Edinburgh Film Festival 2026: ‘Trainspotting’ Turns 30, World Premieres Multiply and Looking Beyond the Revamp

Two years ago, Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival was talking rebuild. Now it can start talking momentum. The world’s longest continually running film festival opens its 79th edition Thursday with 38 new feature presentations, 21 world premieres, a pumping 30th-anniversary celebration of “Trainspotting,” Ewan McGregor, Kenneth Branagh and Ken Burns in town, a beefed-up industry program […]

By Callum McLennan