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Our inaugural edition took place over three days in the Scottish Storytelling Center, and the French Institute of Scotland




Beyond These Walls
AUDIENCE AWARD
Christine Seow
2025
Christine Seow
2025

Solo
TALES OF BECOMING
Carolina Rosendo
2025
Carolina Rosendo
2025

The Land In Between
INHERITANCE OF THE HEART
Yilu Zhou
2025
Yilu Zhou
2025

The Descent
FANTASTICAL REALITIES
Holly Lawrenson Evans
2025
Holly Lawrenson Evans
2025

Luna in Wonderland
STATES OF MIND
Sophie van Bree
2025
Sophie van Bree
2025

Dog Days Are Over
THE SHAPE LOVE TAKES
Kinga Pudełek
2025
Kinga Pudełek
2025

Paul Ridd
CEO and Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival

Amy Hardie
Award-winning documentary maker and film lecturer

Philip Ilson
Artistic Director and co-founder of the London Short Film Festival, and former short film programmer for the BFI London Film Festival

Gail Roberston
Screen Scotland's Screen Education Officer, and Lead Officer for the Screen Education Fund

Orson Nava
Digital Film BA Associate Professor at Ravensbourne University and freelance director

Jonny Murray
Senior Lecturer in Film and Visual Culture at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, and author and journal editor

Justine Atkinson
Founder of Aya Films and creator of Curate-It, and Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh

Tomás Sheridan
Award winning documentary director, producer, videographer and educator

Reece Cargan
BAFTA nominated and RTS award winning producer and founder of production companies ‘Bombito productions’ & ‘Randan’

Rafa Cueto
Director of CinemaAttic

Andrew Rooke
Award-winning filmmaker and Lecturer in Media Practice at Queen Margaret University

Virginia Heath
Multi-award-winning writer and director of documentaries and dramas, including a Berlinale win and a BAFTA nomination

Grant Keir
Producer and mentor creating drama-documentary hybrids through his company, Faction North

Susan Kemp
Filmmaker and academic at the University of Edinburgh, co-founder of the Film, Exhibition and Curation master’s programme

Tao-Anas Le Thanh
Videographer specializing in dance and performance film work alongside projects in portraiture and documentary

Joude Bazzoun
Filmmaker and master’s student at Edinburgh College of Art, creating activist films that amplify repressed voices

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