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Edinburgh Film Festival Finalizes 2025 Slate With Schoonmaker Tribute and Matafeo Podcast

The lineup blends Thelma Schoonmaker’s tribute screening with a live podcast appearance by Rose Matafeo alongside premiere feature selections.

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Overview

  • The festival is set to take place in Edinburgh from August 14 to 20, 2025, at venues including Tollcross Central Hall.
  • On August 17, Schoonmaker will chair an In Conversation session on Michael Powell’s work and introduce a digital restoration of his 1937 film The Edge of the World.
  • Comedian Rose Matafeo will join the 90 Minutes or Less FilmFest Podcast for a live recording during the festival’s In Conversation day.
  • Additional In Conversation sessions will feature filmmakers Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Rebecca O’Brien, Kevin and Andrew Macdonald, and Andrea Arnold.
  • The program opens with Eva Victor’s debut feature Sorry, Baby and concludes with Paul Sng’s documentary Reality Is Not Enough.