A Screenwriter’s Sign-off
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...
Submission Dates Announced for EIFF 2018
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,...
Edinburgh's Festivals on tour in Aberdeen
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...
Dispatches: Locarno Festival
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...
Edinburgh International Film Festival Announces Nicole Taylor as 2017/18 Screenwriter-In-Residence
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...
Dispatches: New Horizons
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...
Young Programmers choose their favourite EIFF films
5 July 2017
The best films I have seen at this year’s festival have been a trio of discoveries - films I had no expectations for and was blown away by. Where Is Kyra? is unlike anything I have ever seen,...