The newly relaunched Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) announced an exciting collaboration with the prestigious Edinburgh Festival Fringe earlier today.
This will open up the Film Festival programme in new venues across the city, including non-traditional cinema spaces at Summerhall and the heart of the Fringe footprint.
From Aug 15 to Aug 21 2024, the 77th edition of EIFF will see films embedded in the festival. This allows audiences to experience the best the Fringe has to offer and the world-class programming of EIFF.
“A powerful relationship between audiences”
EIFF Director, Paul Ridd said “Our collaboration with the Fringe will grow a powerful relationship between audiences across artistic forms. We will tap into the creative energy that is everywhere in the city, encouraging critics, tastemakers and above all audiences to engage with each other and all that is on show.”
This year’s cinema hub will be the Cameo Cinema on Home Street, one of the original EIFF venues and home to some of its most iconic moments, including a speech from renowned director Orson Welles in 1953.
Screenings
The programme includes a strand of out-of-competition films. These are International premieres, UK premieres and additional world premieres.
Midnight Madness will showcase the best in genre cinema from around the world in a late-night slot.
The festival was first founded in 1947 when it was known as the International Festival of Documentary Films. EIFF is the world’s oldest continually running film festival. Screen Scotland supports it.
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