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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 2022: Black Mambas
Lena Karbe’s documentary explores issues of race, gender and class in South Africa’s all-female anti-poaching unit Read more »| 29 Aug 2022 -
FilmFlux Gourmet
Peter Strickland returns with Flux Gourmet, which follows the clashes of ethos and egos between a band that make sonic soundscapes using food. The results are messy Read more »| 16 Aug 2022 -
FilmOfficial Competition
An out-of-touch investor hires an eccentric director and two mismatched actors to adapt a book he hasn't read. Hilarity ensues Read more »| 13 Aug 2022 -
FilmAntonia Campbell-Hughes on It Is in Us All
We delve into the dark psychological thriller It Is in Us All with Irish filmmaker Antonia Campbell-Hughes, who directed, wrote, and acted in the film Read more »| 10 Aug 2022 -
FilmEdinburgh Film Festival 2022: 15 Must-See Films
Of course, we recommend you make it opener Aftersun and closer After Yang, although tickets are currently like gold dust. Here are 15 other must-see titles from EIFF's programme Read more »| 09 Aug 2022 -
FilmKim Knowles on EIFF retrospective Reframing the Gaze
Kim Knowles introduces EIFF's Reframing the Gaze retrospective which responds to the 50th anniversary of the festival's legendary 1972 Women’s Event Read more »| 09 Aug 2022
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FilmEdinburgh Cinemas Guide
Edinburgh International Film Festival makes a welcome permanent return to the August festival bonanza Read more »| 18 Jul 2022 -
FilmThe Road Dance
The Road Dance has ambitions to explore the devastating impact of war on isolated communities. It doesn't quite succeed, but it's a handsomely mounted period piece nonetheless Read more »| 25 Apr 2022 -
FilmEdinburgh Film Festival: Read 2021's Young Critics
Read reviews from this year's group of Edinburgh International Film Festival Young Critics Read more »| 02 Sep 2021 -
FilmEIFF 2021: Faceless
Documentary Faceless, from award-winning journalist Jennifer Ngo, explores Hong Kong’s 2019 pro-democracy movement from the point of view of four young activists on the ground Read more »| 02 Sep 2021 -
FilmEIFF 2021: Bridging the Gap – Mobile
Five new Bridging the Gap documentary shorts on the theme of 'mobile' premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival. We found a programme delving into change and longing – emotions we can all relate to this year Read more »| 02 Sep 2021 -
FilmEIFF 2021: Rebel Dykes
Mixing interviews, archive footage and animated sequences, Rebel Dykes is a poignant account of lesbian activism and a kickarse celebration of lesbian sex and culture Read more »| 02 Sep 2021 -
FilmEIFF 2021: Stop-Zemlia
Kateryna Gornostai's coming-of-age film follows the social anxieties, unresolved crushes and the terrifying vastness of the future for three teen friends Read more »| 02 Sep 2021 -
FilmEIFF 2021: Absolute Denial
This breakneck, Frankenstein-esque animation about an unemployed programmer's battle of wits with the AI program he's created has some narrative flaws, but it's a hugely promising first feature Read more »| 02 Sep 2021 -
FilmEIFF 2021: The Deer King
This directorial debut from Studio Ghibli alumni Masayuki Miyaji and Masashi Ando is a dark, breathtaking epic with an emotional core Read more »| 02 Sep 2021