{
  "id": 209255,
  "title": "Edinburgh’s Industry Programme Returns With High-Profile Names & UK Indie Focus",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/edinburghs-industry-programme-returns-with-high-profile-names-uk",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-06T06:47:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/edinburgh-industry-paul-ridd-ben-roberts-2026-1237006033/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Edinburgh Film Festival’s industry programme returns this year in an expanded format, centered around a new symposium on the state of independent filmmaking in the UK, aptly titled the UK Film Conference. The festival launched the conference earlier this summer and tapped BFI CEO Ben Roberts as the inaugural keynote speaker. Roberts will take […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}