Film and Documentary

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Blue Black Permanent
Date	Location
Poetic, obscure portrait of three generations of women, drawn together over the decades by love and death. Tait's feature debut, with its beautiful opaque images based around water, sea and rain, more than fulfils the promise of her remarkable short films. View full details and ticket info
28 Jun 4.05pm Glasgow Women's Library offers a very rare opportunity to see Margaret Tait's debut feature, 20 years after…	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Two Years at Sea
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Documentary about Jake Williams, a man living an isolated existence in northern Scotland. Rivers' debut feature has no voiceover or dialogue – there are no interviews with Williams – but with breathtaking images and a bewitching soundtrack, it's a handsome and meditative film, ultimately honest and uplifting. View full details
1 Jun–5 Jun Mon & Tue 1.20pm, 6pm & 8.40pm; Fri 6pm & 8.40pm; Sat 6pm; Sun 1.10pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

You've Been Trumped
Date	Location
Documentary charting one of the US's most famous hairpiece models, aka Donald Trump, as he moves to build an enormous golf and residential development on land in the north east of Scotland, much to the dismay of the local populace. View full details
13 Jul–19 Jul Fri 4pm, 6pm & 8.45pm; Sat 3.40pm, 5.50pm & 8.15pm; Sun 1pm & 8.45pm; Mon 3.15pm & 8.45pm; Tue 8.15pm; Wed 6.15pm & 8.30pm; Thu 3.15pm, 6.15pm & 8.30pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh
17 Jul 5.45pm Followed by a discussion led by a representative of the Humanist Society of Scotland.	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Date	Location
Documentary on Sesame Street's almost-too-adorable scarlet fuzzball Elmo, and the likable and driven puppeteer Kevin Clash who turned him from a minor character into a breakout phenomenon. Although not especially deep, it has great charm and some interesting insights into the extraordinary Henson universe. View full details
15 Jun–18 Jun Mon 6.10pm; Fri–Sun 1.30pm, 4.20pm & 6.10pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh
8 Jul–9 Jul Mon 11am; Sun 7.30pm	The Hippodrome, Bo'ness

Marley
Date	Location
Kevin Macdonald's documentary chronicles the rise of Bob Marley, the first musical superstar from the developing countries to gain a global audience. With many archival treasures, the result is a comprehensive portrait but it's overly reverential and the interviews could have delved a little deeper. View full details
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Town of Runners
Date	Location
A pretty and thoughtful documentary about the tiny town of Bekoji in Ethiopia, which has produced an astonishing number of champion long-distance runners. Frustratingly, it hedges its bets as to whether it’s about Africa’s situation or just the hard knocks dealt by a sporting life, but what's singularly impressive is the interview footage with the young trainee runners, which achieves intimacy without condescension, and captures both heartrending hopefulness and sad self-delusion. View full details
1 Jun–7 Jun Fri & Sat 1.30pm; Sun 6.10pm; Mon–Thu 1.30pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

African Cats
Date	Location
Samuel L Jackson narrates the stories of a lion family and a cheetah family as they raise their young in the Kenyan savannah. View full details
2 Jun–6 Jun Wed, Sat & Sun 2pm	The Hippodrome, Bo'ness
16 Jun–17 Jun Sat 1.15pm; Sun 11am	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival
Date	Location
A quirky film festival which points focus at work relating to the natural world and our relationship with it. Set against the backdrop of Hawick, this year's programme promises a range of short and full-length films, with children's workshops, Q&A sessions and special screenings to share passion for the moving image. Booking is essential. View full details
26 Oct–28 Oct Times vary	Tower Mill, Hawick

Amateur
Date	Location
A dentist by trade, Jorge Mario has numerous hobbies and one real passion: the cinema. For years he made films in Super 8, graduating from home movies to narrative films. Now 70, Mario wants to do a remake of his own magnum opus, the super-8 western Winchester Martin. This documentary is an affectionate homage to a vanishing culture of popular cinephilia. View full details and ticket info
23 Jun 9.30pm 29 Jun 9.30pm Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Looking South	Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh

The Ambassador (Ambassadøren)
Date	Location
Danish documentarist/satirist/provocateur Mads Brügger decides to expose the high-stakes game of political and economic corruption in Africa. How to go about this? By carrying a hidden camera as he buys a diplomatic assignment to the Central African Republic and sets up a match factory staffed by Pygmies to serve as a front for a diamond-smuggling operation. A gonzo exposé of neo-colonialism that is bound to stir up controversy. 'Brügger is sort of the VICE magazine version of Sasha Baron… View full details and ticket info
25 Jun 6.10pm 24 Jun 4.45pm Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Focus on Denmark	Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh

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