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Edinburgh Film Festival returns for its 77th edition and its first under the direction of Paul Ridd. It will open with The Outrun on August 15 and close with Since Yesterday: The Story of Scotland's Girl Bands on August 21. This year also sees the inauguration of the Sean Connery Prize, with a £50,000 prize. Gaspar Noé will take part in an in person event.
View Films by Strand:
- Lynda Myles Celebrates
- Midnight Madness
- Opening and closing galas
- Out Of Competition
- Retrospectives
- The Sean Connery Prize
View previous years coverage of the Edinburgh International Film Festival festival:
EIFF Latest Reviews
A fading television star tries to restore her fame with the help of a suspicious drug.
A blind medium uncovers the truth behind her sister's death with the help of a frightening wooden mannequin.
Consideration of the painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham.
A mother is called into her child's infant school after he faces an accusation.
A cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult bat mitzvah student.
After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands - where she grew up - hoping to heal.
In a forest in Norway, a family lives an isolated lifestyle in an attempt to be wild and free, but a tragic event changes everything, and they are forced to adjust to modern society.
How the infamous Chicago gang boss, Al Capone, was brought down.
A young ballet dancer uncovers a sinister conspiracy in this masterpiece of surrealist horror.
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