A few weeks back I made my first visit to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for a number of years and I’d have to say it was great to be back there, and in particular to get to see in advance a large number of the films you are very likely to be enjoying over the coming months. I get the sense that at last, films are being made and released of the quality and in the numbers, we were accustomed to pre-pandemic, which bodes well for a cinema (for the avoidance of doubt, this one) that really needs admissions to get back to where they once were back in the long-forgotten days of early 2020… 

The ESFF once again brings the world’s best short film to Edinburgh: Your only chance to see one of the UK’s strongest short film programmes!

Renowned writer, curator and director Kier-La Janisse is joining Matchbox Cine for a UK tour in support of a 10th anniversary expanded edition of her seminal book, House of Psychotic Women followed by a screening of The Brood.

As I write this, that’s the International, Book, Fringe Festivals et al just finished for another year, and I don’t know about you, but my feeling is it was marvellous to have them all back as full-scale events. (Why, I even went to see a few shows!) And this year our very own Film Festival (re)joined them in August as well! It felt, in the midst of it, date-wise and every way-wise, like the right place for it to be... 

Film writers and critics Pamela Hutchinson and Christina Newland present some of Hollywood’s most risqué films (all new 2K restorations care of Park Circus and Warner Bros) made before the 1930's Hays code was enforced in Pre-Code Hollywood: Rules Are Made to be Broken.

From the grotesque to the surreal, we explore some of Cronenberg’s most memorable films and why he remains one of the most original and iconic filmmakers working today.

The Spotlight Taiwan project aims to promote Taiwanese culture, arts, and cinema to a wider audience in Scotland and in particular to international visitors to Edinburgh. The 2022 Spotlight Taiwan programme consists of two strands: Film Festival and Lecture Series in Contemporary Art and Culture.

Examining ‘land’ as material, as power, and as terrain for violence and resistance, our programme this year looks to the earth beneath our feet – while dreaming of new ways to inhabit it.

Our rolling (and potentially never-ending!) retrospective showcasing, each year, the cinema of 100 years ago, continues in fine style