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29-688: The festival was founded by Rachel Caplan, who had previously worked for the Edinburgh Film Festival , the San Francisco Film Society and the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival . She created the festival to connect international environmental films and filmmakers with San Francisco Bay Area audiences and increase awareness of the climate crisis. Over 9 years, the Festival grew from a 3-day programme in one small venue to

58-662: A Scot" with Sir Sean Connery, published in 2008 and which is now published in 5 languages. "Beatus – The Spanish Apocalypse" on the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages on the Book of Revelation, was invited in competition to the 2015 Montréal Festival du Film sur L'Art – the 4th film Grigor has made in partnership with Hamid Shams, the American Director of Photography. In 2008, Grigor produced seven film loops for Los Angeles' Hammer Gallery exhibition Between Earth and Heaven about

87-605: A feature-length film about the Scottish writer, adventurer and politician R.B. Cunninghame Graham , but he was unable to secure sufficient funding for its production. In 1997, he directed the PBS series "The Face of Russia" with James Billington, the Librarian of Congress. "Contemporary Days" on the British designers Robin and Lucienne Day for Design Onscreen of Denver Colorado, was premiered at

116-763: A number of awards were developed by the festival. These included The Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film (selected by a jury), the Audience Award, and the Best International Feature Award (selected by a panel of judges). There were previously 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 to 2006. Tilda Swinton , Robert Carlyle and Seamus McGarvey were honorary patrons. In December 2009, Hannah McGill collected

145-599: A programme of documentaries, was presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild alongside the 1947 Edinburgh International Festival . Key figures in this initiative were the Guild's Norman Wilson and the film journalist and wartime civil servant, Forsyth Hardy . 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 documentaries. Murray Grigor

174-533: A video of Neil Young busking in Glasgow. Grigor also worked as film producer and writer. Together with Barbara Grigor, he founded, in 1972, the film company Viz Ltd based in Inverkeithing , Scotland. Grigor has also written screenplays for all his films, and a number of exhibition catalogues to accompany his exhibitions. He was co-author of "The Architects' Architect" on C.R. Mackintosh with Richard Murphy and "Being

203-580: A weeklong event in multiple venues across the city, and the largest environmental film festival in the USA outside the long-established Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital in Washington D.C. The festival was known for its 'Take Action' programmes, encouraging audiences to get involved with local climate campaigns and causes in partnership with organisations such as Sierra Club, Greenpeace, and 350.org. SFGFF

232-579: Is a Scottish film-maker, writer, artist, exhibition curator and amateur architect who has served as director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival . He has made over 50 films with a focus on arts and architecture. Grigor was born in 1939 in Inverness , and graduated from St Andrews University . He started his career as a film editor at the BBC which he left in 1967 to become director of

261-405: Is based on Amy Liptrot 's 2016 memoir, The Outrun . Spanning 7 days, the relaunched festival is set to honour 70+ years of festival history, showcasing the very best talent in filmmaking in a re-energised format that is rooted in a local Scottish context whilst embracing the international diversity of creative expression. The festival is poised to accelerate the discovery of new talent through

290-416: Is facing the perfect storm of sharply rising costs, in particular energy costs, alongside reduced trade due to the ongoing impacts of the pandemic and the cost of living crisis. The combination and scale of these challenges is unprecedented and means that there was no option but to take immediate action.” In March 2023, it was announced that the festival would return in a special one-year iteration as part of

319-690: The Edinburgh International Festival , running from 18–23 August 2024. Screen Scotland also supported the festival, who took on the festival brand after the administration of the Centre for the Moving Image. The 2023 programme was led by Programme Director Kate Taylor, with Kristy Matheson leaving the role. Details of the programme, which included 36 features films, of which 24 were new, were published in July 2023. In July 2023, Screen Scotland facilitated

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348-486: The Edinburgh International Film Festival . In 1968, he married Barbara Grigor, née Sternschein, a teacher of French and German, film maker, exhibition curator, and chairman of the Scottish Sculpture Trust with whom he had two daughters, Sarah, b 1970 and Phoebe, b 1972. Barbara Grigor died in 1994. Grigor married Carol Colburn Grigor née Colburn in 2011. With his wife Barbara and Peter Rush, Grigor devised

377-651: The Glasgow Film Festival in February 2011. "Ever to Excel" - a feature documentary with Sir Sean Connery was funded in America to mark the 600th anniversary of the University of St Andrews for its scholarship endowment campaign, and had its British premiere at the 2012 Glasgow Film Festival. It was followed by sequel "Ever to Exceed' celebrating the achievements of St. Andrews' students, scholars and alumni. In 1976 he shot

406-669: The Scotch Myths exhibition, which was mounted at the Crawford Centre at the University of St Andrews in the Spring of 1981 and went on to feature in the programme of the Edinburgh International Festival . Its exploration of popular representations of Scottish identity, notably Tartanry and the Kailyard , attracted much critical attention, influencing cultural and political debate in Scotland in

435-668: The Central Hall, Tollcross . In 1958, it acquired its own base at 3 Randolph Crescent, a Georgian town house with its own cinema. In 1979, it moved to the Edinburgh Filmhouse , which remained its base until its closure in 2022. Other recent venues have included Fountainpark Cineworld , Edinburgh Festival Theatre , and the VUE Cinema at the Omni Centre . Murray Grigor William Alexander Murray Grigor OBE (born 1939)

464-671: The Festival was the official film presenting partner of the Global Climate Action Summit , hosted by the U.N.'s Christiana Figueres, Michael Bloomberg, and California Governor Jerry Brown. In 2019, the Green Film Festival took place for the last time. The Opening Night event at the Castro Theare included a screening of Fredrik Gertten ’s feature documentary film Push , and a conversation with U.N. Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, Leilani Farha . The tenth edition

493-681: The architecture of John Lautner , which coincided with the premiere of his documentary Infinite Space on the same subject. He was appointed, in 2007, as a member of the Scottish Broadcasting Commission . Grigor is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts , and was the first film maker to be made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and the Royal Institute of British Architects . Grigor

522-530: The early 1980s. The exhibition inspired the three-day Scotch Reels event at the 1982 Edinburgh Film Festival , which explored representations of Scots and Scotland in cinema and television. Grigor contributed to an accompanying book of essays entitled Scotch Reels: Scotland in Cinema and Television edited by Colin McArthur. The success of the exhibition also led Channel 4 to commission Grigor to write and direct

551-424: The festival board introduced its newest creative director, Kristy Matheson, who formerly served as Director of Film at Australia's national museum of screen culture, ACMI . In October 2022, the festival's organiser, the Centre for the Moving Image, went into administration. The festival’s main venue, Edinburgh’s celebrated Filmhouse cinema, also closed in 2022. CMI released a statement explaining that: “The charity

580-439: The festival presented over 600 feature length and short films with over 800 guests ranging from filmmakers to scientists, academics, activists, indigenous leaders and youth. Notable guests included Margaret Atwood , Annie Leonard , Fredrik Gertten , Louie Psihoyos , The Yes Men , Jonathan Franzen , Céline Cousteau , Yann Arthus-Bertrand , Josh Fox , Virginia McKenna , Ralph Eggleston , and Madonna Thunderhawk . In 2018,

609-670: The film Scotch Myths which was screened at the Festival of Film and Television from the Celtic Countries held in Glasgow in March 1983. From the 1980s, Grigor extended his film focus to include international, and particularly American subjects, such as the 1986 landmark 8 part series Pride of Place with Robert A.M. Stern for the American television channel PBS . In 1987 he wrote the screenplay for

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638-526: The film critic/programmer Mark Adams – who had been Chief Film Critic for Screen International; Director of Cinema at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), and Head of Programme Planning at the National Film Theatre – took over as Artistic Director. He decided to step down in late 2019 after heading five editions. The festival was cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic . As of June 2021,

667-720: The inauguration of two major competitions, The Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence and a competition for Shorts, with significant prize-money awarded to the filmmakers. During the festival's early years, screenings took place at various cinemas and other venues across the city, including the New Victoria in Clerk Street, the Playhouse in Leith Walk, the Odeon in Lothian Road and

696-548: The prestigious Talkback Thames New Talent Award at the Women in Film and Television Awards . Following McGill's departure, a new format was announced in December 2010 with no artistic director and a series of guest curators led by producer James Mullighan. The Festival returned to a more conventional format in 2012 under artistic director Chris Fujiwara, who stepped down in 2014. In 2014,

725-530: The recruitment of Chairperson Andrew Macdonald to lead the establishment of a new company to run the festival. In November 2023, Paul Ridd, a long-term acquisitions executive at Picturehouse Cinemas , was named as the new Director of the festival. In January 2024, it was announced that the festival would return from 15–21 August 2024. The festival will open with the UK premiere of Nora Fingscheidt 's Orkney-set drama The Outrun starring Saoirse Ronan . The film

754-632: Was a member of the Green Film Network , an association of worldwide environmental film festivals. Edinburgh International Film Festival The Edinburgh International Film Festival ( EIFF ), established in 1947, is the world's oldest continually running film festival . EIFF presents both UK and international films (all titles are World, International, European, UK or Scottish Premieres), in all genres and lengths. It also presents themed retrospectives and other specialized programming strands. The International Festival of Documentary Films ,

783-482: Was appointed director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1967. Linda Myles was director of the Festival from 1973 to 1980, initiating a number of reappraisals and new viewpoints, notably "The Women's Event" organised by Myles, Claire Johnston and Laura Mulvey at the 1972 Festival. In 2008, the film festival moved from its traditional August slot to June. In past editions,

812-637: Was planned to be held over 10 days in September 2020, but in May it was announced that the festival would cease operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Around that time, it had a staff of three employees, not counting its board of directors. In 2022, SF IndieFest launched the 'Green Film Festival of San Francisco' as a new event which is not affiliated with this festival. Juried award introduced in 2017 for Best Bay Area Environmental Feature with $ 5,000 prize. The Festival

841-670: Was recognised Internationally through an official partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); and membership of the Green Film Network, a global association of 30 film festivals which focus on environmental issues. Its Science on Screen and Impact Film Forum initiatives were funded by National Endowment for the Arts. In nine years,

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