Submissions for the 2019 Edinburgh International Film Festival are now open!
Our 73rd edition takes place in Edinburgh from 19 to 30 June 2019, and you can be a part of it. You can submit your film digitally via Withoutabox or FilmFreeway, or post a DVD screener to our Submissions team. Click here for more information on how to submit your film.
There are three submissions deadlines:
Earlybird – Thursday 13 December 2018
SHORT – £20.00 / FEATURE – £75.00
Regular – Thursday 17 January 2019
SHORT – £30.00 / FEATURE – £85.00
Late – Thursday 7 February 2019
SHORT – £35.00 / FEATURE – £90.00
Please make sure you have read our full Rules and Regulations before submitting your film.
In 2018, EIFF screened many exceptional films received through open submissions, including The Parting Glass, Blood Fest, Humor Me, In Darkness, We the Animals and Supa Modo, as well as Nevada, which went on to win our Award for Best Short Film, and Take Rabbit, which won our McLaren Award for Best British Animation.