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The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is an annual fortnight of cinema screenings and related events taking place each June. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival. The EIFF presents both UK and international films (all titles are World, International, European or UK Premieres), in all genres and lengths. 2015 was the festival's 69th Edition and ran from 17–28 June. In 2014, 156 films from 47 different countries were screened, including 11 world premieres. The 2014 edition featured activity from the McLaren 2014 Centenary Celebrations, a Scotland-wide project celebrating the centenary of the trailblazing artist, animator, and musician Norman McLaren. Born in Stirling, Scotland, McLaren spent much of his time in Canada where he helped set up the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). McLaren 2014 was led by the festival's animation programmer Iain Gardner and took place at venues throughout Scotland starting April 2014. ==Origin and scope== The first festival, a programme of documentaries, was presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild alongside the 1947 Edinburgh International Festival, which continues to take place in August each year. At the time, Cannes and Venice were the most significant annual film festivals. Over the subsequent years, the programme expanded to include fiction films and experimental work in addition to documentary. In 2008, the film festival moved from its traditional August slot to June. The film festival shows a range of feature-length films and documentaries as well as short films, animations and music videos. A jury awards The Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film while the audience can vote for the Audience Award, and a panel of judges adjudicates the Best International Feature Award. There are also several awards given for short films. The artistic director from September 2006 to 2010 was Hannah McGill, previously a film critic and cinema columnist for ''The Herald'' newspaper. Her predecessor, Shane Danielsen, served from 2002-2006., Tilda Swinton, Robert Carlyle and Seamus McGarvey are honorary patrons. In December 2009 Hannah McGill collected the prestigious Talkback Thames New Talent Award at the Women in Film and Television Awards. Following McGill's departure a new format was announced with no artistic director and a series of guest curators led by producer James Mullighan. This experiment was deemed largely unsuccessful and the Festival returned to a more conventional format in 2012 under new artistic director Chris Fujiwara. Other staff are Ken Hay, CEO; Diane Henderson, Deputy Artistic Director; Holly Daniel, Head of Industry and Talent Development; Iain Gardner, Animation Programmer; Lydia Beilby, Shorts Programmer; Jenny Leask, Documentary Programmer; Kim Knowles, Experimental Programmer. In September 2014 Chris Fujiwara stepped down as artistic director. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edinburgh International Film Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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