The trailblazing producer Lynda Myles knows a thing of two about film festivals. The first female director of the Edinburgh international film festival (EIFF) betweeen 1973 and 1980, Myles declares herself “ecstatic” that the revived programme will take place this month.
“With so many other festivals to compete with, you have to have specificity,” says Myles, who will present a new screening showcase at the EIFF, “and it seems to me that being part of the world’s biggest arts festival offers that. After a difficult few years it was time for a radical rethink.”
