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. Razzle dazzle
French film stars add a touch of glamour to the 1958 Film Festival in the Film House. (left to right) Noelle Adam, Dominique Wilms, Nicole Berger, and Nadine Tallier Photo: Unknown
18. Taking care
Star of the film Alan Bates with British director Clive Donner at a screening of Donner's 'The Caretaker' at Edinburgh's Film House in August 1963. Photo: Unknown
19. Special screening
Mr Forsyth Hardy, Honorary Secretary of the Edinburgh Film Festival, talks to actors Kenneth More and Muriel Pavlov at the Playhouse Cinema at a special presentation of 'Reach for the Sky' in 1956. Photo: Unknown
20. Having a ball
Attendees at the 1958 Edinburgh Film Festival Ball in Hopetoun House - Neville Adams with French actresses Nicole Berger, Dominique Wilms and Noelle Adam. Photo: Unknown