August 2026: Edinburgh International Film Festival Special

Cinetopia presents our annual special edition from the 2026 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Amanda Rogers is joined by Garry Arnot and Mariana Duarte to discuss festival highlights including opening film The Incomer, Extra Geography, Tamra Davis’s The Best Summer, Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Sheep in the Box and many more, including films competing for the Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence. Amanda and Veronica Buccino also bring you interviews from across the festival, featuring Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Smith from Queen at Sea; Bart Simpson, director of The Mad World of Harvey Kurtzman; Finlay Pretsell, director of Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon; Tamra Davis, director of The Best Summer; and members of the cast and crew of Extra Geography. Show running times [00:00] Introduction [02:01] The Incomer [09:12] The Sheep in the Box [28:05] I Want Your Sex [38:35] Interview with Bart Simpson, director of The Mad World of Harvey Kurtzman [48:46] The Best Summer review [57:24] Interview with director Tamra Davis [1:14:49] Interview with Finlay Pretsell, director of Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon [1:32:42] Extra Geography review and interview clip [1:37:11] Queen at Sea review and interview clip For more EIFF reviews and the full video interviews, visit the Cinetopia YouTube channel and cinetopia.co.uk. Cinetopia opening music composed by Rossano Cariello. Produced and hosted by Amanda Rogers.