EIFF is committed to ensuring that our Festival is accessible to all audiences. Below, you will find instructions on how to book tickets and request accessibility services, a description of each of our different enhanced access screening offerings, as well as the full list of access screenings for EIFF’s 2026 Festival.
How To Book
Online
• edfilmfest.org
• edfringe.com or download the official EdFringe app on the App Store or Google Play
In-person
• The Fringe Box Office – Old Assembly Close, High Street, EH1 1QS
• At EIFF Box Offices across our venues during Festival dates (13 – 19 August)
Edinburgh Fringe Access Booking Service
This service is here to assist anyone with an access requirement to make sure their experience of EIFF meets their needs. The access booking service can help you:
• Book specific accessibility services, e.g. enhanced screenings or seating in relation to the location of a BSL interpreter
• If you require specific accessibility information for each venue
• If you require extra assistance when at a venue, including avoiding waiting in queues and busy environments
• If you have specific seating requirements
• If you are a wheelchair user
• If you require a complimentary personal assistant ticket to attend a screening or event.
To contact the Access Booking Service, you can contact EdFringe Box Office via:
– Phone: +44 (0) 131 226 0002
– Email: accessbookings@edfringe.com
– WhatsApp: +44 (0)7923 525799 (text only)
– Via Contact Scotland’s BSL video interpreting relay service
– In person: Fringe Shop and Box Office, 180 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QS Opening hours: 10:00 – 18:00, Monday to Friday.
Audio Described
AD cinema provides a live commentary of the film’s visuals. For audience members who are blind or partially sighted, AD is delivered via personal headsets or headphones which can be collected from venue staff.
Thursday 13 August
The Incomer
21:00 – Cameo – Screen 1
21:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
22:00 – Cineworld – Screen 7
Friday 14 August
The Incomer
13:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
18:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
Out There
15:00 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
These Violent Delights
15:45 – Cineworld – Screen 2
20:00 – Filmhouse – Screen 2
Saturday 15 August
These Violent Delights
12:00 – Cameo – Screen 2
15:00 – Filmhouse – Screen 2
Out There
15:45 – Cameo – Screen 2
Extra Geography
16:00 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
The Incomer
21:30 – Cineworld – Screen 4
Sunday 16 August
Out There
12:00 – Cameo – Screen 2
Sacred Creatures
17:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
Her Private Hell
18:00 – Cineworld – Screen 7
Extra Geography
20:30 – Cineworld – Screen 4
22:30 – Cameo – Screen 2
Monday 17 August
Extra Geography
12:15 – Filmhouse – Screen 2
Sacred Creatures
14:45 – Cineworld – Screen 4
The Education of Jane Cumming
18:00 – Cineworl – Screen 7
I Want Your Sex
21:00 – Cameo – Screen 1
Tuesday 18 August
Out There
14:15 – Cineworld – Screen 4
Her Private Hell
15:00 – Cameo – Screen 1
I Want Your Sex
15:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 2
20:30 – Cineworld – Screen 7
Sacred Creatures
16:30 – Cameo – Screen 2
19:15 – Cineworld – Screen 3
Bridging the Gap Shorts
18:00 – Cameo – Screen 1
The Education of Jane Cumming
18:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
21:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 2
Wednesday 19 August
The Education of Jane Cumming
11:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
Bridging the Gap Shorts
14:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
I Want Your Sex
18:30 – Cineworld – Screen 2
Bel
21:00 – Cameo – Screen 1
21:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
22:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
Head-of-Hearing (HOH)
These screenings are specifically designed for people who are Deaf, deafened or hard-of-hearing. Any dialogue is subtitled and additional audio description is captioned, centred at the bottom of the screen. They are a transcription rather than a translation, so as well as reproducing dialogue, they aim to describe every additional non-dialogue sound available to a hearing audience watching a film, e.g. ‘(sighs)’ or ‘(door creaks)’ and song lyrics.
Thursday 13 August
The Incomer
21:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
Friday 14 August
The Incomer
18:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
Trainspotting Live Event
20:00 – Leith Theatre*
Saturday 15 August
Competition Shorts
12:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
These Violent Delights
15:00 – Filmhouse – Screen 2
Trainspotting
15:00 – Cineworld – Screen 7
NFTS Lab Shorts
16:00 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
Screen Academy Scotland Shorts
16:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
Experimental Shorts
22:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
Sunday 16 August
NFTS Shorts
11:45 – Cineworld – Screen 2
Animation Shorts
12:45 – Cameo – Screen 1
Out of Competition Shorts
14:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
Monday 17 August
Extra Geography
12:15 – Filmhouse – Screen 2
The Peril at Pincer Point
14:15 – Filmhouse – Screen 3
Skintown
17:30 – Cineworld – Screen 4
Capsized
17:45 – Cameo – Screen 2
Tuesday 18 August
The Best Summer
12:45 – Filmhouse – Screen 3
I Want Your Sex
15:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 2
Sacred Creatures
16:30 – Cameo – Screen 2
Bridging the Gap Shorts
18:00 – Cameo – Screen 1
Wednesday 19 August
The Education of Jane Cumming
11:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
Bridging the Gap Shorts
14:00 – CIneworld – Screen 2
Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon
14:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
Bel
21:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
*The film is presented with subtitles for Deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences. The live commentary itself is not captioned.
Live Captioning
Live captioning will be available at all In Conversation events and Industry Talks. Captions will be displayed on screen throughout each session to support access for d/Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audiences, as well as anyone who benefits from captions.
Friday 14 August
Industry Talk: Christine Vachon
12:00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
In Conversation: Ken Burns
14:30 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
In Conversation: Ewan McGregor
17:00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Industry Talk: The Business Of Film Roadshow
20.00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Saturday 15 August
UK Film Conference Keynote: Ben Roberts In Conversation With Clare Binns
11.00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
UK Film Conference Industry Talk: Low Budget, High Ambition
13.15 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
UK Film Conference Industry Talk: Would This Get Made?
14.15 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
UK Film Conference Industry Talk: New Nightmares
16.15 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Sunday 16 August
In Conversation: Kenneth Branagh
15.00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Industry Talk: Beyond The Debut with BIFA Springboard
17.30 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Monday 17 August
Industry Talk: From Page To Screen
13.00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
In Conversation: Bruce Dern
15.00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Tuesday 18 August
Industry Talk: Lights, Camera, Capital with Screen Scotland
16.30 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Industry Talk: Unmaking The Colonial Gaze
20.00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
British Sign Language
We will provide BSL interpreters for the introductions and Q&As at all of our HOH screenings. They will be visible to all audience members under appropriate lighting.
Thursday 13 August
The Incomer
21:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
Friday 14 August
Industry Talk: Christine Vachon
12:00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
In Conversation: Ken Burns
14:30 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
In Conversation: Ewan McGregor
17:00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
The Incomer
18:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
Industry Talk: The Business Of Film Roadshow
20.00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Saturday 15 August
UK Film Conference: Industry Keynote
11:00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Competition Shorts
12:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
UK Film Conference Industry Talk: Low Budget, High Ambition
13.15 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
UK Film Conference Industry Talk: Would This Get Made?
14.15 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
These Violent Delights
15:00 – Filmhouse – Screen 2
Trainspotting
15:00 – Cineworld – Screen 7
NFTS Lab Shorts
16:00 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
Screen Academy Scotland Shorts
16:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
UK Film Conference Industry Talk: New Nightmares
16.15 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Experimental Shorts
22:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
Sunday 16 August
NFTS Shorts
11:45 – Cineworld – Screen 2
Animation Shorts
12:45 – Cameo – Screen 1
Out of Competition Shorts
14:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
In Conversation: Kenneth Branagh
15.00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Industry Talk: Beyond The Debut with BIFA Springboard
17.30 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Monday 17 August
Extra Geography
12:15 – Filmhouse – Screen 2
Industry Talk: From Page To Screen
13.00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
The Peril at Pincer Point
14:15 – Filmhouse – Screen 3
In Conversation: Bruce Dern
15.00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Skintown
17:30 – Cineworld – Screen 4
Capsized
17:45 – Cameo – Screen 2
Tuesday 18 August
The Best Summer
12:45 – Filmhouse – Screen 3
I Want Your Sex
15:30 – Cineworld – Screen 2
Industry Talk: Lights, Camera, Capital with Screen Scotland
16.30 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Sacred Creatures
16:30 – Cameo – Screen 2
Bridging the Gap Shorts
18:00 – Cameo – Screen 1
Industry Talk: Unmaking The Colonial Gaze
20.00 – Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium
Wednesday 19 August
The Education of Jane Cumming
11:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
Bridging the Gap Shorts
14:00 – Cineworld – Screen 2
Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon
14:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 1
Bel
21:30 – Filmhouse – Screen 1