The EAF Civic Programme is a year-round collaboration with artists, individuals and communities who are finding alternative ways to resist through the arts. These projects aim to innovate safer, more accessible, and engaging festival programming during periods of social change, and to centre the voices of those who have historically been excluded from public spaces and the creative sectors.
Civic practice provides the space, time and resources for longer-term creative collaborations and co-curated opportunities. The programme is built on care, growth, trust-building and new possibilities between EAF and the community organisations, artists, and charities we partner with.
Our Civic Engagement programme is supported by the PLACE Programme, a partnership between Edinburgh Festivals, Scottish Government, City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland.
Civic Programme

Event
Ticketed, FREERefractions: New Conceptions of Film + Photography
15 Jan – 18 Mar
15 January — 18 March
Various times
Other

Event
Ticketed, FREETouch Screen with Xuanlin Tham
St Margaret’s House
15 Feb – 9 Mar
Sat 15 Feb + Sun 9 Mar
1—3pm
East To Leith

Event
Ticketed, FREEFilm Critique + Narrative Writing with Anahit Behrooz
EMBASSY Gallery
19 Jan – 16 Mar
Sun 19 Jan + Sun 23 Feb + Sun 16 March
2pm—4pm
New Town + North

Event
Ticketed, FREESQIFF Queer Screening: Edinburgh Takeover
French Institute
18 Mar – 18 Mar
Tues 18 Mar
7pm—9pm
Old Town + Southside
Civic Archive



Header image credit: Public Faculty No.15. What Does Community Wellbeing Mean to You?, EAF24. Photo: Community Wellbeing Collective