Screen Scotland, a national funding body, today announced that it has acquired the intellectual property rights to the Edinburgh International Film
In a statement, Screen Scotland said the work will be funded by an award of up to £97,647 from Creative Scotland, which was drawn from the original cash award allocated to the CMI for 2022/23.Screen Scotland said it picked up the rights to the festival from FRP Advisory, the administrators hired by the Centre for the Moving Image , the charity that formerly ran the festival.
The Edinburgh Film Festival went bust in October after the CMI appointed administrators. A statement from the CMI said a “perfect storm” of rising costs and falling admissions numbers due to the pandemic had been exacerbated by the current cost of living crisis.