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NewsWhat were the buzzy films and major talking points at this year’s Edinburgh film festival?
This year marked the second edition under the leadership of director Paul Ridd and producer Emma Boa.
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Features20 films to watch from the 2025 summer festivals
Includes titles from Locarno, Edinburgh, Annecy, Karlovy Vary, Transilvania, Munich and Fantasia.
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NewsAbdolreza Kahani’s ‘Mortician’ wins £50,000 Edinburgh 2025 top prize
Kahani’s film has won the second Sean Connery prize for feature filmmaking excellence.
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NewsIn pictures: NFTS, BBC Film, Sean Connery Foundation reception at EIFF
The event was hosted by the Sean Connery Foundation, BBC Film and NFTS.
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FeaturesJulie Pacino on confronting childhood trauma through her feature debut ‘I Live Here Now’
‘I Live Here Now’ is playing at Edinburgh, following its a festival run including Fantasia and Locarno.
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FeaturesThe UK team behind Edinburgh title ‘Misper’ talk true crime, scary basements and blending Haneke horror with Brit humour
Director Harry Sherriff and writer Laurence Tratalos are partners with Simon Orange in Fresh Orange Productions.
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News“I’d love to make a musical”: Kevin and Andrew Macdonald on career ambitions and the projects that got away
The brothers were talking at an in-conversation event at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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NewsPaul Andrew Williams’ Tribeca winner ‘Dragonfly’ acquired for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Film will play at Edinburgh this weekend.
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FeaturesWhy Sepideh Farsi’s childhood in Iran compelled her to make Gaza doc ‘Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk’
The Cannes ACID premiere is now screening at the Edinburgh film festival.
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FeaturesHow Urska Djukic has become a filmmaker to watch with her debut feature ‘Little Trouble Girls’
The Berlinale premiere is now screening at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
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Features“I am railing against the mediocrity of contemporary cinema,” says Simon Rumley of his Edinburgh premiere ‘Crushed’
Source: Subject’s own Simon Rumley UK filmmaker Simon Rumley’s Thailand-set kidnapping thriller Crushed underlines his commitment to create films in what he has dubbed the “extreme drama” genre. A renowned writer-director on the genre circuit for more than two decades, Rumley has a reputation for uncompromising, uncomfortable ...
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FeaturesBen Wheatley on why he chose to make EIFF Midnight Madness title ‘Bulk’ in secret
The film premieres in Edinburgh on August 14.
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NewsA24’s Rose Garnett, Ken Loach join Edinburgh industry lineup
The industry programme runs from August 15-20.
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NewsHelen Walsh’s Edinburgh competition title ‘On The Sea’ boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: ‘On The Sea’ will compete for the Sean Connery prize for feature filmmaking excellence.
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NewsEdinburgh film festival unveils 2025 line-up with 18 world premieres
‘Grow’ starring Golda Rosheuvel and Nick Frost and Campbell X’s BFI-backed ‘Low Rider’ are among the line-up of 43 features.
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NewsEdinburgh film festival to return to Filmhouse
Vue Omni Centre is also a new venue for EIFF 2025.
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NewsEdinburgh film festival to world premiere NFTS, Sean Connery lab shorts
EXCLUSIVE: The six short films were made as part of the inaugural NFTS Sean Connery Talent Lab.
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NewsEdinburgh Filmhouse confirms June re-opening date, outlines programming and festival plans
The historic cinema is to re-open after nearly three years of closure.
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NewsEdinburgh film festival to close with Irvine Welsh doc ‘Reality Is Not Enough’
Director Paul Sng is known for BIFA award-winner ’Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché’ and ‘Tish’.