Edinburgh International Film Festival

Submissions for #EIFF26 are now open! Submit your film for a chance to compete in The Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence (£50K prize) or The Thelma Schoonmaker Prize for Short Filmmaking Excellence (£15K prize). Submit now: filmfreeway.com/EdFilmFest2026

Just a few days to go until the REGULAR submission deadline this Friday! Submit your film for the chance to be part of the 79th Edinburgh International Film Festival. Submit here: edfilmfest.org/submissions/ #EIFF2026

World Premiere films will be eligible for potential selection to compete for: • The Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence (£50,000) • The Thelma Schoonmaker Prize for Short Filmmaking Excellence (£15,000) REGULAR: Friday 13 March 2026 LATE: Friday 17 April 2026

Take a look at the Edinburgh International Film Festival Berlinale reception with The Sean Connery Foundation, an evening that brought together colleagues and industry partners in celebration of new cinema. #EIFF26 #Berlinale #SeanConneryFoundation

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Robert Duvall and Frederick Wiseman. Their contributions to cinema have been enormous and they both leave behind them a legacy of filmmaking that will live on in the decades to come. Our condolences to their families and loved ones.

A reception organised by the Edinburgh International Film Festival in partnership with the Sean Connery Foundation at the Berlin International Film Festival, celebrating EIFF as a platform for new international cinema.  #EIFF26

In pictures: Edinburgh International Film Festival Berlinale reception #sponsored screendaily.com/screen-network…

Thrilled to see the brand is strong from @edfilmfest on the streets at Berlin. Coming to the Cameo and more Aug 13-19. Mark your calendars.

Featured in today’s Daily at @berlinale from @screendaily, with a spread of photos from our Reception on Saturday in association with The Sean Connery Foundation + a full back page ad for our 2026 edition. @edfilmfest 2026, Aug 13-19. Bring it on.

Festival Director Paul Ridd is featured in Screen today discussing ambitious plans for this year's EIFF ahead of this evening's EIFF Berlinale reception event which brings together sales agents, filmmakers and producers to raise a glass to the year ahead. screendaily.com/news/edinburgh…

#EIFF26 will run from 13 to 19 August 2026. EIFF 2026 is supported by @screenscots.

Submit now: filmfreeway.com/EdFilmFest2026 Submission deadlines for the 79th edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival: EARLYBIRD: Friday 6 February 2026 REGULAR: Friday 13 March 2026 LATE: Friday 17 April 2026

#EIFF26 Call for Submissions Submit your film to #EIFF26 for a chance to compete in The Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence (£50K prize) or The Thelma Schoonmaker Prize for Short Filmmaking Excellence (£15K prize). youtube.com/watch?v=dnTK_O…

Congratulations to Posy Sterling and Robert Aramayo on their nominations for the @BAFTA EE Rising Star Award! As the lead in Lollipop, Posy joined us for the film’s World Premiere at #EIFF24. Robert also starred in the World Premiere of Lilies Not For Me at #EIFF24.

Acting (#EIFF24 World Premiere) directed by Sophie Fiennes, will screen in North America in April: screendaily.com/news/sophie-fi… @Screendaily

Great to see Posy Sterling, star of LOLLIPOP, and Robert Aramayo, star of LILLIES NOT FOR ME nominated here. Both World Premieres in Competition @edfilmfest 2024.

#EIFF26 will run from 13 to 19 August 2026. EIFF 2026 is supported by @screenscots. #filmsubmissions #filmfestival #filmcompetition #featurefilm #shortfilm

Submission deadlines for the 79th edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival: EARLYBIRD: Friday 6 February 2026 REGULAR: Friday 13 March 2026 LATE: Friday 17 April 2026 Submissions criteria and further information: edfilmfest.org/submissions

Submissions for #EIFF26 are now open! Submit your film for a chance to compete in The Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence (£50K prize) or The Thelma Schoonmaker Prize for Short Filmmaking Excellence (£15K prize). Submit now: filmfreeway.com/EdFilmFest2026

Very exciting to see strong @edfilmfest representation in the @BAFTA longlists today. Congratulations to the teams behind DRAGONFLY, GROW and THE CEREMONY, plus the shorts DEATH'S PEAK, BLONDI, NEIL ARMSTRONG AND THE LANGHOLMITES and TERENCE. screendaily.com/news/one-battl…