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Edinburgh International Film Festival returns for buoyant comeback edition 6e5t6r
Industry welcomes back Edinburgh despite some minor hiccups.
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‘The Ceremony’ wins inaugural Sean Connery Prize at revamped Edinburgh film festival 17242s
UK feature directed by Jack King receives £50,000 award.
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“I’m trying to challenge the canon,” says Mark Cousins of 16-hour ‘The Story Of Documentary Film’ 2y6910
Mark Cousins’ Karlovy Vary winner ’A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things’ is now screening at Edinburgh.
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Alex Garland and Andrew Macdonald talk ‘28 Years Later’ trilogy, casting indie films and the importance of producers 4r614h
Garland was talking at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, alongside his long-time producer and EIFF chair, Andrew Macdonald.
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“Cinema is in a very bad way,” says Brian Cox, on eve of production of directorial debut ‘Glenrothan’ 252j1z
Cox’s directorial debut starts shooting later this month in Scotland.
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Netflix UK’s Teresa Moneo s expanded Edinburgh film festival board 3l2t71
’Aftersun’ producer Amy Jackson has been upped to vice-chair.
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Edinburgh film festival director Paul Ridd on building his inaugural edition: “It’s a 77-year-old start-up” 181l5k
Ridd’s first edition unfurls from August 15-21, with a focus on firmly aligning EIFF with the Edinburgh Fringe.
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WME’s Alex Walton, filmmakers Alex Garland, Charlotte Regan Edinburgh industry line-up 3d6a5f
The main industry programme runs from August 16 to August 18.
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Festival pioneer Lynda Myles to receive Bafta Scotland award 3b5d3j
Former Edinburgh director Myles was the world’s first female festival director.
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In pictures: Edinburgh International Film Festival breakfast reception 1k5rh
The event was held at Picturehouse Central in London.
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Edinburgh 2024 world premieres include ‘Lollipop’, ’The Radleys’ and AI doll documentary ‘Smiles And Kisses You’ 20484g
A total of 37 features including 18 world premieres will screen at the new-look festival.
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Edinburgh film festival to close with girl bands documentary ‘Since Yesterday’ (exclusive) 4x154f
The film is co-directed by Carla J. Easton and Blair Young
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‘The Outrun’ to open revamped Edinburgh International Film Festival 3a44l
The full EIFF programme will be unveiled on July 10.
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Janis Pugh’s ‘Chuck Chuck Baby’ sells to North America, UK-Ireland (exclusive) 2a4c30
The Edinburgh premiere has also sold throughout Europe.
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Edinburgh director Paul Ridd reveals details of £50,000 filmmaker award (exclusive) 6d4b1n
It is backed by The Sean Connery Foundation, which will also award a £15,000 short film prize.
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Edinburgh confirms dates for 2024 edition and competition details 382s1h
The festival will take place once again in August.
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Rowan Woods takes reins as creative director at Edinburgh TV festival 6e4y63
Woods is a respected film and TV curator, acquisitions executive and festival consultant, with stints at British Council, BFI, BBC Film and AMC Networks.
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Paul Ridd named director of Edinburgh International Film Festival 2k2t46
Ridd, presently head of acquisitions at Picturehouse Entertainment, will take up the role in December.
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Edinburgh film festival embarks on search for festival director 4z3p1o
Kate Taylor, programme director for the festival’s one-off 2023 streamlined edition, has confirmed she will not be applying.
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14 films to watch from the summer festivals nu5d
Includes titles from Locarno, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Annecy, Karlovy Vary, Bifan, Karlovy Vary, New York Asian Film Festival, Galway and Fantasia.