Edinburgh Film Festival Set To Return In August With Scaled-Down One-Off Edition, Kristy Matheson Exits As Creative Director

The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is set to return in August with a scaled-down “special one-year iteration” that will run in conjunction with the Edinburgh International Festival. T…

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’s new Programme Director, Kate Taylor. The festival said in a statement Wednesday that Kristy Matheson is leaving her role as Creative Director. Today’s statement said that Screen Scotland remains Edinburgh’s primary public funder and will continue to work with industry experts to deliver a “long-term future” for a stand-alone Edinburgh Film Festival that will launch in 2024.

At the time of administration, a statement from the CMI said a “perfect storm” of rising costs and falling admissions numbers due to the pandemic had been exacerbated by the current cost of living crisis.

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