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Monster vs Alien

Posted by Colan Mehaffey on Friday 12 March, 2010

Rifling through the film festival video archive we've stumbled across fantastic interviews with Hollywood big hitters Charlize Theron and Sigourney Weaver... which would you rather see as the next EIFFtv Classic?

Oscar® triumph for EIFF prems

Posted by Colan Mehaffey on Monday 08 March, 2010

It was a glittering night in Hollywood - and a happy occasion on Edinburgh's Lothian Road - as EIFF prems scooped statuettes on the biggest night in the film calendar.

The submissions countdown begins

Posted by Colan Mehaffey on Thursday 04 March, 2010

There are only five days left for the budding Spielbergs or Soderberghs out there to get submissions to EIFF for the 2010 Festival.

Off to a flyer

Posted by Colan Mehaffey on Wednesday 24 February, 2010

EIFF has secured CityJet as our official airline, making sure that the stars destined for the 2010 Festival will arrive in style.

EIFF titles sweep up

Posted by Diane Henderson on Monday 22 February, 2010

EIFF titles swept the board at the BAFTA awards ceremony, as three films from our 2009 edition picked up a total of 8 awards

Final Submissions Deadline Approaching

Posted by Kirsten Geekie on Wednesday 17 February, 2010

Time is running out to submit your film and be considered for EIFF 2010! Get your film in for Monday 1st March to take advantage of the Regular deadline fee, and then there is only a further week until Monday 8th March and the final deadline.

And the winner might be...

Posted by Colan Mehaffey on Tuesday 16 February, 2010

I'm not a gambling man but I'll be tempted to have a flutter on this year's Oscars®. If you want to win big then read on for this year's hot tips.*

World exclusive! No, honestly, it is.

Posted by Colan Mehaffey on Friday 12 February, 2010

We've discovered some hidden gems from the Festival video vaults, and will soon be showing exclusively online the first of our EIFFtv Classics series of interviews - the first feauring a great scot.

Been around the world

Posted by Kirsten Geekie on Friday 12 February, 2010

It's been a non-stop globetrot for the programming team since the turn of the year. Read on to find out which glamorous locations we've been stopping off at.

Extended Deadlines

Posted by Kirsten Geekie on Monday 25 January, 2010

We are pleased to announce the deadlines for submissions to the 2010 Edinburgh International Film Festival have been extended.

Exam

Posted by Hannah McGill on Friday 08 January, 2010

It’s always exciting when one of our treasured titles makes its first foray into the wider world of cinema release, but we’re especially pleased to see Stuart Hazeldine’s Exam unleashed on the world.

Submissions - Earlybird Deadline

Posted by Diane Henderson on Friday 11 December, 2009

Just a reminder that our earlybird submission deadline is this Monday - 14th December. This is your last chance to submit work at our low earlybird rates. Click here to find out more.