Our students travel to Edimotion, the film-editing festival

Four days in Cologne devoted to the art of editing a film.

From 16 to 19 October, 4th-year students and students on ESCAC’s specialist master’s programme in Editing travelled to Cologne, Germany, to take part in the 26th edition of Edimotion, the world’s oldest festival devoted entirely to the art of film editing. Since its founding in 2001, Edimotion has championed the work of those who shape a film’s rhythm, emotion and meaning in the editing room: an essential figure in cinema who often remains out of the spotlight.

Editing, told by its protagonists

At the heart of the festival are the Schnitt Preise, awards with a total prize fund of 17.500 euros for editing fiction, documentaries and short films. The 15 nominated films were screened alongside conversations with their editors about how each film was put together.

Training and discussion

The Edimotion Academy offered six workshops and an international masterclass led by Icelandic editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir. The programme also included panel discussions on artificial intelligence, editing ethics, video games and vertical formats, as well as Match Cut – Meet the Editor, a networking space for students and professionals to connect.

The organisers closed the edition with a record level of student participation and increasingly international exchange. Our students were part of this new generation approaching editing as a language.