CEO & Festival Director, Edinburgh International Film Festival. Opinions my own.
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This is such a special film. Thrilled we are opening @edfilmfest with it in August. Here we go!
We are thrilled to announce Louis Paxton’s #TheIncomer as the Opening Night film of #EIFF2026!
After premiering at #Sundance The Incomer is coming back home to Scotland for its UK Premiere at EIFF in August!
Starring #DomhnallGleeson & #GayleRankin
EIFF2026 runs 13 - 19 Aug
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🚨 As of 15 minutes ago, no more vehicles are on Oxford Street and it’s officially pedestrianised.
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As someone who saw The Devils far too young on the BBC in the 1990s, the hype around this re-release is genuinely blowing my mind. Selling out cinemas everywhere. Huge lobby standees. It’s utterly crazy in the best way
This film deserves to be a hit. Truly original spin on familiar material. Hope it holds.
"Clayface" generated $10.4 million domestically on Friday, taking the No. 1 spot at the box office.
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#Clayface is a super fun ride, some unforgettable sequences, brilliantly sympathetic cast, the script constantly raising the stakes, FX brilliant and looks BEEEAutiful
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Edinburgh Film Festival Genre Title 'Snapshot' Gets North American Deal deadline.com/2026/10/edinbur…
Great news for a truly original film. We were honoured to host its world premiere at @edfilmfest back in August. deadline.com/2026/10/edinbur…
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EIFF 2027. August 12-18. Mark your calendars. @edfilmfest variety.com/2026/film/global…
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REVIEW: DC Studios’ “Clayface” is “good, gross fun with no franchise homework required,” writes Variety’s Guy Lodge.
“In nearly every department, ‘Clayface’ exceeds expectations — all without getting ideas above its spiritual B-movie station. Tonally and stylistically, this nasty, gnarly body-horror movie is its own ugly animal; perhaps the characters and conflicts introduced here would pall if given the franchise treatment, but in the context of a single, genre-melding romp, they’re fresh and ickily enjoyable.”
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Did not expect WHALEFALL, a viscerally disgusting film about being stuck in the putrid guts of a massive whale, would be so emotional and stirring. Go see it on the biggest screen you can find.
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You heard it here first, we're selling out sessions for a three hour documentary that's a whole month away!
Our @ClareLBinns spoke to @nadiakhomami about the amazing start we're seeing for Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's You Can See Everything...
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Had a blast with CLAYFACE, a viscerally gory & intense film powered by committed performances, terrific FX work & a sly sense of humour. It reminded me most of Jonathan Hensleigh’s criminally underrated THE PUNISHER (2004), being grounded, character driven & gnarly. A good tIme.
Really sad news. His brief, haunting appearance in MYSTERIOUS SKIN is one of the most powerful elements in an already wonderful movie. The best kind of character actor, leaving an unforgettable impression in a whole range of movies.
Richard Riehle, ‘Office Space’ Actor, Dies at 78 hollywoodreporter.com/movies…
Four @edfilmfest titles in the mix on the Maverick Longlist at @BIFA_film. Congrats to the film teams behind SUNLIGHT, MISPER, PERIL AT PINCER POINT and SNAPSHOT, all truly maverick indie films. screendaily.com/news/masc-we…
This.
One of my biggest pet peeves at film festivals is audiences audibly sighing or complaining when a film opens with a long list of production companies. If anyone should understand how difficult it is to get independent films made, it’s a festival audience. Show some awareness #LFF