24 August 2023
View EIFF 2023 photo albums here. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023 draws to a close with the flame of independent cinema burning bright. This year’s Festival included 94 events in...
8 July 2023
EIFF @ Edinburgh International Festival runs from Friday 18 to Wednesday 23 August 2023 The Edinburgh International Festival is proud to host Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) as they...
29 June 2023
In 2023, Edinburgh International Film Festival will showcase writing by Scottish and Scotland-based writers in a series of publications. The inaugural EIFF Critical Writing Commissions seek bold...
23 June 2023
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) hosted by Edinburgh International Festival is delighted to announced that the Festival will close with the UK premiere of Fremont, directed by...
13 June 2023
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) hosted by Edinburgh International Festival, is delighted to announce that the Festival will open with the world premiere of Silent Roar, the debut feature...
28 April 2023
For a second year, Curate-It, in partnership with Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), is excited to offer two 13-week Curation Fellowships for candidates at the beginning of their careers...
8 March 2023
Screen Scotland, Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival are delighted to confirm that the 76th Edinburgh International Film Festival will take place this summer,...
23 August 2022
The 75th anniversary edition came to a close on Saturday 20th August, the first under the new vision of Creative Director Kristy Matheson, with 3 Awards handed out during the Closing Gala of...
20 July 2022
75th Anniversary edition runs from 12th to 20th August Full programme announced of 87 new features, 12 short film programmes, and two large scale retrospectives that celebrate the 2022 Theme of...
16 July 2021
The Filmarket Hub platform and Edinburgh International Film Festival are delighted to announce the selected projects at the Celtic Screen Talent Showcase - a virtual pitch event dedicated to feature...
21 June 2021
CENTRE FOR THE MOVING IMAGE ANNOUNCES KRISTY MATHESON AS ITS NEW CREATIVE DIRECTOR, SET TO LEAD EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND FILMHOUSE CINEMAS Today, Scotland’s Centre for the...
12 February 2021
CENTRE FOR THE MOVING IMAGE LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR A CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER TO LEAD EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND FILMHOUSE CINEMAS Do you believe in the transformative power of film for...
17 December 2020
The planning application for the New Filmhouse is now live on the City of Edinburgh Council’s planning portal. Public are able to submit comments on the proposals until 1 February 2021. Find out...
14 December 2020
Following an extensive and successful public consultation process which ran for 4 months following its launch in March 2020, Centre for the Moving Image (CMI) has submitted the full Planning...
15 October 2020
Struggling with Halloween ideas? Fear (no) more – Drive-in Movies at Edinburgh Airport offers the best Halloween entertainment for people of all ages in a safe, family-friendly environment!...
11 September 2020
Edinburgh International Film Festival and Unique Events, organisers of Drive-in Movies at Edinburgh Airport, are pleased to announce a special Halloween programme for the next four-day outdoor cinema...
29 August 2020
Edinburgh International Film Festival and Unique Events, organisers of Edinburgh’s brand new Drive In Movies event have hailed the opening weekend a huge success, with audiences of over 4,000...
16 July 2020
Edinburgh International Film Festival and Unique Events are delighted to confirm the first film titles for their ambitious new project, Drive-in Movies, arriving at Edinburgh Airport in August....
24 June 2020
· ED FILM FEST AT HOME, 12 days of previews of selected films presented by EIFF and Curzon Home Cinema opens today. · Directed by Rubika Shah, White Riot, a music documentary...
23 June 2020
Edinburgh International Film Festival and Unique Events, the team behind the capital’s successful ‘Film Fest in the City’ outdoor cinema events have teamed up with Edinburgh Airport to...
18 June 2020
EIFF and Curzon Home Cinema (CHC) present ED FILM FEST AT HOME, 12 days of previews of selected films available across the UK. Clemency starring Alfre Woodard and Capital in the 21st...
10 June 2020
Are we all missing cinema, or what? In particular, the steady flow of new films arranged for us by the nation’s film distributors and your favourite cinemas. Right now, the Edinburgh...
22 April 2020
Edinburgh International Film Festival is pleased to announce the six projects selected for the upcoming edition of its Talent Lab Connects programme and has confirmed that the 2020 version will be...
26 March 2020
Updates to the pre-planning public consultation process: Edinburgh’s Filmhouse is adapting its scheduled pre-planning public consultation in light of the social distancing and other advice...
18 March 2020
In line with the UK Government and Scottish Government’s public health advice we are sad to announce that we are postponing the 74th EIFF due to take place in June. We are looking at which elements...
10 March 2020
Visionary eye on the world captured in bold new landmark project to deliver the future of Filmhouse, home to Edinburgh International Film Festival Extensive pre-planning Public Consultation phase...
5 March 2020
The programme for Film Fest on the Forth, EIFF's weekend of free outdoor screenings at Port Edgar Marina on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June 2020, has been unveiled – and it includes everything from...
25 February 2020
EIFF is pleased to announce that our Internship Programme is now open. The Internship Programme, supported by Aberdeen Standard Investments, aims to provide opportunities to people of all...
20 February 2020
We're delighted to announce the call for EIFF Works in Progress along with a new partnership with One Bright Dot to award the most promising project with £20,000 in-kind grading services to use...
29 November 2019
After serving as Artistic Director of Edinburgh International Film Festival for five festivals, Mark Adams is stepping down from his role on 30th November. During Adams’ tenure at EIFF overall...
19 November 2019
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is proud to unveil its 2020 retrospective programme, The Big Score; an exploration of innovation in film score, to screen as part of the 74th EIFF next...
14 November 2019
The Centre for the Moving Image, which incorporates Edinburgh International Film Festival, Filmhouse Cinema and Café Bar (Edinburgh) and Belmont Filmhouse (Aberdeen) is now an accredited Real Living...
12 November 2019
As part of its 74th edition in June 2020, Edinburgh International Film Festival is thrilled to present a uniquely cinematic celebration of Scotland’s Coasts and Waters. Film Fest on the Forth...
27 June 2019
Siobhan Synnot hosted our In Person event with Pollyanna McIntosh, which took place on Wed 26 June at Filmhouse. 1. If the work doesn't make you a little bit nervous, it's lost its sparkle - on...
26 June 2019
The influence of artist, animator, designer and visual effects master Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013) is still felt in the film industry - from the big budget blockbuster effects of Hollywood to the...
25 June 2019
As Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece celebrates with a newly restored 'Final Cut' version, we look at some things you might not have know about this cult classic... Celebrating its 40th...
25 June 2019
Following their successful Cage-A-Rama 3D Double Bill, expect chills and thrills as Megan and Sean from Matchbox Cineclub give us their top picks of what's to come at Edinburgh International Film...
23 June 2019
Our top moments when Siobhan Synnot interviewed Jack Lowden on Fri 21 Jun at 6pm at Filmhouse. 1. It's not a romantic story in any way - on his journey in acting 2. The luckiest thing is to...
22 June 2019
Our most quotable lines from Young Programmer Chloe Ainsley's interview with Boyz In The Wood director, Ninian Doff, which took place on Thu 20 Jun at EIFF Youth Hub. 1. They don't invite me...
22 June 2019
Edinburgh International Film Festival celebrated its 73rd edition with the annual Castle Reception hosted by the Scottish Government and Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and...
10 April 2019
For its 74th edition in 2020, Edinburgh International Film Festival is excited to announce Scotland’s Shores, an exciting programme which will showcase some of the greatest moments in Scottish film...
26 February 2019
Applications for our DISTRIBUTION REWIRED Marketplace are now open! DISTRIBUTION REWIRED is a 2-day event which has been running during EIFF since 2015. It is dedicated to a more creative approach...
11 February 2019
EIFF Works in Progress is a one-day event where invited international sales agents, distributors, producers and festival programmers can get an ahead-of-the-game look at upcoming UK feature films.......
8 February 2019
Edinburgh International Film Festival is proud to announce that Johnnie Walker will be the official whisky partner of this year’s 73rd EIFF. Johnnie Walker will be sponsoring EIFF’s Berlinale...
4 February 2019
The submissions process for the 2019 Edinburgh International Film Festival has been extended! The deadline for late submissions, which was due to close next Thursday (7 February) has been...
11 December 2018
Once again EIFF invites you to attend Dark Xmas, our annual celebration of alternative, provocative and controversial Christmas cinema from around the world, this year featuring festive cult classics...
5 December 2018
The board of the Centre for the Moving Image, parent company of Edinburgh International Film Festival, Filmhouse, Edinburgh and Belmont Filmhouse, Aberdeen, has announced that Sandy Begbie CBE has...
6 November 2018
Edinburgh International Film Festival is delighted to be supported by the Scottish Government's newly announced PLACE programme, which is designed to enable festival programmes to be more diverse and...
31 October 2018
Submissions for the 2019 Edinburgh International Film Festival are now open! Our 73rd edition takes place in Edinburgh from 19 to 30 June 2019, and you can be a part of it. You can submit your...
10 October 2018
Edinburgh International Film Festival today confirmed the eight screenwriters from across the UK selected for the next edition of the EIFF Ideas Lab supporting them to find inspiration in the world...
7 September 2018
Submissions for the 2019 Edinburgh International Film Festival open on Wednesday 31 October 2018. Our 73rd edition takes place in Edinburgh from 19 to 30 June to 2019, and you can be a part of...
1 July 2018
The votes have been counted, and we're delighted to reveal that the winner of our Audience Award is Fran Healy's Almost Fashionable: A Film About Travis. Healy's film is a music biopic with a...
28 June 2018
Edinburgh International Film Festival today announced the Award Winners for this year’s 72nd edition. 121 new features, including 20 world premieres, from 48 countries across the globe, screened at...
27 June 2018
EIFF is delighted to be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Edinburgh and Lothians Schools Film Competition. This long-running project helps local young people engage with film and the...
22 June 2018
I’ve been thinking quite a lot in the past couple of years about the history of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In 2016, the Regrouping retrospective celebrated the wonderful decade of...
13 June 2018
Edinburgh International Film Festival today revealed further details of the much-anticipated Animation programme scheduled to take place as part of this month’s 72nd edition of the Festival. Four...
13 June 2018
With increasing attention arriving on issues of diversity in the film industry, having this diversity represented in the programming of films at festivals can be seen as emblematic of this...
11 June 2018
We're excited to announce a number of exciting, new additions to our high-profile line-up of award-winning filmmakers, acclaimed producers, on-screen stars and jurors ahead of our Opening Night Gala...
8 June 2018
We’ve always had a pretty strong connection to music at EIFF, from showing entire programmes of music video in our 90s Mirrorball strand to handing out audience award to the likes of Beuna Vista...
5 June 2018
Edinburgh International Film Festival 72nd edition has today announced its comprehensive 2018 Industry Programme including the EIFF Talent Lab, Works in Progress showcase and Distribution Rewired...
23 May 2018
Artistic Director Mark Adams today unveiled details of the programme for the upcoming Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), taking place next month between 20 June to 1 July. This year the...
22 May 2018
The 20th anniversary of the seminal horror-thriller comic book adaptation of Blade and the 10th anniversary of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, for which Blade was a dynamic precursor, served as the...
14 May 2018
In our 72nd year, we're proud to unveil a rich selection of Scottish films, filmmakers, acting talent and films shot in Scotland as part of our 2018 Festival programme. Opening with a spellbinding...
9 May 2018
JAWS is coming to EIFF 2018 – and the screening will be presented with its iconic score played by the RSNO! With what promises to be an unmissable film-in-concert experience just a few weeks away,...
9 May 2018
The full EIFF programme will be launched on 23 May 2018. Tickets go on sale for Filmhouse members ONLY at 12pm on 23 May, with tickets going on sale to the general public at 10am on 25 May 2018.......
3 May 2018
Relive the thrilling suspense of Jaws as Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) plays the iconic score in sync with the film projected on the...
30 April 2018
Edinburgh International Film Festival and Essential Edinburgh’s immensely popular free open-air cinema event, Film Fest in the City with Mackays, is set to return to St Andrew Square Garden this...
26 April 2018
Hotly-anticipated British comedy Swimming with Men will close the 72nd edition of the Festival on Sunday 1st July. BOOK NOW FOR EIFF 2018 CLOSING GALA, SWIMMING WITH MEN, AT FESTIVAL THEATRE....
24 April 2018
We're thrilled to announce that the highly regarded drama Puzzle, featuring a spellbinding performance by the acclaimed Kelly Macdonald, will open the 72nd edition of the Festival on Wednesday 20th...
13 April 2018
Edinburgh International Film Festival is set to go full-force into its opening weekend, hosting a Family Gala screening of Disney•Pixar’s highly-anticipated sequel, Incredibles 2, confirmed for...
22 March 2018
Our 2018 Retrospective programme is Time of the Signs: Chasing the American Zeitgeist. Inspired by current affairs in Trump-era America, this year’s line-up will focus primarily on U.S. cinema from...
1 March 2018
In a night of vampire thrills, Edinburgh International Film Festival will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the seminal horror-thriller Blade, with EIFF Play: Blade, a special expanded cinema...
11 February 2018
The Sunday Times Scotland will be the official media partner of this year’s 72nd Edinburgh International Film Festival. The 2018 Festival will run from Wednesday 20 June until Sunday 1 July and...
18 January 2018
Inverness-born actor, director and screenwriter, and Scottish Youth Theatre alumni, Karen Gillan (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy) has been announced as Patron of...
7 November 2017
It's already been a week since I left the wonderful city of Ourense (Galicia, Spain), where I took part as a jury member in the “Óperas Primas” (Debut Features) competition of the most...
13 October 2017
We are delighted to announce that submissions for the 2018 Edinburgh International Film Festival open on Wednesday 1 November 2017. As the longest continually running film festival in the world,...
12 October 2017
As I sit writing this, I’m a little dismayed at just how quickly my year as the EIFF Screenwriter-in-Residence has shot in. But it has been a packed year. I’ve met fellows and scientists that...
5 October 2017
FESTIVAL!, an exciting new event from the organisers of three of Edinburgh’s flagship festivals, is coming to Aberdeen from 16 to 19 November. Next month’s four-day mini-festival has been...
28 August 2017
On its 70th edition, the Locarno Festival continues to be among the world’s forefront venues for bold and boundary-pushing independent global cinema. This year I was delighted to be invited by the...
24 August 2017
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has today announced Glasgow-born screenwriter Nicole Taylor as the new EIFF Screenwriter-in-Residence. The appointment will see Taylor receive a...
15 August 2017
This summer, EIFF's Deputy Artistic Director Diane Henderson visited the New Horizons International Film Festival in Poland. Here she tells us some highlights one of the biggest and most popular film...
3 July 2017
Edinburgh International Film Festival is celebrating a successful 71st edition, which saw a sixth successive year of increased audience numbers, an array of high profile talent in attendance, and...
23 June 2017
A chance to see a selection of some of the most popular films from the festival, for just £8 per ticket. Best of the Fest celebrates the most popular screenings at EIFF, giving you another chance...
21 June 2017
We're delighted to announce a number of exciting new additions to our high-profile line-up of award-winning filmmakers, acclaimed producers, on-screen stars and jurors ahead of its Opening Night Gala...
15 June 2017
The programme for EIFF Youth Hub 2017 is now live. Taking place from 23-26 June, EIFF Youth Hub will see teens from across the UK converge on Edinburgh for the Festival’s free programme of...
7 June 2017
Edinburgh International Film Festival is delighted to announce this year's extensive Industry Programme which will begin with the annual EIFF Screen Summit on Wednesday 21st June, along with EIFF’s...
31 May 2017
VIEW THE 2017 PROGRAMME HERE AND DOWNLOAD HERE. Highlights include the UK Premiere of Disney-Pixar’s animation Cars 3 and the highly-anticipated Opening and Closing Gala premieres of the...
23 May 2017
Welcome to Edinburgh International Film Festival's brand new event cinema experience - EIFF: Play. Kicking off from 15 June, EIFF: Play celebrates films from celebrated writer-director Edgar...
23 May 2017
This year we're delighted to unveil a rich selection of Scottish films, filmmakers and acting talent as part of the 2017 Festival programme. Showcasing features, shorts, documentaries, animations and...
22 May 2017
"When Edinburgh asked me if I was directing a reading as part of my retrospective, I jumped at the chance of reviving This Story of Yours. It’s a continuation of the themes I’ve been working on...
11 May 2017
EIFF is delighted to announce that England is Mine, about the early life of singer Morrissey, will close the 71st edition of the Festival on Sunday 2nd July, 2017 at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.
8 May 2017
EIFF is delighted to announce that Francis Lee’s debut feature God’s Own Country will open the 71st edition of the Festival on 21 June, 2017
4 May 2017
Edinburgh International Film Festival once again rolls out the green carpet with Summer Outdoor Cinema!
28 April 2017
Born in Rutherglen, near Glasgow, on October 3rd 1940, Tom McGrath had notions of artistic exploration from a very early age.
27 April 2017
In celebration of 70 years, we're delighted to announce our 2017 retrospective programme, The Future is History, conceived and curated by Senior Programmer Niall Greig Fulton. Consisting of...
19 April 2017
EIFF presents an examination of the life and work of The The frontman Matt Johnson, including the UK Premiere of documentary The Inertia Variations. Edinburgh International Film Festival is...
1 April 2017
In celebration of the 15th anniversary of Disney Pixar's fantastically fishy caper Finding Nemo - and the 2nd anniversary of Finding Dory at EIFF - we're proud to present a double bill with a...
20 March 2017
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is set to go full-throttle in its opening weekend, with the UK Premiere of ’s high-octane family adventure, confirmed for Sunday 25 June, 2017 at 2pm at...
17 March 2017
Edinburgh International Film Festival is delighted to present a special screening of Reichenbach Falls, followed by a Q&A with Ian Rankin.
8 March 2017
EIFF and RSNO are delighted to announce further collaborations - screenings of Psycho and Brief Encounter with live orchestral score.
28 February 2017
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) and Royal Scottish National Orchestral (RSNO) present adventure classic 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' at the usher hall with live orchestral score, which...
14 February 2017
Submissions for the 71st Edinburgh International Film Festival extended until Wednesday 22 February.
7 January 2017
The British Embassy Berlin is to host this year’s Berlinale reception to celebrate the 70th anniversary year of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
8 November 2016
Edinburgh International Film Festival announces focus on Poland for the 71st edition of the Festival in 2017.
7 November 2016
Top Awards for 4 films which premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2015 & 2016 at the Scottish BAFTA Awards in Glasgow last night.
1 November 2016
Submissions for the 2017 Edinburgh International Film Festival are now OPEN! The longest continually running film festival in the world, Edinburgh International Film Festival is now preparing its...
25 October 2016
Edinburgh International Film Festival will host a Gala Screening of Ewan McGregor's directorial debut American Pastoral at Filmhouse on Wednesday 2 November, with Ewan in attendance.
7 October 2016
Award-winning Glasgow-born writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns announced as the first EIFF Screenwriter-in-Residence.
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