Mar 13, 2012 03:28 PM EST

Disney-Pixar Brave to Close The Edinburgh International Film Festival

The Edinburgh International Film Festival today have announced that the Disney-Pixar movie Brave will make its European premier at this year's event, it was announced today by Scottish first minister Alex Salmond and EIFF artistic director Chris Fujiwara. "We're delighted to host the premiere of Brave and continue the Festival's long relationship with Disney" said Fujiwara. The news comes just after a week when The Walt Disney Company announced a marketing campaign with Visit Scotland, the countries tourism organisation.

Brave will be presented in Disney Digital 3D and is Pixar's thirteenth animated movie which features stars Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly, Robbie Coltrane and Kelly Macdonald will close the event on July 1^st six weeks before the general release in the UK, but movie goers in the US can catch Brave in theatres from June 22^nd.