The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will run from 14 to 20 August 2025 in a revived festival for the 78th iteration, under the new leadership of EIFF CEO and Festival Director, Paul Ridd...
There was a tremendous sense of atmosphere before Choose Irvine with the man himself arriving and looking sharp.
When the film, directed by Ian Jeffries, concentrates on Welsh’s early life in Edinburgh and London,...
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 Dondo in the "teenage tale of surfing, sex and hellfire"...
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 offer a four day residency in the heart of the...
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 a strong and imaginative narrative rather than special effects.
Using...
Six projects have been announced by Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) for the upcoming edition of Talent Lab Connects programme and confirm that following a successful delivery last year, the 2021 version will again...
The Centre for the Moving Image which incorporates Filmhouse and Edinburgh International Film Festival announced their plans for a new home in Festival Square just as lockdown was announced.
After that a consultation was...
Edinburgh International Film Festival and Curzon Home Cinema have announced more films to entertain you next week.
Clemency, written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu and starring Alfre Woodard and Capital in the 21st Century, directed by...
On 27 May the Edinburgh International Film Festival will team up with Hidden Door Festival in EIFF Play : Eternal Night.
This is a special expanded cinema event supported by Sir Ewan and Lady Brown...
For the first time the Vue Omni Centre on Greenside Place will host films from the Edinburgh International Film Festival. 2017 sees the 70th Anniversary Year of the festival and an array of World...
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 2017 at 2pm at the Festival Theatre.
The film’s Story Supervisor,...
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 visually cinematic storytelling, pulling the anarchy within the core of...
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 in the critically acclaimed television series Game of Thrones.
Directed by...
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 opening night screening of Jason Connery's Tommy's Honour.
Directed by Sean Connery's...
There will be many stars in Edinburgh over the couple of weeks when the Edinburgh Intnerational Film Festival is on. Here are just a few:
Hollywood legend Meg Ryan will be in attendance at the Festival with...
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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This is the text of the announcement made by the Prime Minister, David Cameron:
"Last...
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 is not as glossy as in the past but what...
The full programme for the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 will be announced today. We have set up a live blog here to capture the important parts!
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The centenary of pioneering animator, artist, and musician Norman McLaren has been marked by the Centre for the Moving Image (CMI) in conjunction with the National Film Board of Canada with a ground-breaking, nationwide...
The closing date for Student Critic applications is 12 May 2014, so if this is for you then make sure you get your application in. Details are at the end of this article.
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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 68th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Sunday 29...
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. As usual, we will be expecting film stars and filmmakers...
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) today announced the continuation of Artistic Director Chris Fujiwara’s tenure, initially for a further three years. The appointment was announced following 2012’s successful EIFF that saw admissions of just...
The stars of Disney-Pixar’s BRAVE were piped onto the red carpet today at the Festival Theatre as they celebrated the first showing of the new film BRAVE in the UK. Inspired by the rich...
Day Of The Flowers
Viva la revolución, big yin.
When their father suddenly dies, two Glasgow sisters - one a socialist activist, the other a party girl - take his ashes to Cuba to scatter them...
Chris Fujiwara came to Edinburgh in January to run the 2012 offering of films. He has had his work cut out for him as the reviews of last year's Film Festival were less than...
THRILLER “KILLER JOE” TO KICK OFF 66th EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) announced today that William Friedkin’s shockingly cool and blackly comic noir thriller KILLER JOE will be the Opening Gala...
by Ryan McNeely
There was an American TV series a couple of years ago called Life. It was about a cop who was wrongly convicted of murder and spent 12 years in prison, then was...
By David Kettle
Edinburgh International Film Festival director James Mullighan explained his passion for short films in his introduction to one of the EIFF’s shorts weekender showings, as well as his intention to expand the...
by Ryan McNeely
What can I say about Troll Hunter? Well, before the flick started, I tweeted this:- “Going to see Troll Hunter. With a name like that, how can it not be awesome?”
You know...