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NewsJanis Pugh’s ‘Chuck Chuck Baby’ sells to North America, UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The Edinburgh premiere has also sold throughout Europe.
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NewsEdinburgh director Paul Ridd reveals details of £50,000 filmmaker award (exclusive)
It is backed by The Sean Connery Foundation, which will also award a £15,000 short film prize.
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NewsEdinburgh confirms dates for 2024 edition and competition details
The festival will take place once again in August.
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NewsRowan Woods takes reins as creative director at Edinburgh TV festival
Woods is a respected film and TV curator, acquisitions executive and festival consultant, with stints at British Council, BFI, BBC Film and AMC Networks.
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NewsPaul Ridd named director of Edinburgh International Film Festival
Ridd, presently head of acquisitions at Picturehouse Entertainment, will take up the role in December.
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NewsEdinburgh film festival embarks on search for festival director
Kate Taylor, programme director for the festival’s one-off 2023 streamlined edition, has confirmed she will not be applying.
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Features14 films to watch from the summer festivals
Includes titles from Locarno, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Annecy, Karlovy Vary, Bifan, Karlovy Vary, New York Asian Film Festival, Galway and Fantasia.
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NewsEdinburgh Film Festival attracts 10,000 attendees to six-day event
The compact programme saw 71% of screenings sell out.
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NewsNetflix commissions ‘Einstein and The Bomb’ feature documentary, John Boyega-narrated WWII series
BBC Studios is producing ‘Einstein and The Bomb’.
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News‘The Inbetweeners’ producer plans film about women’s football legend Rose Reilly (exclusive)
Scotland-based producer Chris Young opened Edinburgh film festival with Johnny Barrington’s ‘Silent Roar.’
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NewsElla Glendining talks plans for fiction feature debut ‘Curiosities Of Fools’ (exclusive)
Glendining is touring the festival circuit with her documentary Is There Anybody Out There?
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Features“The labour of women is valued so little,” says co-director of Edinburgh event ‘The Lynda Myles Project’
Susan Kemp has undertaken the two-film ’The Lynda Myles Project’ with Mark Cousins.
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Features“All killer, no filler”: Edinburgh film festival heads discuss 2023’s streamlined edition
Kate Taylor and Tamara Van Strijthem discuss pulling the programme together in four months, and EIFF’s future.
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NewsEdinburgh film festival launches Talent Assemble to connect festival alumni
The event is partnership with BBC Film, BBC Scotland and MG Alba.
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NewsDNA Films’ Andrew Macdonald named chair of Edinburgh International Film Festival
The Scottish producer will lead on the formation of a new organisation that will deliver the festival going forward.
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NewsEdinburgh film festival one-off edition includes world premiere of ’Chuck Chuck Baby’
A total of 24 feature films, including five world premieres, make up this year’s programme.
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NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival 2023 to close with Babak Jalali’s ‘Fremont’
The full programme is to be announced on July 6.
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NewsScreen Scotland seeks chair to lead revived Edinburgh International Film Festival
The role, at least initially, is a voluntary position.
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NewsEdinburgh Filmhouse building sold for £2.65m to commercial bidder
The identity of the buyer has not been confirmed, but the 88 Lothian Road building has not been sold to a “culturally motivated” bidder.
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NewsIndustry figures call for “transparency” in bidding process for Edinburgh Filmhouse takeover
Screenwriter Paul Laverty, filmmakers Mark Cousins and Kevin Macdonald and actor Tilda Swinton have weighed in.