Edinburgh director Paul Ridd reveals details of £50,000 filmmaker award (exclusive)
It is backed by The Sean Connery Foundation, which will also award a £15,000 short film prize.
Edinburgh confirms dates for 2024 edition and competition details
The festival will take place once again in August.
Rowan Woods takes reins as creative director at Edinburgh TV festival
Woods is a respected film and TV curator, acquisitions executive and festival consultant, with stints at British Council, BFI, BBC Film and AMC Networks.
Paul Ridd named director of Edinburgh International Film Festival
Ridd, presently head of acquisitions at Picturehouse Entertainment, will take up the role in December.
Edinburgh film festival embarks on search for festival director
Kate Taylor, programme director for the festival’s one-off 2023 streamlined edition, has confirmed she will not be applying.
14 films to watch from the summer festivals
Includes titles from Locarno, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Annecy, Karlovy Vary, Bifan, Karlovy Vary, New York Asian Film Festival, Galway and Fantasia.
Edinburgh Film Festival attracts 10,000 attendees to six-day event
The compact programme saw 71% of screenings sell out.
Netflix commissions ‘Einstein and The Bomb’ feature documentary, John Boyega-narrated WWII series
BBC Studios is producing ‘Einstein and The Bomb’.
‘The Inbetweeners’ producer plans film about women’s football legend Rose Reilly (exclusive)
Scotland-based producer Chris Young opened Edinburgh film festival with Johnny Barrington’s ‘Silent Roar.’
Ella Glendining talks plans for fiction feature debut ‘Curiosities Of Fools’ (exclusive)
Glendining is touring the festival circuit with her documentary Is There Anybody Out There?
“The labour of women is valued so little,” says co-director of Edinburgh event ‘The Lynda Myles Project’
Susan Kemp has undertaken the two-film ’The Lynda Myles Project’ with Mark Cousins.
“All killer, no filler”: Edinburgh film festival heads discuss 2023’s streamlined edition
Kate Taylor and Tamara Van Strijthem discuss pulling the programme together in four months, and EIFF’s future.
Edinburgh film festival launches Talent Assemble to connect festival alumni
The event is partnership with BBC Film, BBC Scotland and MG Alba.
