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‘Rebuilt from scratch’: how Edinburgh international film festival got back on its feet

Following its closure two years ago, the festival returns with world premieres, a new £50,000 prize and a focus on industry in a format that has had a ‘radical rethink’

The timing – also well-placed on the countdown to awards season – will allow the EIFF to “integrate into the larger arts landscape”, says Ridd, as part of his ambition to create “a new iteration of the festival that is attractive to audiences locally and internationally and also industry-focused.” Photograph: Bafta/Pako Mera/PAThe EIFF will screen 10 world premieres in competition for the new £50,000 Sean Connery prize for feature filmmaking excellence,as well as hosting panel discussions including an In Conversation event with controversial Argentinian director Gaspar Noé, renowned editor Thelma Schoonmaker delivering an extended intro to Powell and Pressburger’s I Know Where I’m Going!, and industry networking in cinema and fringe venues across the city. It is key to connect the cultural with the commercial, says Chris Young, the veteran Inbetweeners producer who mentors emerging film-makers in National Film and Television School Scotland’s Talent Lab.

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