Before 12pm, Film

Producer of the Beckett on Film project, Michael Colgan discusses the challenges in creating this extraordinary film collection.

Beckett on Film: Catastrophe: Directed by David Mamet and starring Harold Pinter, Rebecca Pidgeon and John Gielgud. Rough for Theatre II: Directed by Katie Mitchell and starring Jim Norton, Timothy Spall and Hugh B O’Brien. Breath: Directed by Damien †Hirst.

A number of documentaries and footage shot at the zoo over the years, to mark its centenary.

• 90 min

• Directed by: Various

The youngest filmmakers in our 2012 programme: budding artists from Edinburgh's primary schools show their perspective on life, in a colourful and inspiring showcase.

• 90 min

• Directed by: Various

Don't some of your most intense memories date from your time at 'big school'? Here, we see things through the eyes of Edinburgh's secondary school pupils – spot the new filmmakers of the future here.

Three pieces on video: The Emperor Jones is a video interpretation of The Wooster Group’s original stage production of Eugene O’Neill’s play; Today, I Must Sincerely Congratulate You is the Group’s 1991 metadocumentary of daily life in a fading performance troupe; and Rhyme ’Em to Death is a short black-and-white film…

Join us at Bowhill theatre for a family favourite film on the last Thursday of every month. See the website each month for chosen film.

C film. Returning for its ninth season, the critically acclaimed curated programme showcases silver screen shorts and contemporary filmmakers all day, every day. Pop in for a quirky short or linger longer for a moving moment - fabulously fresh innovation to discuss. Features work from UK, Europe, Americas, Asia…

Beckett on Film: Happy Days: Directed by Patricia Rozema and starring Rosaleen Linehan and Richard Johnson.

A video of a complete performance of the 1999 OBIE-winning collision of Gertrude Stein’s Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights with Joseph Mawra’s B-movie classic, Olga’s House of Shame. ‘Bedazzling … there’s nothing else like it around; it turns disorientation into a primary sensual pleasure, even as it raises terrifying…

Edinburgh Printmakers. Maclean presents film and screen-print work that explores Scotland's romantic histories through the lens of contemporary political debate. Both violently positive and grotesquely kitsch, the work explores a hybrid of styles, which reference the rugged mystique of Scottish Landscape painting, the…

An exhibition tracing the imagined history of a teak bed found in a Singapore junk shop back to the tree from which it was made, incorporating photographs, prints, collages and an award-winning short film.

The adventures of Jock the pirate cat and a band of swashbuckling mice.

Filmic-inclined kids can learn how to make music and reportage videos with this educational project, support by Yoko Ono.

• Directed by: various

A selection of animated short films for ages 0–6.

• 65 min

A selection of short animations from the London International Animation Festival, suitable for ages 5+.

A collection of four short films made by refugee and asylum seekers.

A live performance starring Elna Garana and Roberto Alagna.

In honour of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch, expert Tim Marlow hosts a behind-the-scenes look at putting on this exhibition.

Rory McEwen (1932–1982) had at least three careers: folksinger, television presenter and visual artist. In the latter case he made installations, memorable images of flowers and also collaborated with Joseph Beuys on a short film for the 1970 Edinburgh Festival. This show features a sculptural environment that McEwen made…

A video reconstruction of the landmark 1977 production Rumstick Road which combined audio taped conversations, family letters, dance, 35mm slides and the writing of Mary Baker Eddy to construct a response to the suicide of Spalding Gray’s mother. 'A brilliant and engrossing work; one whose abstraction and complexity…

Shorts filmmakers get a full-day dose of industry advice – from marketing to online distribution to making the most of film festivals – from folk at BAFTA, Glasgow Short Film Festival, British Council and Shooting People.

For our 14th edition we invite you to come and enjoy everything the festival has to offer. Our international competition brings the best films for children and young people from around the world, together in one place. A Saudi Arabian childhood(Wadjda), friendships put to the test (You and Me Forever), young people…