Edinburgh International Film Festival
United Kingdom
All genres
Established in 1947 - originally as a documentary festival but later expanded to include international fiction films - the Edinburgh International Film Festival has evolved to become a hub for the UK and international film industry as well as a much loved festival with its audiences. It aims to aims to stand as a festival of discovery, a celebration of cinema that screens high quality new film and video work in all genres from around the world and especially from the UK and Scottish film industries. Australia is traditionally well represented at this festival with over 150 films screened since 1990.
Awards
2018
- Nominated
- My Home is a Dog that Lives Inside Me
- Shorts: Dream Images
2012
- Nominated
- Letter Tape
- Best Film in the International Short Film Competition
- Short Films 3: Strange Geometry
2012
- Nominated
- George Jones and the Giant Squid
- Best Film in the International Short Film Competition
- Youth Shorts
2002
- Won
- Rabbit-Proof Fence
- Audience Award - Most Popular Film
- Gala Film
Screenings
2019
- World Perspectives
- Acute Misfortune
2019
- World Perspectives
- Flip Side, The
2019
- World Perspectives
- Undertow
2019
- World Perspectives
- Top End Wedding
2019
- Documentaries
- 2040
2019
- European Perspectives
- Alice
2018
- World Perspectives
- Butterfly Tree, The
2018
- World Perspectives
- Swinging Safari
2018
- World Perspectives
- Three Summers
2018
- Documentaries
- Island of the Hungry Ghosts
2018
- Shorts: Dream Images
- My Home is a Dog that Lives Inside Me
2018
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- My Home is a Dog that Lives Inside Me
2017
- World Perspectives
- EMO the Musical
2017
- Night Moves
- Killing Ground
2017
- FilmFest Junior
- RED DOG: True Blue
2017
- Shorts: The Young and the Wild
- Melon Grab
2017
- Black Box Shorts: (Dis)appearances
- Finding Focus
2016
- Shorts 1: Sign Language
- What We Know
2015
- Director’s Showcase
- Cut Snake
2015
- Night Moves
- Infini
2015
- FilmFest Junior
- Paper Planes
2015
- Documentaries
- That Sugar Film
2014
- Teen Spirit
- Galore
2014
- Wicked and Wild
- Infinite Man, The
2013
- Shorts: For the Family
- Cautionary Tail, A
2013
- Shorts: Exquisite Corpse
- Cannibal Story
2012
- Short Films 3: Strange Geometry
- Letter Tape
2012
- Youth Shorts
- George Jones and the Giant Squid
2012
- New Perspectives
- Hail
2012
- International Animation
- Maker, The
2012
- Fusion Shorts
- Eileen Pratt
2012
- Short Films 3: Strange Geometry
- Letter Tape
2012
- Youth Shorts
- Eli the Invincible
2012
- Youth Shorts
- George Jones and the Giant Squid
2012
- Youth Shorts
- Pen Pal
2011
- Animated Interactions
- Nullarbor
2011
- Documentary - International
- Life In Movement: The Tanja Liedtke Story
2011
- Documentary - International
- Mrs Carey's Concert
2011
- Documentary - International
- Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
2010
- Rosebud
- Red Hill
2010
- Document
- Siberia
2010
- Document
- Mystery of Flying Kicks, The
2009
- Document Shorts
- Lessons from the Night
2009
- Night Moves
- Long Weekend II, The
2009
- Animation
- Mary & Max
2009
- International Shorts
- Miracle Fish
2009
- International Animation
- Mutt
2009
- Rosebud
- My Year Without Sex
2009
- International Shorts
- Netherland Dwarf
2009
- Rosebud
- Van Diemen's Land
2009
- Document
- Mystery of Flying Kicks, The
2008
- Festival Under the Stars
- Strictly Ballroom
2008
- Rosebud
- Black Balloon, The
2008
- Rosebud
- Son Of A Lion
2008
- International Animation
- Burley
2008
- Directors Showcase
- Death Defying Acts
2007
- Rosebud
- Razzle Dazzle
2007
- Directors’ Showcase
- Home Song Stories, The
2006
- Directors Showcase
- Jindabyne
2005
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Green Bush
2005
- Rosebud
- Magician, The
2004
- Rosebud
- Somersault
2004
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Three Weeks in Koh Samui
2004
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Mona Lisa
2004
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Frames
2004
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- And One Step Back
2004
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Birthday Boy
2004
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Way, The
2004
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- It's Like That!
2004
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Money, The
2003
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Fog Eyes
2003
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Ned Kelly
2003
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Projectionist, The
2003
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Cracker Bag
2003
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Excursion
2003
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Rage in Placid Lake, The
2003
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Poll Position
2003
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Hello
2003
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Alexandra's Project
2003
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Flat
2003
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Harvie Krumpet
2003
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Ward 13
2002
- Gala Film
- Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002
- Shorts program
- Dad's Clock
2002
- Shorts program
- Pa
2002
- Documentary program
- Murbah Swamp Beer
2002
- Shorts program
- Murmur
2002
- Shorts program
- Small Town
2002
- Shorts program
- Arsonist's Riddle, The
2002
- Shorts program
- Half Sister
2002
- Document
- Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002
- Rosebud
- Australian Rules
2002
- Shorts program
- Beach Story
2002
- Gala Film
- Rabbit-Proof Fence
2001
- World Animation Program
- Indefinable Moods
2001
- Short Film Program
- Hitch, The
2001
- Short Film Program
- Super Glue and Angel's Wings
2001
- Short Film Program
- Out of Darkness
2001
- Rosebud
- Mullet
2001
- Short Film Program
- Big House, The
2001
- Short Film Program
- Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow, A
2001
- Short Film Program
- Gate
2001
- Imagining Reality
- Cunnamulla
2001
- Short Film Program
- Just Do It
2000
- World Animation
- Great Moments in Science: Arrow Up Yours
2000
- Director's Focus
- Ribbons
2000
- Rosebud
- Bare
2000
- Late Night Romp
- Cut
2000
- Rosebud
- Chopper
2000
- Gala
- Island, The
1999
- Short Films
- Slim Pickings
1999
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- My One Legged Dream Lover
1999
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Cousin
1999
- Short Films
- Bangers
1999
- Short Films
- Burnout
1999
- Short Films
- womb
1999
- Short Films
- Edithvale
1999
- Short Films
- Forsaken
1999
- Late Night Romp
- Redball
1999
- Rosebud
- Siam Sunset
1999
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Help Me
1999
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Day Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon, The
1999
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Saturday Night
1999
- Short Films
- Break & Enter
1999
- Short Films
- Liu Awaiting Spring
1999
- Short Films
- My Cunt
1999
- Rosebud
- Praise
1999
- Short Films
- Pentuphouse
1999
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Feeling Sexy
1998
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Terra Nova
1998
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Cheap Blonde
1998
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Boys, The
1998
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Denial
1998
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Dance Me to My Song
1998
- Rosebud
- Head On
1998
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Changing Room, The
1998
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Beneficiary, The
1998
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Welcome to Woop Woop
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Well, The
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Indulgence
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Urban Fairytale
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Trunk
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Sapphire Room
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Flying over Mother
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- P.O.V.
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- True Love and Chaos
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Kiss or Kill
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Four Minute Festival
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Headlock
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- At Sea
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- It Never Rains
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Thank God He Met Lizzie
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- On a Full Moon
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Stuck
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Five Hundred Acres
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Uncle
1997
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Mushrooms
1996
- Short Films
- Blood on the Chandelier
1996
- Short Films
- Wake
1996
- Animation
- Journey, The
1996
- Short Films
- Lovely Day
1996
- Animation
- Here I Sit
1996
- Short Films
- Pact
1996
- Short Films
- Cuckoo, The
1996
- Rosebud
- Mr Reliable
1996
- Short Films
- Fragments
1996
- Rosebud
- Lilian's Story
1996
- Short Films
- Sparrow
1996
- Gala
- Love Serenade
1996
- Gala Screening
- Billy's Holiday
1996
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Lovely
1996
- Rosebud
- Mr Reliable
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Vegetable Mob, The
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Modest Proposal, A
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Five Easy Pizzas
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Environmental
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- What Comes After Why?
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Kid In A Bin
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Surface Tension
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Lessons in the Language of Love
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Seven Days Under Mavis
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Hero, The
1995
- Gala
- Billy's Holiday
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Strap On Olympia
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Code Blue
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- L'Attraction
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Saxa
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Unforgiving Weight Of Anatomy, The
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Despondent Divorcee
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Redback
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Urn
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Great Moments in Science - Falling Cats
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Trumpet
1995
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Swinger
1994
- Best Film
- Muriel's Wedding
1994
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Muriel's Wedding
1994
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The
1994
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Gap, The
1994
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Simple
1994
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Tran the Man
1994
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Motherland
1994
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Loop
1994
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Yeah, Mostafa
1994
- PO McLaren
- Risk
1994
- Best Film
- Muriel's Wedding
1994
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Muriel's Wedding
1993
- Student
- Palace Cafe
1993
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Resting Place, The
1993
- Student
- Black Dogs
1993
- Student
- Terra Nullius
1993
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- No Worries
1993
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Nostradamus Kid, The
1993
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Excursion To The Bridge Of Friendship
1993
- Student
- Opportunity Knocks
1993
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Desire
1993
- Student
- Spring Ball
1993
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Piano, The
1992
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Square's Safari, A
1992
- Gala
- Strictly Ballroom
1992
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Cat's Cradle
1992
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Romper Stomper
1992
- Panorama
- Passion Play, A
1992
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Wireless Nights
1992
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Road To Alice
1992
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Flowers By Request
1992
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Antamosi
1992
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Flowers By Request
1992
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Road To Alice
1991
- Animation
- Union Street
1991
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Sure Thing
1991
- New Directors
- Waiting
1991
- Eyes of the World
- Chainsaw: Bull Born Bad
1991
- Short Films
- Bad News Bachelors
1991
- New Directors
- Death in Brunswick
1991
- Animation
- Union Street
1991
- Panorama
- Father
1991
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Horse With Stripes, A
1991
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Requiem
1991
- Panorama
- Deadly
1991
- New Directors
- Holidays on the River Yarra
1991
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Dusty Hearts
1991
- Animation
- Catch of the Day
1991
- Eyes of the World
- Man Without Pigs
1990
- Short Films
- Night Out, A
1990
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Sparks
1990
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Swimming
1990
- Fiction
- Between Us
1990
- Short Films
- Plead Guilty, Get A Bond
1990
- Eyes of the World
- Giants Of Time, The
1990
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Land Bilong Islanders
1990
- Panorama
- Vicious
1990
- Short Films
- Night Cries - A Rural Tragedy
1990
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- No No, Nonno!
1990
- Short Films
- Space Between the Door and the Floor, The
1990
- Young Filmmaker of the Year Award
- Killing of Angelo Tsakos, The
1990
- Panorama
- Mortgage
1990
- New Directors
- Return Home
1989
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Celia
1989
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Bonza
1989
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Sweetie
1989
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Body Work
1989
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Hungry Heart
1989
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Sex Rules
1989
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Blowing Hot and Cold
1988
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Shame
1988
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Song Of Air, A
1988
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Rabbit On The Moon
1988
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Phobia
1988
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Pandamonium
1988
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Custody
1988
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Navigator, The: A Medieval Odyssey
1988
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
1987
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- How the West was Lost
1987
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Surfer, The
1987
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Nights Belong To The Novelist, The
1987
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Landslides
1987
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- With Love to the Person Next to Me
1987
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Hostage
1986
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Two Friends
1986
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Backlash
1986
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Rocking The Foundations
1985
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Half Life