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The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), established in 1947, is the world's oldest continually running film festival. EIFF presents both UK and international films (all titles are World, International, European, UK or Scottish Premieres), in all genres and lengths. It also presents themed retrospectives and other specialized ...
A revitalised Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will run from August 15 to August 21, 2024. Sign up for news. Spanning 7 days, the relaunched EIFF will honour 70+ years of festival history, showcasing the very best talent in filmmaking in a re-energised format that is rooted in a local Scottish context whilst embracing the ...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has been running since 1947, where actors, filmmakers and fans join together in the city to celebrate new released and old classics for six days of film appreciation from 15 to 21 August, 2024.
Edinburgh International Film Festival celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2022 with a special digital archive project looking back at its seven incredible decades of movie magic. Here's our pick of great moments from the history of the longest continually-running film festival in the world. 1940s - The first Edinburgh International Film Festival
EIFF began life as the International Festival of Documentary Films, and was opened by John Grierson, founder of the British documentary movement. Early audiences were treated to work by filmmakers as varied as Roberto Rossellini, Robert Flaherty, Jacques Tati and pioneering animator Norman McLaren.
Baz Luhrmann's staging of Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, performed in 1994 by the Australian Opera. Since that first Festival, we've welcomed a constellation of stars, numerous acclaimed productions and notable world premieres, as well as the innovative and the avant-garde.
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