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Alasdair Ferguson

Edinburgh TV Festival was 'never really Scottish,' expert claims

Edinburgh TV Festival will be relocated to Greater Manchester (Image: Supplied)

THE Edinburgh TV Festival moving to Greater Manchester will be a blow to Scotland’s creative industry, but it “was never really a Scottish festival,” a top film expert has claimed.

Glasgow Tellyfest CEO and filmmaker Claire Duffy said the decision to move the festival from Edinburgh after more than 50 years “might not make that much of a difference in the end” as it had been dominated by international creatives instead of homegrown talent for several years.

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