Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012
The Edinburgh International Film Festival, the longest continuously run film festival in the world, takes place over a 12 day period at the end of June. The EIFF in 2012 will be resetting under new director Chris Fujiwara, after a poorly received EIFF 2011.
The EIFF opens with William Friedkin's Killer Joe and closes with Disney-Pixar's Brave.
Further details are to be announced, but it is expected that the festival will continue to position itself as the festival of discovery. In 2012, the EIFF also reinstates the Michael Powell Award.
- Edinburgh Film Festival News and Reviews
- EIFF Photos
- Buying tickets
- EIFF Background
- Edinburgh Accommodation
The EIFF box office usually opens around 20 May, with a presale for Filmhouse members on the previous two days. Book tickets online or by phone (see above).
The Best of the Fest, at the end of the festival, is usually a good deal.
Launched in 1947, alongside the Edinburgh International Festival, the EIFF was one of the world's first international film festivals. Traditionally, the Edinburgh International Film Festival took place in August, at the same time as Edinburgh's various other August festivals. Former EIFF artistic director Hannah McGill, said the EIFF's move to June, was to give the Film Festival more "breathing space."
