@PaulRidd

CEO & Festival Director, Edinburgh International Film Festival. Opinions my own.

 London, United Kingdom
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Joined April 2009
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This is such a special film. Thrilled we are opening @edfilmfest with it in August. Here we go!
Edinburgh International Film Festival@edfilmfestMay 8
We are thrilled to announce Louis Paxton’s #TheIncomer as the Opening Night film of #EIFF2026! After premiering at #Sundance The Incomer is coming back home to Scotland for its UK Premiere at EIFF in August! Starring #DomhnallGleeson & #GayleRankin EIFF2026 runs 13 - 19 Aug
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Really sad news. His brief, haunting appearance in MYSTERIOUS SKIN is one of the most powerful elements in an already wonderful movie. The best kind of character actor, leaving an unforgettable impression in a whole range of movies.
The Hollywood Reporter
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Richard Riehle, ‘Office Space’ Actor, Dies at 78 hollywoodreporter.com/movies…

Richard Riehle, ‘Office Space’ Actor, Dies at 78

The mustachioed character actor also was memorable in ‘The Fugitive,’ ‘Glory,’ ‘Casino,’ ‘Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo’ and ‘Grounded for Life.’

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Four @edfilmfest titles in the mix on the Maverick Longlist at @BIFA_film. Congrats to the film teams behind SUNLIGHT, MISPER, PERIL AT PINCER POINT and SNAPSHOT, all truly maverick indie films. screendaily.com/news/masc-we…

‘Masc’, ‘We, The Hated’ make Bifa Raindance Maverick award longlist

'Everybody To Kenmure Street', 'Something Familiar' also on the list.

screendaily.com
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This.
Reel Insight@reelinsight9Oct 14
One of my biggest pet peeves at film festivals is audiences audibly sighing or complaining when a film opens with a long list of production companies. If anyone should understand how difficult it is to get independent films made, it’s a festival audience. Show some awareness #LFF
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Tom Mason@tomsmason91Oct 18
ITV with one of the best censorship edits ever to Tomorrow Never Dies Cutting the guy strangling Bond so now it just looks like Brosnan is screaming in terror at the plane shooting at him
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Digger
@diggerthemovieOct 17
Connectin’ with fans across the globe. DIGGER is NOW PLAYING in theaters and IMAX. Tickets on sale now. fandan.co/Digger
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Very happy the world is now getting THE DEVILS fever. Finally!
Paul Ridd@PaulRidd11 Dec 2021
Ken Russell’s THE DEVILS is so good! Jarman’s sets, that mad music, the sheer furious pitch of the whole thing. Reed and Redgrave both extraordinary. Repression, sex and torture wrapped up in the most wildly maximalist religious imagery. So funny as well.
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On This Day - London Cinema Releases
@Mag1cH0urOct 17
XXX starring Vin Diesel opened in London on this day October 17th, 2002..
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Nik Grozdanović
@nikgrozOct 17
Fjord — I wish I watched it with someone because it’s the most open for discussion film I’ve seen at #LFF. I’m impressed a film with such a touchy subject, dealt in such a way, this politically divisive, won the Palme. Cinema as strongly opinionated art, presenting two sides of an argument equally, prevails. And I gotta applaud that. I get why it has rubbed so many the wrong way but I was enthralled and I admire it for going against the typical grain.
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Tony Paley@tpaleyfilmOct 16
‘Tyler-Marie Evans emerges as a striking new filmmaker, whose debut lands as a love letter to the girls who dare to dream, despite it all’ Incisive PRETTY BABIES (world premiere @edfilmfest) review by Anna Stafford in @LWLies lwlies.com/festivals/pretty-…

Pretty Babies – first-look review

Best friends Marie and Luna flee to Hollywood in pursuit of movie stardom, only to fall into the dark underbelly of sex work in Tyler-Marie Evans’…

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Great film!
The Hollywood Reporter
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The surprise film at this year’s #BFILondonFilmFestival is… I Play Rocky!
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More cool stuff from @FilmsRadiance variety.com/2026/film/news/h…

Yang Li-kuo’s ‘The Dull-Ice Flower’ Set for U.S.-U.K. Release as London-Based Distributor Radiance...

Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai Ming-liang Classics among Taiwanese films set for release by Radiance Films as restored cinema attracts younger audiences.

variety.com
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patrick.
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people > prompts
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Yes!
The Mummy
@themummyOct 15
In one year, The Mummy: Book of the Dead opens. In theaters October 15, 2027.
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Nick McPheat@nmcphtOct 16
Honestly still don’t think enough is made of this basically being Scottish. The biggest entertainment release of all time - bigger than any film or TV series - and it all started above a chippy in Dundee and still largely comes out of Edinburgh. Mental.
Rockstar Games
@RockstarGamesOct 15
Watch the Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer, featuring the debut of “Flower in a Hurricane" from original score composers Justice feat. Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Grand Theft Auto VI arrives November 19: rockstargames.com/VI/ps5

Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer

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Cannot wait to see this!
Mark Cousins@markcousinsfilmOct 16
With its mono-tints, theatricality, emotional ambition, lyricism and massive metaphor, #Whalefall reminded me at times of silent cinema - except that its sound design is very 21st C. Not just about hard v soft masculinity. Loved it.
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One of the best films @PicEntFilms ever released. Such a great movie.
On This Day - London Cinema Releases
@Mag1cH0urOct 16
On this day October 16th, 2015, Yorgos Lanthimos' THE LOBSTER opened in London..
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Mike Leigh is "very concerned" for young filmmakers in the UK: "[I want them] not to be dictated to and not be hanging around for years and years while people bully them about casting and their script" #LFF
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He’s been busy. The Beekeeper 2 - only in theaters January 2027.
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edgarwright
@edgarwrightOct 15
Fantastic news!
Prince Charles Cinema@ThePCCLondonOct 15
The Prince Charles Cinema Secures its Future The Prince Charles Cinema is thrilled to announce that we have signed a new 25-year lease with no break clause, ensuring our projectors will keep rolling for years to come. #YouSavedThePCC
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Edinburgh film festival chief offers sneak peak of 'milestone' 80th edition 👇
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