‘Rebuilt from scratch’: how Edinburgh international film festival got back on its feet

In a radical rethink' after its crisis two years ago, the festival returns with world premieres, a new 50,000 prize and a focus on industry

Peter Bradshaw's 12 best picks of the festival

The trailblazing producer Lynda Myles knows a thing of two about film festivals. The first female director of the Edinburgh international film festival (EIFF) betweeen 1973 and 1980, Myles declares herself ecstatic" that the revived programme will take place this month.

With so many other festivals to compete with, you have to have specificity," says Myles, who will present a new screening showcase at the EIFF, and it seems to me that being part of the world's biggest arts festival offers that. After a difficult few years it was time for a radical rethink."