martin Gerigk
Bovska ‘Circus’ – Martyna Iwańska
Kurzfilmblock 4, oct 2 um 18:00
Conversations In The Projection Booth – Eugen Damm
Woyzeck – Alexander Tuschinski
Five Lovers Down – Alexander Tuschinski
Reise Nach Nirgendwo – Thomas Scherer
Antenna – Carsten Woike
Stumblebee – Monika Tenhündfeld
Kurzfilmblock 5, oct 2 um 20:00
Bio Control – Mikolaj Jaskolka
Generation Emigration – Alexander Blumberg
Jonah – Michael Maschina
Connected – Carmen Belaschk
Und Die Welt Dreht Sich – Rain Kencana
Memento Mori – Nina Schiena
Kurzfilmblock 6, oct 2 um 22:00
Hänsel & Gretel Don’t Let Fear Eat You – Stefanie Bruhn
A Sonic View – Charlotte Alexander
The Black Bull Incident, Episode One: Pretty Rough Around Closing – Rob & Si Wright
The Black Bull Incident: Episode Two – A Huge Spanner in the Works – Rob & Si Wright
King Grandpa – Martin Grau
The Happy Genius – Hannah McKibbin
Kurzfilmblock 7, oct 3 um 18:00
Kanthari – Change from Within – Marijn Poels
Kassel 9th Of December – Arianna Waldner Bingemer
Imperative Shift – Fukushima – Yoko Kubota
Kurzfilmblock 8, oct 3 um 20:00
My Pretty Pony – Maciej Barczewski
Mascot Fur Life – Jens Wernstedt
Halo Effect – Lukas Matzerok
When I Walk Alone – Bozena Krakowka
The New Schedule – Kari Hennig
Kurzfilmblock 9, oct 3 um 22:00
In Our Country – Louisa Wagener
There’s Something About The Virgin Mary – Kevin McSorley
Eckhardt – Konstantin Rall
The Hacker – Julia JayEz Schnorrer
For One – Mathieu Rivolier
Point Of View – Alexander Ullmann
Kurzfilmblock 10, oct 4 um 18:00
Sunshine – Sören Wachsmuth
Keymoment – Martin Lukas
Color Your Life – Anton Tyroller
Nicole’s Cage – Josef Brandl
The Ruins – Ric Sechrest
Kurzfilmblock 11, oct 4 um 20:00
Umbra – Urszula Nawrot
Die Asche Der Hoffnung / Hope Of Ashes – Hassan Al Hashem
Nobody Is Home Right Now – Konstantin Rall
Train To Peace – Jakob Weyde & Jost Althoff
Kurzfilmblock 12, oct 4 um 22:00
The Charlotte Russe with the Medal of the Wobbling Bubble in its Palm Trilogy – Ira Schneider
Cold Sweat – Erik Hartmann
Du Mein Bruder / You, My Brother – Ghadir
Noturno – Eduardo Mumtos
Shattered – Torben Liebrecht
Backstory – Joschka Laukeninks
The management reserve the right to amend the programme at short notice
Winners 2016
Best Short Film
Black Road by Tim Fywell
Best Short Documentary
Whose Wealth? Cobalt from Congo by Myrthe Verweij
Best Short Comedy
The Attendant by Oliver Cullen & Jake Cullen
Best Horror Short
Night Land by Christian Burnett
Best Sc-Fi Short
María Fernanda in Time by Xavier Pijuan
Best Animated Short
Head by Stav Levi
Best Experimental Short
Black Mountain by Nicholas Mockridge & Lilja Rupprecht
Best Music Video
Ictus Rhapsody by Raphael Herault
2016 Schedule
Saturday Oct 1 at 18:00
Black Mountain by Nicholas Mockridge & Lilja Rupprecht
Der Autotipp by Jörn Knost
One Day With Chaprow by Liza-Maria Winterhalter Pujol
The Girl With the Flute by Grohmann, Dieter Michael
Cold Comfort by Daniel Obradovic
Nuisance by David Keeler
Pebbles by Jonathan Shaw
Saturday Oct 1 at 20:00
In Everyone’s Eyes (en Todas las Miradas) by Lloyd Frost
Follow me by Grohmann, Dieter – Michael
The Night Circus by Eskild Krogh
Mind and Galaxy by Ion Soteropoulos, Shiho Minami
Apart by Alexander Bambach
Ictus Rhapsody by Raphael Herault
María Fernanda in Time by Xavier Pijuan
Step 8 by Rick Lenzing
Black Mountain by Nicholas Mockridge / Lilja Rupprecht
Saturday Oct 1 at 22:00
Bubbly by Carlo Fracanzani
Night Land by Christian Burnett
Oysters Have Feelings Too by Tallulah Sheffield
For One by Mathieu Rivolier
7 Years Before by Maged Mohamed/ Sonja Maria Kröner
Another Day in Paradise by bellopropello
Rabbit Therapy by Bernd Bücker
Sunday October 2 at 18:00
Artistic Dictatorship by Gor Aroevic
Black Road by Tim Fywell
X by Jesper Skoubølling
The Lion by Carmelo Zucco
Head by Stav Levi
Edesia by Dennis Earlie
Sunday October 2 at 20:00
The Pit by Kari Hennig
Blue Hour by Lea Volke
The Attendant by Oliver Cullen & Jake Cullen
Seeing the Full Sounding by Zachary Kerschberg
Sunday October 2 at 22:00
#MEAT by Marc J. M. van den Broek
Courage by Jean-Luc Julien
The Knicker Thief by Ravin Vythelingum
Akvarium by Maksudyan Sisters
Mariana’s Sandwich by Carlos Cuarón
Heavy Feathers by Joosje Duk
Love by Nicolai Tegeler
Night Doctor by Stéfane Houssier
Monday October 3 at 18:00
Taubman by Ben Price
A Greek in Berlin by David Desideri
From the Dust by Vincenzo Laurella
Birthday by Dimitris Katsimiris
The Foreigner by Maya Annik Bedward
Muscle by Heidi Miami Marshall
Monday October 3 at 20:00
Sign by Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Kessi Blue by Jasmin Marsters
The Butcher by Caspar Muller
The Light in the Afternoon by David Steiner
The Excursion by Fiorella Buffa
Monday October 3 at 22:00
Last Summer by Ólöf Birna Torfadóttir
The Critic by Alexander Tuschinski
Anrath by Gregor Hoeppner
Taking Care of Ruth by Miguel Berzal de Miguel
Embrace by Edda MacKenzie
Tuesday October 4 at 18:00
War & Peace by Mojtaba Yari
I’m Sixteen by Emilio Boutros
The Traveler by Franklin Henriksen
Chrysalis by Alfonso Bergamo
Dog by Leendert Roosenbrand
The Hand with a Mind of its Own by Dave Waldman
Flying Out to Berlin by Wrench and Franks
Tuesday October 4 at 20:00
Floral Sex by Else Buschheuer
Witch In Me by Jacopo Miceli
Stockholm Syndrome by Zoe Raftry
Forget-me-nots by Miguel Berzal de Miguel
An Encounter by Miguel Berzal de Miguel
Tuesday October 4 at 22:00
Alex & Sylvia by Christian Lachel
For My Friends in Detention by Zebedee Parkes
The Other Place by Mareike Engelhardt
Mausoleum by Lauri Randla
A Schneider Trilogy by Ira Schneider
Spyr by Christoph Lemmen, Ruth Wiesenfeld
Wednesday October 5 at 18:00
Ariel by Christopher E. Ramirez
13 by ira schneider
YOU’RE OUT by LIUBA
Mindtrap by Michela Marini
Hybris by Goekhan Sayim
O by July Allard
Wednesday October 5 at 20:00
Unraveled by Saskia Waijers
Whose Wealth? Cobalt from Congo by Myrthe Verweij
Square Speaks by Bahram Sadeghi , Dikla Zeidler
Interview with a Director by Ivana Noa
Wednesday October 5 at 22:00
Present Moment by Aimie Vallat, Noah Dassel
The Dinner by Annick Christiaens
Trace by Markus Dahlslett
So Be It by cristina spina
Pebbles by Jonathan Shaw
Thursday October 6 at 18:00
Mouth of Hell by Samir Mehanovic
The Big Treasure by Simone Marangi
Slave by Amat Escalante
Goose by Willy Vanderperre
Thursday October 6 at 20:00
Bruno by Andrea Maria Hintermaier
You Don’t Disturb Me. by Dorothea Lemme & Melanie Langpap
The Deed by Guy Leith
Beyond Plain Sight by Joseph Adesunloye
The Perfect Day by Ignacio Redondo
Simon, First and Only by Magnus Wake
Thursday October 6 at 22:00
Silhouette by Wolfgang Rauh
Yo Soy Pedro by Jordan Inconstant
Cuts by Anthony Breatnach
The Other Side of the Moon by Luca Caserta
The Betrayal by Susan Young
US by Cristiano Gazzarrini
Miriam by Emiliano Ranzani