In his second ITV dispatch from the 1996 Edinburgh Film Festival, host Dougie Vipond interviews actor Ben Stiller ahead of the premiere of his new film Flirting With Disaster, and documentarian Nick Broomfield discusses his film Fetishes, which shines a light on the BDSM scene in New York. The programme also includes features and interviews on the Mirror Ball strand, the festival’s first spotlight on music videos, which includes a selection of films curated by record label Mo’ Wax and a focus on music video director Pedro Romhanyi, who directed promos for Blur, Manic Street Preachers and Pulp.

At the time of writing, the future of the Edinburgh International Film Festival is uncertain, despite it being the oldest continually running film festival in the world. This 1996 report, broadcast as the festival entered its 50th year, illustrates what a cultural cornerstone the event is for fans of cinema in Edinburgh, Scotland, the UK and internationally.