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Everyone's a critic nowadays, right? But if you're interested in more than just firing off hot takes into the abyss of Twitter, Edinburgh International Film ... Read more »

Disney•Pixar love Edinburgh International Film Festival. During the last decade, no edition of the long-running festival has felt complete without ... Read more »

COVID has significantly limited our movements and narrowed our lives to an extent, showing us how much we took mobility for granted. This year, as part of th... Read more »

For the last decade or so, Edinburgh cinephiles have had a quiet August. The Edinburgh International Film Festival was first held in 1947, the same year as t... Read more »

It Is in Us All, the directorial debut from Irish actor Antonia Campbell-Hughes, is a slow-burn. The indie drama follows Hamish (Cosmo Jarvis), a businessman... Read more »

In The Justice of Bunny King, the titular character is a struggling mother of two trying to re-enter society after serving time in prison for murdering her a... Read more »

The retrospective for this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival has been announced, and organisers say they’ve been inspired by current a... Read more »

Fifty years ago, Edinburgh International Film Festival hosted its highly influential Women's Event. Helmed by revolutionary film theorists Laura Mu... Read more »

Is there a tougher job in UK cinema exhibition than being head of the Edinburgh International Film Festival? From the outside, it appears not. This venerable... Read more »

Like many of our colleagues and friends in Scotland's creative community, The Skinny have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. We're asking for your su... Read more »

We at The Skinny are very excited to discover what shape Edinburgh International Film Festival will take this year. After the cancellation of the 2020 event ... Read more »

In 2007, Belgian artist Wim Delvoye – infamous for tattooing pigs in the name of artistic genius – turned his needle to the then-unknown Tim Stei... Read more »

Getting started in film journalism can be tricky, but a fine place to learn the ropes is as part of Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Student Cri... Read more »

If last year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival Opening Gala film Puzzle left something to be desired, it looks like we’re in for a treat th... Read more »

Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF)'s collaborations with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) have become one of the most popular events at... Read more »

We’re very much looking forward to the return of Edinburgh International Film Festival after the long-running event took a hiatus last year due to the ... Read more »

Edinburgh International Film Festival kicks off on 20 June this year, and Film Fest in the City – EIFF’s annual outdoor screening season in colla... Read more »

It’s been announced today that Mark Adams is stepping down from his role as Artistic Director of Edinburgh International Film Festival after five years... Read more »

No one will miss Scotland’s self-appointed Centre for the Moving Image, the charity that fell into administration on 6 October. But anyone who cares ev... Read more »

The film community in Scotland was knocked sideways yesterday by the news that two of the most important and most-loved arts institutions in Edinburgh &ndash... Read more »

Edinburgh International Film Festival has revealed its closing film for 2024. The curtain will come down on the festival on 21 August with the world premiere... Read more »

In the year that Edinburgh International Film Festival’s annual Michael Powell Award is retooled to become the Powell and Pressburger Award, there&rsqu... Read more »

Nicolette Krebitz’s A E I O U - A Quick Alphabet of Love borrows from a rich history of cinematic love stories told from the perspective of women (if r... Read more »

Leonor Will Never DieDir. Martika Ramirez EscobarFiction and reality blur in this surreal comedy from the Philippines. The Leonor of the title is an age... Read more »

Scotland’s biggest film star Sean Connery was a long-time supporter of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and a regular attendee. The Oscar-win... Read more »

Timestalker begins with Agnes (Alice Lowe), a 17th-century Scotswoman, experiencing a moment of love at first sight. Alex (Aneurin Barnard) might be a comple... Read more »

Good news, Toy Story fans. Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz (Tim Allen), Rex (Wallace Shawn), Jessie (Joan Cusack), Hamm (John Ratzenberger) and the gang will be back... Read more »

My Favourite Cake is a measured, textured window into the life of 70-year-old widow Mahin, (Lily Farhadpour) as she gently pursues the affections of Faramarz... Read more »

Kelly Reichardt has made a career from mapping out entire worlds from the slight bursts of tension in everyday relationships. Showing Up, with its contempora... Read more »

The 2019 Edinburgh International Film Festival is in full swing, with the festival's annual Best of The Fest selection bringing down the curtain on Sunday 30... Read more »