Established in 1947, The Edinburgh International Film Festival is the world's oldest continually running film festival.
The closure of the city’s Filmhouse cinema (which has since been saved) put the future of the festival at risk, with a hugely scaled-back event held last year.
But now the festival has been rebooted under new director new director Paul Ridd, with seven days of events across five venues, including 18 world premieres.
And a host of famous filmmaking talents will be joining audiences to present and talk about their films.
Here are 10 of them.
9. Andrew Macdonald
Joining Alex Garland will be his long-time collaborator Scottish film producer Andrew Macdonald. He's produced pretty much all of Danny Boyle and Garland's films, as well as the like of 'The Sweeney', 'Sunshine on Leith' and 'The Parole Officer'. See him at Tollcross Central Hall at 2.30pm on Sunday. August 18. | Getty Images
10. Ali Plumb
BBC Radio 1 film critic Ali Plumb will be hosting 'Ali Plumb's Untitled Film Quiz Project' at Summerhall's Dissection Room on Monday, August 19, at 9pm. | Getty Images for Netflix