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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 2021: Pig
Nicolas Cage gives one of his most memorable and melancholic performances as a truffle-hunting hermit reemerging into his old life in search of his beloved pig Read more »| 18 Aug 2021 -
FilmSparks discuss their debut film, Annette
Pop duo Sparks bring their recent shift to a more operatic sound to its natural conclusion with Annette, a baroque musical they wrote with French director Leos Carax, which arrives at Edinburgh International Film Festival this month Read more »| 16 Aug 2021 -
FilmAbsolute Denial: Ryan Braund on his indie animation
Sheffield-based filmmaker Ryan Braund presents his first feature film, Absolute Denial, at Edinburgh Film Festival this month. The director talks us through its lockdown origin story Read more »| 16 Aug 2021 -
FilmMovie Magic: Edinburgh Film Festival 2021 preview
Edinburgh International Film Festival returns to its original August slot with an eye-catching opening film starring Nicolas Cage, two much-anticipated musicals and plenty of classics Read more »| 28 Jul 2021 -
FilmFringe of Colour reveal 2021 film programme
Fringe of Colour are back for 2021 with an online programme of films from Black artists and artists of colour Read more »| 01 Jul 2021 -
FestivalsEIFF plan outdoor festival by the Firth of Forth
Edinburgh International Film Festival will return to in-person screenings with a weekend of aquatically-themed films, from Jaws to Titanic, screening on the banks of the Firth of Forth Read more »| 01 Jul 2021
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FilmYouth in Revolt: Ninian Doff on Get Duked!
Ninian Doff opened EIFF 2019 with his rambunctious action-comedy Boyz in the Wood, now titled Get Duked! He talks about politicising today's youth, embracing a music video aesthetic and casting Eddie Izzard as a demented Scottish Duke Read more »| 05 Aug 2020 -
FilmEIFF bring Drive-In cinema to Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport hosts a drive-in screening series next month – here's what's on the menu Read more »| 22 Jul 2020 -
FilmAll change at EIFF as artistic director Mark Adams steps down
After five years, Mark Adams steps down from his role as artistic director of Edinburgh International Film Festival. It’s an opportunity for a fresh start for a festival that’s in need of reinvention Read more »| 29 Nov 2019 -
FilmEdinburgh Film Festival lines up film score retrospective for 2020
EIFF celebrates the work of Ennio Morricone, Mica Levi and Delia Derbyshire in its 2020 retrospective Read more »| 20 Nov 2019 -
FilmManta Ray (Kraben Rahu)
Thai film Manta Ray invokes Hitchcock, Lynch and Kubrick, standing up to the best of those influences. For those with a penchant for the strange and an eye for surrealist beauty, there are rich rewards here Read more »| 02 Jul 2019 -
FilmSchemers
Schemers is the inspiring true-life story of how a Dundee teen set his town's music scene alight – it's just a shame that the film has little interest in the women of that scene Read more »| 29 Jun 2019 -
FilmAdewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's Farming wins EIFF's top prize
As well as winning the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film, Farming’s lead actor also picked up an award Read more »| 28 Jun 2019 -
FilmCronofobia
An atmospheric psychological drama from first-time director Francesco Rizzi, Cronofobia's arresting visuals and committed performances make this one of the most memorable films of the year Read more »| 28 Jun 2019 -
FilmWhat She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
As an overview of the career of the contentious film critic, What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael is a congenial ode to a unique and important cultural voice of the 20th century Read more »| 28 Jun 2019