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48 Hour Film Project 5th Birthday Party
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Celebrate five years of the 48-Hour Film Project in Scotland a special screening of some of the best films of the past years, including the 2012 winner. In the bar from 8pm, the first 48 ticketholders get a free Knops Beer and a cupcake. The screening starts at 8.50pm.
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31 May 8pm Cameo, Edinburgh
5th Ave Girl
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In this Depression-era comedy, a wealthy man recruits an unemployed woman in order to annoy his neglectful family.
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9 Jul 6.10pm
Featuring an introduction by Chris Fujiwara, Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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.
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16 Jun17 Jun Sat 1.15pm; Sun 11am Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Age of Consent
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A couple of innocent college students fall in love. Director La Cava's fondness for improvisation brings the young cast to life.
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7 Jul 6.10pm
Featuring an introduction by Chris Fujiwara, Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Akira
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(5 stars) Based on the multi-volume graphic novel by Otomo, Akira is a mythical, futuristic tale of post-holocaust Tokyo, where pill-popping biker kids begin to unearth a government project designed to exploit the psychic and telekinetic powers of a group of laboratory-bound children. Superbly animated, with a fantastic visual and narrative imagination, but you'd be well advised to know something of the plot before you see it.
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1 Jun 11pm Cameo, Edinburgh
Alien
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Agatha Christie in outer space as a freighter lands on a mysterious planet and is ingeniously invaded by a ravenous intruder which proceeds to chomp its way through the cast list. Edge-of-the-seat suspense thriller with a strong cast and ghastly special effects.
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15 Jul 5.30pm Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Aliens
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(5 stars) Revived from a 57-year snooze in deep space, Warrant Officer Weaver is cajoled into joining a marine rescue mission to the planet that is home for the original alien beastie. Unrelentingly paced with a terrifically gutsy performance from Weaver, this nerve-shredding sequel not only matches its predecessor but cannily surpasses it. An Oscar winner for special effects.
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15 Jul 8.20pm Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
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The singing chipmunk trio and their friends the Chipettes find themselves marooned on a desert island.
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2 Jun5 Jun
(Kids) Tue, Sat & Sun 10am
Vue Ocean, Edinburgh
2 Jun5 Jun
(Kids) Mon, Tue, Sat & Sun 10am
Vue Omni, Edinburgh
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.
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23 Jun 9.30pm
29 Jun 9.30pm
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Looking South
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
The Ambassador (Ambassadøren)
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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…
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25 Jun 6.10pm
24 Jun 4.45pm
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Focus on Denmark
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
American Reunion
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(3 stars) The American Pie gang have a 13-year reunion and contemplate some familiar problems about love, sex and intimacy. A fun nostalgia trip that rates the heart as important as the other bodily parts; the original cast are as likable (or not) as ever. Nothing very revelatory but plenty of laughs.
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30 May31 May Wed 10am, 12.40pm, 3.30pm, 6.30pm & 9.30pm; Thu 11.30am, 2.30pm, 5.30pm & 8.30pm Vue Ocean, Edinburgh
30 May31 May Wed & Thu 10.50am & 4.05pm Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
30 May31 May Wed & Thu 1.10pm, 3.50pm, 6.30pm & 9.15pm Vue Omni, Edinburgh
1 Jun7 Jun Fri–Thu 6.10pm & 8.50pm Vue Ocean, Edinburgh
Amok
Date Location
One sweltering day on the mean streets of Manila, various lives intersect and come into conflict as an act of random violence escalates into a brutal struggle for survival. 'Fajardo's technical exercise is a showcase of his talent for skewering disparate lives momentarily trapped in an urban labyrinth through a random act of violence'. (Khavn de la Cruz, filmmaker).
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21 Jun 7.45pm
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave
Filmhouse, Edinburgh
And If We All Lived Together? (Et si on vivait tous ensemble?)
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Several screen icons star in a comedy-drama that treats delicate issues with tact, humour and intelligence. Five long-time friends (Jane Fonda, Geraldine Chaplin, Claude Rich, Pierre Richard, Guy Bedos), now past retirement age, decide to move in together. Under the watchful eyes of their younger caretaker (Daniel Bruhl), an anthropology student, the new housemates confront some hidden issues from their shared past while struggling to cope with the problems of ageing.
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26 Jun 8.30pm
24 Jun 8.30pm
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
Angèle and Tony (Angèle et Tony)
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(3 stars) Angèle (Hesme) starts a relationship with fisherman Tony (Gadebois) as a result of a personal ad; it seems doomed from the start, but a connection of sorts develops. Hesme and Gadebois are very good in Delaporte's debut feature, a beguiling and slow-moving story set in a remote Normandy fishing village.
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31 Jul2 Aug Tue 3.15pm & 6.10pm; Wed 8.25pm; Thu 3.15pm & 8.25pm Filmhouse, Edinburgh
The Angels' Share
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(2 stars) New drama from top Brit director Loach about a young father with a criminal past who is determined to give his son a better life than he had.
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Animation Panel: Running Out of Film
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Nominees for the McLaren Animation Award discuss the impact of digital technology on animation practice with other industry specialists. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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28 Jun 2.30pm
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Animation
Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Annie Hall
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Two decades before Sex And The City had its first orgasm, Annie Hall was laying bare the mores of modern, urban romance to devastating effect while also zoning in on the specific psyche of Allen Konigsberg: anti-Semitic paranoia, metaphysical angst, the search for true love. There's a highly charged on-screen electricity between Allen and Keaton, glorious vistas of the old New York and hilarious set pieces – Alvy fighting with lobsters, the scene of his childhood home below the rollercoaster…
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9 Jun To be confirmed Cameo, Edinburgh
11 Jul12 Jul Wed 8.30pm; Thu 6pm
13 Jul 1pm
Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Anton Corbijn: Inside Out
Date Location
This deft and insightful film offers an intimate and revealing view of the life and creativity of the celebrated photographer and filmmaker. Thoughts from Bono, Metallica, Lou Reed and others, together with footage taken on the set of The American, starring George Clooney, fill out a portrait of a sensitive and reticent artist. 'A thoughtful film that is as much an homage to the creative process as it is a tribute to a man'. (Jessica Kiang, IndieWire).
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29 Jun 8.40pm
28 Jun 6.30pm
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Films on Film
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
The Apartment
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(5 stars) Wilder's corrosive 1960 lampoon of corporate America tells the story of spineless insurance statistician CC Baxter (Lemmon). Having fallen into the practice of leasing his apartment to his superiors for illicit liaisons, Baxter is rewarded with high-speed promotion. All of which suits him fine until he realises that one of the ladies being taken back is the girl of his dreams.
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28 Jul30 Jul Mon 6pm; Sat 8.30pm; Sun 1.30pm & 6.20pm
30 Jul
(Parent & baby) 11am
Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Atletu (The Athlete)
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This intriguing and elegant hybrid of documentary and biopic tells the inspiring story of the Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who in 1960 became the first African athlete to win gold at the Olympics. This screening will be preceded by a short promotional film by the Global Concerns Trust on their projects in Malawi.
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2 Jul5 Jul Mon–Wed 3.30pm; Thu 6.10pm Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Atmosphere: Belief
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Video documentary or 'cinematic data visualisation' that is the final part in the Flat Earth Trilogy, created by Matthew Jarvis, John Cobban, Alison Craighead, Jon Thomson and Steve Rushton. The installation comprises a montage of video footage sourced from YouTube, coupled with a projection of a map that shows where in the world each clip is from. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Atmosphere Programme.
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21 Jun1 Jul Mon–Sun 8.30–9pm Inspace, Edinburgh
Attractive Illusion
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In search of a better life, a boatful of Nigerians wash up on the shores of Greece and head for Athens. There they embark on a precarious new life. Turning to illegal activities to make money, the paperless immigrants are easy prey for ruthless crime bosses. A dark and abrasive film, filled with vivid characters, whom director Petros Sevastikoglou views with calm compassion.
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30 Jun 8pm
26 Jun 6.10pm
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
Au Pair
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The exploitation of au pair women who come from overseas to work in richer countries is the subject of this compassionate and hard-hitting documentary. The film looks at the lives of three Philippine women who work as au pairs in Denmark. Struggling in their new country to earn money for their families back home, the women face social marginalisation and the imminent expiration of their work permits.
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23 Jun 2.25pm
26 Jun 6.35pm
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Focus on Denmark
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
Avengers Assemble
Date Location
(4 stars) Big blockbuster superhero action as Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow and Hawkeye team up to save the world.
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