{"id":332356,"date":"2025-08-10T05:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T05:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/332356\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T05:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T05:29:12","slug":"new-guests-at-this-years-edinburgh-international-film-festival-the-nen-north-edinburgh-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/332356\/","title":{"rendered":"New Guests at this year\u2019s Edinburgh International Film Festival \u2013 The NEN \u2013 North Edinburgh News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has announced a new selection of guests attending this year\u2019s Festival in support of World and UK Premieres and events.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attending the Festival for the UK premiere of acclaimed film\u00a0Dragonfly\u00a0are director Paul Andrew Williams (London to Brighton, Bull), Andrea Riseborough (Oblivion, Birdman), Brenda Blethyn (Saving Grace, Pride & Prejudice) and Jason Watkins (The Last Honour of Christopher Jefferies, The Catch).<\/p>\n

For the World Premiere of taut psychological crime thriller\u00a0All The Devils Are Here\u00a0director Barnaby Roper (The Interview, Scratch\u2019n\u2019Sniff) will attend the Festival with stars Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes, Ray Donovan), Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim, Watcher) and Tienne Simon (Grime Kids, C. B. Strike).<\/p>\n

In town for the World Premiere of the exuberant and thoroughly entertaining family film\u00a0Grow, director John McPhail (Anna and The Apocalypse, Dear David) will be joined by stars Golda Rosheuvel (Bridgerton, Eye For An Eye), Jane Horrocks (Little Voice, Cabaret), Dominic McLaughlin (HBO\u2019s Harry Potter series), Priya Rose (Young Becky, The Lazarus Project) and Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso, Snow White).<\/p>\n

For the UK Premiere of beautifully performed psychological thriller\u00a0Islands, star Sam Riley (Maleficent, On The Road) will join director Jan Ole Gerster (Oh Boy!, A Friend Of Mine, Lara),\u00a0 Jack Farthing (Poldark, Spencer) and Stacy Martin (The Brutalist).<\/p>\n

The UK Premiere of\u00a0The Golden Spurtle\u00a0will see director Constantine Costi (Karakorum, Abduction) in attendance alongside participants from the competitive porridge making documentary including Charlie Miller, the former self-titled Chieftain of the Golden Spurtle.<\/p>\n

Attending the Festival are the Competition filmmakers who make up this year\u2019s main competition,\u00a0The\u00a0Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence. They are: Director Harry Lagoussis (Stratos), Zlatko Buri\u0107 (Triangle of Sadness,\u202fPusher) and Ella Rumpf (Raw,\u202fTiger Girl) for\u00a0Novak; Director Jaclyn Bethany (Indigo Valley,\u202fThe Delta Girl), writer Alex Sarregeorgiou and star Francois Arnaud (The Borgias,\u202fI Killed My Mother)\u00a0for\u00a0In Transit; Campbell X (Stud Life,\u202fDes!re) for\u00a0Low Rider; Filmmakers Per Bifrost\u00a0(Autonomous, Giants and the Morning After) & Alexander Ryn\u00e9us (The Glitter Factory, Giants and the Morning After)\u202f for\u00a0Once You Shall Be One of Those Who Lived Here Long Ago; Director Mas Bouzidi (Fl\u00e2neur, Four Grooves) for\u00a0Concessions; Filmmakers Ondine Vinao (Holy Fools, Bottom of a Bottle), Ivy Freeman-Attwood (Bob Marley: One Love, On Point) and Ralph Ineson (The Witch, Fantastic Four) for\u00a0Two Neighbors; Director Jesse Noah Klein (Shadowboxing,\u202fWe\u2019re Still Together) for\u00a0Best Boy; Abdolreza Kahani (A Shrine, which screened in Competition at EIFF 2024, Delighted, Hich), Nima Sadrzadeh Jolgeh (A Shrine) and Gola (Head Over Heels, Tehran 1998) for\u00a0Mortician; Filmmaker Elliott Tuttle (The Steps, Lina\u2019s Song), Reed Birney (The Menu, House of Cards) and Kieron Moore (Code of Silence, Vampire Academy) for\u00a0Blue Film; Director Helen Walsh (The Violators, The Gathering), Barry Ward (Jimmy\u2019s Hall, Blood Cells), Lorne Macfadyen (Operation Mincemeat, The Little Stranger) and Liz White (Life on Mars, The Woman in Black) for\u00a0On the Sea.<\/p>\n

Across the wider programme, director Nadia Fall attends\u00a0Brides\u00a0alongside performers Ebada Hassan and Safiyya Ingar; Director Brendan Canty will attend for his Cork set film\u00a0Christy; Director Gerard Johnson and star Polly Maberly attend for their darkly hilarious new thriller\u00a0Odyssey; Director Urska Djukic attends for coming-of-age film\u00a0Little Trouble Girls; Filmmaker Lucio Castro for the erotic thriller\u00a0After this Death\u00a0and Charlie Shackleton for his meta documentary\u00a0Zodiac Killer Project.<\/p>\n

Director Simon Rumley and star Steve Oram bring their unflinching film\u00a0Crushed\u00a0to the Festival; Director Julie Pacino and star Cara Seymour bring psychological horror\u00a0I Live Here Now;\u00a0Welsh language opera adaptation\u00a0Fires of the Moon\u00a0director Christopher Forster will be town;\u00a0Surviving Earth\u00a0filmmaker Thea Gajic; Director of the intimate documentary\u00a0Walk With Me; Heidi Levitt, Directors Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni for their film\u00a0Cutting Through Rocks; Director Harry Sherriff for\u00a0darkly comic\u00a0Misper\u00a0and timely documentary\u00a0Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk\u00a0director Sepideh Farsi.<\/p>\n

Previously announced guests include Eva Victor\u00a0(Boys Go To Jupiter, As Of Yet)\u00a0for the Festival\u2019s opening night film\u00a0Sorry, Baby. Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, Free Fire), Noah Taylor (Shine, Vanilla Sky), Alexandra Maria Lara (Rush, Downfall)\u00a0will attend for the World Premiere of Ben\u2019s Midnight Madness opening night film\u00a0Bulk.<\/p>\n

Paul Sng (Poly Styrene: I Am a Clich\u00e9,\u202fTish) and Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting,\u202fFilth)\u202fattending for the World Premiere of Paul\u2019s immersive documentary film\u00a0Reality Is Not Enough, which will close the Festival on 20 August 2025.<\/p>\n

Filmmakers from\u00a0The Thelma Schoonmaker Prize for Short Filmmaking Excellence\u00a0will also attend the Festival.<\/p>\n

EIFF\u2019s In Conversation strand also features a range of attending major filmmaking talent who will discuss their creative careers to date including legendary editor Thelma Schoonmaker, celebrated filmmaking team Ken Loach, Paul Laverty & Rebecca O\u2019Brien\u00a0(The Wind That Shakes The Barley; I, Daniel Blake) Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void, One to One: John & Yoko) speaking with his brother, producer Andrew Macdonald (Trainspotting, Civil War, 28 Years Later), acclaimed filmmakers Nia DaCosta (Candyman, The Marvels) and Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank,\u00a0American Honey,\u00a0Cow,\u00a0Bird) and producer Jeremy Thomas (The Hit, Bad Timing, Naked Lunch).<\/p>\n

Edinburgh International Film Festival will run from 14-20 August 2025. Building on EIFF\u2019s reinvigorated vision under new leadership from CEO and Festival Director Paul Ridd and Festival Producer Emma Boa, the Festival will continue to accelerate the discovery of new film talent and engage with audiences, industry members and local, national and international media.<\/p>\n

The Festival team aims to create a world-class showcase for independent film and filmmaking talent. Ridd is supported by the EIFF Board, led by Chair Andrew Macdonald of DNA Films, producer of the iconic Edinburgh-based film Trainspotting; and Vice Chair Amy Jackson, producer of BAFTA award-winning indie, Aftersun; as well as Peter Rice, former Chairman of General Entertainment at Disney and President of 21st Century Fox; Teresa Moneo, Former Director of UK Film, Netflix; Isla Macgillivray, Partner at Saffrey; and Romana Ramzan, Producer at Screen Burn Interactive (formerly No Code Studio).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Paul Ridd, CEO & Festival Director\u00a0said: \u2018We are thrilled to be welcoming so many terrific filmmakers and performers from around the world to this year\u2019s Edinburgh International Film Festival to celebrate their work with us. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the greatest joys of a film festival is the opportunity for audiences and industry to interact directly with the creatives behind the work shown onscreen, to hear directly about their vision, and to discuss films in a space that is both welcoming and productive. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur guest list this year is testament to all the hard work and passion that has gone on behind the scenes here in Edinburgh to make this edition special and to celebrate this wonderful medium in style.\u2019<\/p>\n

EIFF 2025 is supported by Screen Scotland.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Website:\u00a0https:\/\/www.edfilmfest.org\/<\/a>\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

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