The film will be presented by actor and director Max Minghella, Anthony’s son
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has announced a special tribute screening of Anthony Minghella’s iconic film The Talented Mr Ripley which will be presented on Sunday 16 August by actor and director Max Minghella (The Handmaid’s Tale, Shell, Teen Spirit, Clayface), Anthony’s son.
The thrilling 1999 film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s electrifying novel stars Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffmann. In late 1950s New York, a young underachiever Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law), a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.
The screening joins other special presentations of repertory titles at this year’s EIFF including Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting, Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet and Takeshi Miike’s Visitor Q, Hal Ashby’s Coming Home and Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton’s Little Miss Sunshine.
EIFF CEO and Festival Director, Paul Ridd has said: “A titan of television and cinema, Anthony Minghella’s extraordinary career – cut cruelly short at the age of 54 – included directing acclaimed films Truly Madly Deeply (1990), The English Patient (1996) and Cold Mountain (2003).
“A superb director of actors and a master of large scale productions, with a versatility that encompassed sprawling epics and intimate character dramas, Minghella is a much missed British filmmaker who we are delighted to honour with a special presentation of his wonderful Patricia Highsmith adaptation The Talented Mr Ripley (1999).
“Mr Minghella’s hugely talented son Max has followed in his father’s footsteps both as a filmmaker in his own right and as an actor, and we are honoured to welcome him to EIFF to introduce this special screening.”
Max Minghella has said: “Thankyou to Paul Ridd and the fantastic team at the Edinburgh International Film Festival for selecting The Talented Mr Ripley.
“I look forward to this special opportunity for my father’s work to play at this exciting and groundbreaking festival.”
EIFF will run from 13 – 19 August 2026.
