74th Edinburgh International Film Festival To Go Ahead This Year!
2020 was the year of online film festival, same could be said about first part of this year. As we’ve seen this month the country is slowly re-opening including cinemas and film festivals. Today we learn 74th Edinburgh International Film Festival won’t be online this year, returning in a new and innovative form this summer from 18th -25th August.
Festival will be focused on bringing communities together and championing Scottish and UK filmmaking talent in the heart of the August festival season. Including physical screenings and events indoors in Filmhouse Cinema and outdoors with Film Fest in the City in St Andrew Square, in a rich and diverse programme celebrating the return to cinemas and the collective cinema experience.
Selections will seek opportunities to both find new ways to bring people together around unique cultural experiences and address the huge social changes and climate issues that face the planet after more than a year in lockdown, bringing the insights of global thought leaders to Festival audiences and championing social change and action.
The festival won’t be completely giving up it’s online presence. The festival will be available across the UK through its online platform, Filmhouse at Home, where alongside the films viewers can access Q&As and hear first-hand the insights, experiences and passions of directors, filmmakers and actors.
Film Fest in the City in St Andrew Square Gardens will deliver a free programme of cinematic favourites.
A watery themed, Film Fest on the Forth (31st July & 1st August) will show films the whole family can enjoy at a purpose built outdoor cinema space at Port Edgar Marina in the shadow of the Forth’s iconic bridges. Film Fest on the Forth is also supported EventScotland in celebration of Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters 20/21.
The Festival’s first priority at all its screenings and events will be the safety of its audiences and guests.
Ken Hay, CEO of Edinburgh International Film Festival, said: “We all love film and we’re delighted that EIFF is back in 2021, focusing on bringing communities together and celebrating the communal cinema experience as widely and inclusively as possible. The Festival will play a leading role in hailing the return to cinema-going and champion Scottish and UK films to audiences and industry around the world. We also believe that in this year particularly, that EIFF has a strong role to play in highlighting key social issues and will seek to deliver a programme that inspires curiosity and action in our audiences.”
The full programme will be announced and tickets go on sale on Wednesday 28th July. Announcements on outdoor programmes, opening and closing films will be made in due course. We will certainly share the programme once we know it ourselves.
74th Edinburgh International Film Festival to run 18th – 25th August 2021.
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