67th EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ENJOYS
A 10% RISE IN ADMISSIONS
Edinburgh – 3 July 2013 – The 67th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival saw a healthy increase in admissions at the 2013 Festival. More than 44,000 tickets were issued across the 12 day Festival, a ten per cent increase on last year’s figure.
The Festival sold tickets for its multiple venues across the city, which included the EIFF’s home at Filmhouse, Cineworld at Fountain Park, Festival Theatre Edinburgh, delegate centre venue, The Traverse, and new venues for 2013, The Dominion and Odeon Wester Hailes.
Ken Hay, CEO Edinburgh International Film Festival, commented; “We are delighted with how audiences have engaged with this year’s Festival. As well as the increase in the number of admissions, there have been unprecedented levels of online interaction across multiple digital platforms. Our planning for the 68th EIFF in 2014 is well underway: Chris Fujiwara and his team have already started to construct another programme that will offer hidden gems, discoveries and films to challenge and dare our growing audience.”
The Festival closed on Sunday with the Scottish romantic comedy NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING at Festival Theatre Edinburgh, having screened 146 features including 14 World premieres, 6 international premieres and 9 European premieres.
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel’s LEVIATHAN won the coveted Michael Powell Award, and the Award for Best Film in the International Competition went to Mahdi Fleifel’s A WORLD NOT OURS.
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Established in 1947, Edinburgh International Film Festival is renowned around the world for discovering and promoting the very best in international cinema – and for heralding and debating changes in global filmmaking. Intimate in its scale, ambitious in its scope, and fuelled by pure passion for cinema in all its manifestations, EIFF seeks to spotlight the most exciting and innovative new film talent, in a setting steeped in history.
Notable films premiered in recent years have included: THE IMPOSTER, BRAVE, TABU, THE HURT LOCKER, MOON, FISH TANK, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, MAN ON WIRE, CONTROL, KNOCKED UP, RATATOUILLE, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, TSOTSI and BILLY ELLIOT.
EIFF is supported by Creative Scotland, the City of Edinburgh Council, EventScotland, the Scottish Government through the Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund, the British Council and the BFI. EIFF 2013 is sponsored by Dewar’s Whisky, Sainsbury’s Bank, easyJet, Mana Premiere Automobiles, Innis & Gunn and Mackie’s of Scotland. The Student Critics Jury is supported by James and Morag Anderson.
The Centre for the Moving Image (CMI) was founded in 2010 with a vision to be at the forefront of the development of film and the moving image in Scotland. The CMI currently comprises EIFF and Edinburgh Filmhouse.
