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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9. Why the long face?
Swedish film actress Elsa Prawitz with milk horse Gilbert outside the Film House in 1963. Photo: Unknown
10. A real goldmine
Ewan McGregor at the premiere of Velvet Goldmine at the festival in 1998. | National World
11. Aiming for the stars
Herbert Lom and Gia Scala attending the premiere of 'I Aim at the Stars' at the New Victoria Cinema in 1960. Photo: TSPL
12. Megastar
Charlize Theron with film directors Emilia Menocal and Juaretsi Saizarbitoria at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2006. | National World