This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival has recorded a 9 per cent increase in admissions.
The festival (EIFF) said it had recorded "more than 50,000 admissions" to screenings and events, a figure which includes industry and press passes to events as well as bought ticket sales.
This figure is a 9 per cent increase on 2014.
In addition, 14,600 people attended the two weekends of outdoor screenings as part of the Film in the City scheme.
Over the 12 days of the festival, which came to close on Sunday, the festival screened 134 new features.
The festival was the first led by new artistic director Mark Adams.
Ken Hay, chief executive of the festival, said: "There have been some truly memorable moments at the Festival this year, from the spectacular opening night World Premiere of The Legend of Barney Thomson, Ewan McGregor's sold out In Person at the Lyceum, the skype Q&A with the stars of our Documentary Award Winning Film The Wolfpack the sensational screening of Back to the Future with the RSNO performing the score live, and the opportunity to meet filmmaking legends, Haskell Wexler and Johnnie To.
"Our audiences have obviously responded to our rich and diverse programme and we are thrilled to see the increase in admissions."
Winning films this year included Andrew Haigh's 45 Years which picked up The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film, The Diary of a Teenage Girl won the Award for Best Film in the International Competition and The Wolfpack was presented with the Award for Best Documentary Feature which received its European Premiere at the Festival.
The Audience Award was won by Big Gold Dream.
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