Current stars to have walked the red carpet have included Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Lawrence, Sigourney Weaver, Greta Gerwig, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Clint Eastwood, Kylie Minogue, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton.
Despite not being quite as high profile as the likes of Cannes, Venice or Sundance, Edinburgh can boast to be the world's oldest continually running film festival.
In that time it has hosted the UK premieres of many box office blockbuster and critical hits including Blade Runner, Alien, Back to the Future, Taxi Driver, Annie Hall, The Usual Suspects, Amelie, and The Hurt Locker.
Back in the 1950s and 1960s it was a glamorous affair that attracted many of the great filmmakers of the era.
With the closing of its home at Edinburgh’s Filmhouse cinema, the festival’s future was at threat, but it is returning for a truncated edition this year under the auspices of the Edinburgh International Festival.
Here are 20 pictures to take you back to those happier days.
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17. On the mic
Terry Thomas at the White Cockade Nightclub in 1957 after the premiere of his film Lucky Jim at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Photo: Unknown
18. Scottish stars
Elaine C Smith and Andy Gray at the film festival in 2004. | EN license
19. Premiere
Actress Melina Mercouri and director Jules Dassin at the Film House for a premiere of the film 'He Who Must Die' in 1957. Photo: Unknown
20. Red carpet
The Irish actor Gabriel Byrne at the premiere of Jindabayne, at the 60th edition of the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2006. | National World