Edinburgh International Film Festival Totally Explained

Everything about The Edinburgh International Film Festival totally explained

The Edinburgh International Film Festival or EIFF has moved its date and will now take place in June. This year's festival is from the 18 - 29 June. Established in 1947, it's the longest continually running film festival in the world. The EIFF has presented some of cinema's most important and exciting moments, showcasing Global, International and UK premieres and playing host to the world's greatest filmmakers.

History

When it was started by the Edinburgh Film Guild (the oldest continually running Film Society in the world) it was only for documentaries. At the time there were only a couple of other Film Festivals in the world (Cannes and Venice). The festival shows a range of films from around the world and screens not only feature length films and documentaries, but also shorts, animations and music videos. The Grand Jury awards "The Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film" while the audience can vote for the "Standard Life Audience Award" and a panel judges the "Skillset New Directors Award." There are also several awards given to short films. All films shown are U.K. premieres although many are also European or International Premieres. The Artistic Director since September 2006 is Hannah McGill, previously a film critic and cinema columnist for The Herald newspaper. Ginnie Atikinson is the long serving Managing Director. Sir Sean Connery and Tilda Swinton are the film festivals honorary patrons.
Shane Danielson, the previous Artistic director programmed the festival between 2002 and 2006

Venues

The venues are the Filmhouse, Cameo, Fountainpark Cineworld and The Dominion. Some of the events are run in The Sheraton Hotel. In Glasgow the Glasgow Film Theatre and Renfrew St Cineworld also participate. As of 2004 there are proposals for a new Filmhouse to be built, entitled Sean Connery Filmhouse, designed by architect Richard Murphy. It would be near to the existing one, have a greater capacity and be home to the festival. The current location favoured by Filmhouse is Festival Square in front of the Sheraton Hotel.

Film Categories

Gala - All have a well know actor or director attached to them
British Gala - From a known British actor or director
Rosebud - Films from first or second time directors
Directors' Showcase - Highlights films from important directors
Night Moves - Horror and action films either from countries whose mainstream films are given little world wide release, or from independent filmmakers
Document - Both feature length and short documentaries
Retrospective - Films from an important director that many people have not seen on the cinema screen
Black Box - Abstract and artistic films
Mirrorball - Music videos, Music-related documentaries
In-Person - Interviews with important figures from the cinema industry

2007 Festival

The 2007 EIFF ran between 15th and 26th August 2007. It was the 61st Anniversary of the EIFF.

Opening Film - Hallam Foe

Closing Film - Two Days in Paris

In Person

John Waters

Tilda Swinton

Bob Hoskins

Samantha Morton

Mike Leigh

Chris Cooper

Stephen Frears

Julie Delpy

Stellan Skarsgard The programme also featured a crop of the best in writing talent:

Irvine Welsh

William Nicholson

Christopher Hampton

Judd Apatow

Paul Laverty

Retrospectives

Anita Loos

Special Events

Various special events took place. These special stand-alone movie experiences, sessions designed to fully explore the content of our programme.

Further Information

Get more info on 'Edinburgh International Film Festival'.

External Link Exchanges

Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:

<a href="http://edinburgh_international_film_festival.totallyexplained.com">Edinburgh International Film Festival Totally Explained</a>

Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned.