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EIFF Top Pick – Capsized ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Capsized, director Lindsey Ryan’s first feature-length outing is another frontrunner for the 2026 Main Competition with its eyes on the Sean Connery Prize for...
Trainspotting Cast and Crew Reunite in Leith
The cast and crew of Trainspotting returned to Edinburgh on Friday night for a special 30th anniversary screening as part of this year’s Edinburgh International Film...
EIFF Top Pick – The State of Us ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Starring Callum Scott Howells, best remembered for his role as the lovable Colin - the shy one out of the Channel 4 series’ loud...
EIFF: Out There/These Violent Delights/Bodyhackers
Out There ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The year is 1994 and something strange is afoot in the rural Welsh village of Caradoc. Strange lights dance in the sky, especially...
EIFF Top Pick – The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight...
Writer-director Theodore Schaefer’s black-and-white anthology piece stands as a nicely oddball addition to this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Set against a Manhattan backdrop...
Stars announced for Edinburgh International Film Festival 2026
STARS including Ewan McGregor, Kenneth Branagh and Ken Burns have been announced for the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s (EIFF) 2026 Industry Programme.
The event, running...
EIFF – Mortician wins the prize for best film
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) announced the winners of the prizes for both feature filmmaking and short filmmaking at a ceremony in the Cameo...
EIFF – The Golden Spurtle – documentary to be released in September
One of the films in this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival - The Golden Spurtle - will be released on 12 September 2025.
The documentary...
EIFF – 2025 dates announced
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will run from 14 to 20 August 2025 in a revived festival for the 78th iteration, under the...
EIFF 2023 – Choose Irvine Welsh ★★
There was a tremendous sense of atmosphere before Choose Irvine with the man himself arriving and looking sharp.
When the film, directed by Ian...
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023 – surf star needed swimming lessons
Actor Louis McCartney has revealed he had to learn to swim after he was cast as a surfer in Scottish movie Silent Roar.
McCartney plays...
Edinburgh International Film Festival – Young Critics programme open now for next generation of...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival(EIFF) has opened its programme to provide opportunities for the next generation of film writers. The Young Critics programme will...
EIFF – Even Mice Belong in Heaven ★★★★
With animation and digitally produced cinema becoming more complex it was somewhat refreshing to see a children’s film that brought a purity based on...
Talent Lab Connects 2021 programme participants announced by EIFF
Six projects have been announced by Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) for the upcoming edition of Talent Lab Connects programme and confirm that following...
Planning application shows new design for Filmhouse
The Centre for the Moving Image which incorporates Filmhouse and Edinburgh International Film Festival announced their plans for a new home in Festival Square...
Ed Film Fest at Home – full programme now announced
Edinburgh International Film Festival and Curzon Home Cinema have announced more films to entertain you next week.
Clemency, written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu...
EIFF teams up with Hidden Door Festival this May
On 27 May the Edinburgh International Film Festival will team up with Hidden Door Festival in EIFF Play : Eternal Night.
This is a special...
Vue Omni Centre Hosts EIFF Films
For the first time the Vue Omni Centre on Greenside Place will host films from the Edinburgh International Film Festival. 2017 sees the 70th...
EIFF Announces ‘Cars 3’ Premiere
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) 2017 has announced that it will showcase the UK premiere of Disney.Pixar’s ‘Cars 3’ on Sunday, 25th June...
Edinburgh International Film Festival – The Man Who Was Thursday ***
The Man Who Was Thursday, Balazs Juszt's directorial debut received its World Premiere in Edinburgh.
The film adaptation altered the Chesterton narrative for the sake of...
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 – A Patch of Fog
A Patch of Fog is a dark comic thriller tale featuring powerful performances from its two leads, Stephen Graham from HBO’s award-winning Boardwalk Empire and Conleth Hill who plays Lord Varys...
70th Edinburgh International Film Festival – Tommy’s Honour ***
On Wednesday night a wonderful display of tartan and tweed was to be found at the Festival Theatre, starting the seventieth Edinburgh International Film Festival with the...
EIFF – Here are the big names coming to Edinburgh!
There will be many stars in Edinburgh over the couple of weeks when the Edinburgh Intnerational Film Festival is on. Here are just a...
Things to do in Edinburgh on 23 June 2016
The UK Government said earlier today it will hold a referendum on the nation's membership of the EU on 23 June 2016.
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Many films to choose from at EIFF 2015
The programme was announced earlier today for the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 with what we considered to be a fairly subdued fanfare. The programme...
TERLive! EIFF 2015 programme as it happens
The full programme for the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 will be announced today. We have set up a live blog here to capture...
McLaren 2014 project
The centenary of pioneering animator, artist, and musician Norman McLaren has been marked by the Centre for the Moving Image (CMI) in conjunction with...
EIFF has designs on young filmmakers
The closing date for Student Critic applications is 12 May 2014, so if this is for you then make sure you get your application...
EIFF announce closing night film
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has just announced Simon Helberg’s romantic comedy WE’LL NEVER HAVE PARIS, co-directed by Jocelyn Towne, as the Closing Night film at the...
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014: The Eight Week Countdown
In just under eight weeks time, the red carpet will be rolled out to welcome the return of the 68th Edinburgh's International Film Festival....
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