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Industry Talk: The TikTok Film Club

Industry Talk: The TikTok Film Club

Fandom was once immortalised in posters on bedroom walls, but now lives front and centre on the For You Page, with fans shaping what we watch, discuss and champion. Join some of TikTok’s leading film creators as they explore how...
60 mins
15+

Industry Talk: Beyond the Debut with BIFA Springboard

Industry Talk: Beyond the Debut with BIFA Springboard

BIFA Springboard is the British Independent Film Awards’ pioneering programme. Running annually since 2020, BIFA Springboard is designed to support writers, directors and producers to develop their careers after producing a first feature. We are joined by a panel of...

60 mins
15+

Industry Talk: Lights, Camera, Capital with Screen Scotland

Industry Talk: Lights, Camera, Capital with Screen Scotland

Screen Scotland, joined by angel investor Lynne Cadenhead, will bring a panel of business angels and producers together to delve into the world of angel investment for screen. The panel marks the launch of Lights, Camera, Capital, a new pilot...

60 mins
15+

UK Film Conference: Low Budget, High Ambition

UK Film Conference: Low Budget, High Ambition

Innovation in independent filmmaking is not a new concept. With tight finances, short shoot times and a compact crew, many professionals are refocusing on creative methods to get their latest film off the ground. This essential talk will focus on...

45 mins
15+

UK Film Conference: Would This Get Made?

UK Film Conference: Would This Get Made?

In this lively, irreverent session about the modern film climate, we welcome industry professionals from major parts of the development, production and distribution pipeline to ask what their approach would be if a range of projects from the past from...

45 mins
15+

UK Film Conference: New Nightmares

UK Film Conference: New Nightmares

As horror continues to stay firmly in the hearts of UK and international audiences, we catch up with a group of British filmmakers making innovative and exciting genre work for TV and film and discuss the current state of genre...

45 mins
15+

Industry Talk: Unmaking the Colonial Gaze in Cinema

Industry Talk: Unmaking the Colonial Gaze in Cinema

Edinburgh-based, bi-racial British Chinese filmmaker Paul Sng, director of last year’s EIFF closer Reality is not Enough, presents an innovative session that will discuss the generational impacts of colonialism on the moving image and ask what value judgments determine which...

60 mins
15+

Girls on Film: Live at EIFF

Girls on Film: Live at EIFF

Join Girls on Film at Edinburgh International Film Festival for a very special live episode. Host of the world’s leading podcast about women on film, Anna Smith, will discuss some of this year’s most exciting films. Her guests will be...

60 mins
15+

Industry Talk: Page to Screen

Industry Talk: Page to Screen

A rich thread of literary adaptation runs through this year’s EIFF programme, with original works adapted for the big screen often in collaboration with the authors themselves. This fascinating session brings together the authors, screenwriters, producers and directors from EIFF...

60 mins
15+

BIFA Podcast with John Hannah

BIFA Podcast with John Hannah

Join hosts Karis Aldridge and Joy Hunter as they sit down with John Hannah (The Mummy, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Incomer and Bad Day at the Office, both premiering at EIFF 2026) to discuss his journey into the...

60 mins

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