Edinburgh International Film Festival’s departing director Lizzie Franke has been giving her views on this year’s event.

"Edinburgh in August is an extraordinary forum of ideas," she says. "What has pleased me most about this year’s Film Festival has been the constant sense of a community of film-makers, admiring and learning from one another.

"I witnessed Haskell Wexler in conversation with Mike Figgis, two iconoclastic directors. Guillermo del Toro invited David Lynch’s regular composer, Angelo Badalamenti, to play a vampire in his next movie - and also wanted him to do the score...

"The wealth of local talent showcased in work both British and international - Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Seamus McGarvey, Dougray Scott, Alan Cumming, John McKay - testifies to Scotland’s global film community.

"Despite the often appalling weather, the stars have come out in force. Sean Penn, Kate Winslet and Tim Roth provided some Hollywood glamour. Angelo Badalamenti tickled us by simultaneously performing the Twin Peaks theme tune and imitating David Lynch in rapturous glee.

"I think there can be no more thrilling end to my five years as Artistic Director than the chance to conduct a masterclass with Emma Thompson, before the screening of her deeply moving new film Wit.