EIFF 2025 Industry Programme Press

 

FRIDAY 15 AUGUST

10:30 – 11:30 / Networking Brunch / Festival Hub / Main Hall / In association with WFTV

13:30 – 15:00 / In Conversation: Ben Wheatley & Andy Starke (hosted by Catherine Bray) / Festival Hub / Main Hall / Ticketed

16:30 – 18:00 / Industry Panel: Access in Filmmaking / Festival Hub / Main Hall / In association with CODE Collaboration and Oska Bright

18:00 – 19:00 / Networking Drinks / Festival Hub / Main Hall / In association with Production Guild of Great Britain

20:30 – 22:00 / In Conversation: Jeremy Thomas (hosted by Mark Cousins) / Festival Hub / Main Hall / Ticketed


SATURDAY 16 AUGUST

09:30 – 10:45 / In Conversation: Eva Victor & Adele Romanski (hosted by Rose Matafeo) / Festival Hub / Main Hall

11:30 – 13:00 / Networking Brunch / Festival Hub / Main Hall / In association with Screen Fringe

18:00 – 19:00 / Networking Drinks / Festival Hub / Delegate Centre/ In association with BBC Film

20:30 – 00:00 / EIFF Ceilidh / Festival Hub / Main Hall / Invitation to follow


SUNDAY 17 AUGUST

09:30 – 11:00 / Networking Brunch: Screen Scotland Talent Builder / Summerhall Library Gallery / In association with Screen Scotland

14:30 – 16:00 / EIFF Keynote / In Conversation: Kevin Macdonald & Andrew Macdonald / Festival Hub / Main Hall / In partnership with BAFTA Scotland / Ticketed

17:00 – 18:00 / Industry Panel: Animation in Scotland / Festival Hub / Main Hall / In association with Animation Scotland and Animated Woman UK

18:00 – 19:00 / Networking Drinks / Festival Hub / Main Hall / In association with Animation Scotland and Animated Woman UK

21:15 – 22:45 / In Conversation: Thelma Schoonmaker on Michael Powell / Festival Hub / Main Hall / Ticketed


MONDAY 18 AUGUST

10:00 – 11:00 / Networking Brunch / Festival Hub / Main Hall / In association with Screen Academy Scotland

14:00 – 15:30 / In Conversation: Nia DaCosta (hosted by Anthony Andrews) / Festival Hub / Main Hall / In association with We Are Parable / Ticketed

16:30 – 18:00 / Industry Panel: Crafting Fear Through Games and Film / Festival Hub / Main Hall 

18:00 – 19:00 / Networking Drinks / Festival Hub / Delegate Centre


TUESDAY 19 AUGUST

09:30 – 11:00 / Networking Brunch: Co-Production Opportunities with Ireland and Scotland / Festival Hub / Main Hall / In association with Enterprise Ireland, Filming in Limerick and Screen Scotland

14:00 – 15:30 / In Conversation: Andrea Arnold (hosted by Mia Bays) / Festival Hub / Main Hall / Ticketed

16:30 – 18:00 / Industry Panel: Screenwriting in Scotland / Festival Hub / Main Hall / In association with WGGB

18:00 – 19:00 / Networking Drinks / Festival Hub / Delegate Centre / In association with Writers Guild of Great Britain


WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST

11:00 – 12:30 / In Conversation: Ken Loach, Paul Laverty & Rebecca O’Brien (hosted by Guy Lodge) / Festival Hub / Main Hall / Ticketed

13:30 – 15:00 / Woman with a Movie Account: How Female Creators Are Using TikTok to Break Into the Exclusive World of Film / Festival Hub / Main Hall 

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