Edinburgh Industry Program Features Ewan McGregor, Kenneth Branagh and Bruce Dern and an Inaugural U.K. Film Conference

BFI chief Ben Roberts, Film4, BBC Film, Altitude and Screen Scotland join a five-day industry push taking the temperature of Britain’s indie film biz

By Callum McLennan

Callum McLennan

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Ewan McGregor, Kenneth Branagh, Ken Burns, Christine Vachon and Bruce Dern have boarded the Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival’s 2026 industry program, a talent-heavy five-day lineup anchored by the inaugural U.K. Film Conference, billed as a state-of-the-nation summit for British independent cinema. Unspooling Aug. 14-18 at EIFF’s Festival Hub at Central Hall, the program folds starry onstage conversations into nuts-and-bolts sessions on low-budget production, private investment, literary adaptation, second-feature financing, genre filmmaking and the colonial gaze.

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