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Filmmaking siblings are ten a penny in Hollywood. These brothers and sisters tend to work together (think the Coens, the Wachowskis, the Safdies) but there a... 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 »

Scottish film was pretty well represented at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, although I didn’t find a standout feature. Thank ... Read more »

The 79th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival came to a close last night on a poignant note with the world premiere of Bel, a documentary abo... 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 »

Edinburgh International Film Festival’s late-night horror strand, Midnight Madness, is coming together nicely. Earlier in the week, we were told that t... 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 »

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 »

A key motivation for Theodore Schaefer when making his second feature film, The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight, seems to be to showcase the tal... 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 »

Daisy-May Hudson’s often wrenching but ultimately uplifting drama Lollipop revolves around two women, Mollie (Posy Sterling) and Amina (Idil Ahmed). Fr... Read more »

Tom (Sam Riley) lives a life just outside of luxury. A tennis coach at an upscale Fuerteventura hotel, his days of glory on the court far behind him, he fill... 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 »

There’s a distinctly bittersweet flavour to Silent Roar, the soulful and gently comic debut feature from Johnny Barrington, which is due to have its wo... Read more »

“Right now, I’m revolting against the conventions of movies,” said New York filmmaker Shirley Clarke when making her first feature, The Con... Read more »

There’s a lot riding on Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence, and I’m not just talk... Read more »

We already know that the 72nd edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival will begin with Marc Turtletaub’s indie drama Puzzle, which reportedly f... Read more »

“I tried to be a joyful feminist, but I was very angry,” says Agnès Varda, the mother of the French New Wave, in her film The Beaches of A... Read more »

Last year Edinburgh International Film Festival opened with the wonderful Yorkshire set gay romance God’s Own Country. For this year’s gambit, EI... Read more »

Women’s voices in film continue to be silenced – with pay gaps and fewer opportunities to get films off the ground – which is why it is mor... Read more »