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The Skinny's guide to Edinburgh International Film Festival. Film reviews, interviews, opinion and comment from this year's festival, taking place this August. EIFF is the longest continually-running film festival in the world, and The Skinny are proud to be official media partners.
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FilmEIFF 2024: My Favourite Cake
Imagine Before Sunset but with lonely pensioners in Tehran and you've got a hint of what to expect in this gentle, patient film Read more »| 27 Aug 2024 -
FilmEIFF 2024: Xibalba Monster
This study of a young boy with a fascination for death is a striking work but struggles to fully communicate its young protagonist's emotional world Read more »| 26 Aug 2024 -
FilmEIFF 2024: Timestalker
Alice Lowe's centuries-spanning comedy Timestalker has a neat premise but unfortunately, the jokes fall flat Read more »| 26 Aug 2024 -
FilmEdinburgh Film Festival: The 2024 award winners
The new-look Edinburgh International Film Festival came to a close with the world premiere of an excellent new Scottish documentary and an awards ceremony for its mint-fresh competitions Read more »| 22 Aug 2024 -
FilmEIFF 2024: To Kill a Wolf
Little Red Riding Hood gets a modern retelling in Kelsey Taylor's restrained psychological drama To Kill a Wolf Read more »| 21 Aug 2024 -
FilmEIFF 2024: *smiles and kisses you*
A man's relationship with an AI doll is the heart of this engaging, humane but slightly repetitive documentary Read more »| 21 Aug 2024
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FilmEIFF 2024: Lollipop
Daisy-May Hudson's drama about a single mother trying to regain access to her kids after a spell in prison can feel a little heavy-handed at times, but an excellent lead performance from Posy Sterling pulls it along Read more »| 21 Aug 2024 -
FilmEIFF 2024: A Shrine
A lovely moral parable centred on an Iranian man living in Montreal who tries to get rich quick by building a mobile shrine for the city's Iranian diaspora community Read more »| 21 Aug 2024 -
FilmFede Álvarez on Alien: Romulus
Fede Álvarez is the latest in the long line of directors to have a crack at the Alien franchise with Alien: Romulus. We spoke to Álvarez ahead of the film's screening at Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 16 Aug 2024 -
FilmTen Films to See at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024
From noir dramas to moody docs, time-travelling women to road-tripping ventriloquists, our picks from this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 25 Jul 2024 -
FilmMeet Edinburgh Film Festival's new director, Paul Ridd
Ahead of Edinburgh International Film Festival's programme launch last week, we sat down with Festival director Paul Ridd to discuss his vision for EIFF’s future and the films that have shaped his taste in cinema Read more »| 18 Jul 2024 -
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Edinburgh International Film Festival reveals 2024 programme
This year’s EIFF is made up of 37 new feature films, 18 of which are world premieres. New films from Alice Lowe, Mark Cousins and Ben Rivers are among the programme, plus Gaspar Noé appears In Conversation Read more »| 10 Jul 2024 -
FilmEIFF to close with Carla J. Easton’s Scottish girl band documentary
Edinburgh International Film Festival will close with the world premiere of Since Yesterday: The Untold Story Of Scotland’s Girl Bands, directed by Carla J. Easton and Blair Young Read more »| 03 Jul 2024 -
FilmThe Substance to close EIFF’s Midnight Madness strand
The eagerly awaited body horror The Substance – starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid – will close the new Midnight Madness strand at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 11 Jun 2024 -
FilmEIFF previews its Midnight Madness strand
Edinburgh International Film Festival will preview its new Midnight Madness strand with new slasher flick In a Violent Nature Read more »| 29 May 2024