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9 Jul
6.10pm
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5th Ave Girl
Featuring an introduction by Chris Fujiwara, Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In this Depression-era comedy, a…
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16 Jun–17 Jun
Sat 1.15pm; Sun 11am
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African Cats
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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7 Jul
6.10pm
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Age of Consent
Featuring an introduction by Chris Fujiwara, Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. A couple of innocent college students…
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15 Jul
5.30pm
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Alien
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…
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15 Jul
8.20pm
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Aliens
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…
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21 Jun
7.45pm
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Amok
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave One sweltering day on the mean streets of Manila, various lives intersect and…
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31 Jul–2 Aug
Tue 3.15pm & 6.10pm; Wed 8.25pm; Thu 3.15pm & 8.25pm
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Angèle and Tony (Angèle et Tony)
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…
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1 Jun–7 Jun
Fri 1pm & 3.30pm; Sat 3.30pm, 6pm & 8.30pm; Sun 1pm, 3.30pm, 6pm & 8.30pm; Mon & Tue 1pm, 3.45pm, 6pm & 8.30pm; Wed 1pm, 3.45pm & 8.30pm; Thu 3.45pm, 6.15pm & 8.30pm 8 Jun–14 Jun
Fri & Sat 1pm, 3.30pm, 6pm & 8.30pm; Sun 1pm, 6pm & 8.30pm; Mon 2.30pm & 8.30pm; Tue 2.30pm, 6.15pm & 8.30pm; Wed & Thu 2.30pm, 6pm & 8.30pm 11 Jun
6pm 11 Jun
11am 15 Jun–20 Jun
Mon & Tue 3.30pm & 6pm; Wed 3.30pm, 5.45pm & 8.45pm; Fri 1pm, 3.30pm, 6pm & 8.20pm; Sat & Sun 3.30pm, 6pm & 8.20pm
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The Angels' Share
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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28 Jun
2.30pm
2.30pm |
Animation Panel: Running Out of Film
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Animation Nominees for the McLaren Animation Award discuss the impact of digital technology on…
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11 Jul–12 Jul
Wed 8.30pm; Thu 6pm 13 Jul
1pm
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Annie Hall
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…
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28 Jul–30 Jul
Mon 6pm; Sat 8.30pm; Sun 1.30pm & 6.20pm 30 Jul
11am
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The Apartment
Wilder's corrosive 1960 lampoon of corporate America tells the story of spineless insurance statistician CC Baxter (Lemmon). Having fallen into the…
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2 Jul–5 Jul
Mon–Wed 3.30pm; Thu 6.10pm
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Atletu (The Athlete)
This intriguing and elegant hybrid of documentary and biopic tells the inspiring story of the Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who in 1960…
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30 Jun
1pm
1pm |
Awards Ceremony
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events Rub shoulders with the winners and runners-up as the awards make a welcome return to…
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27 Jun
4pm
4pm |
BAFTA and Film Nation Shorts present Mastering Your Craft
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events A professional-led masterclass for young film-makers, focussing on the practicalities…
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25 Jun
4.30pm
4.30pm |
BAFTA in Scotland presents an Introduction to Acting
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events Pick up advice from an experienced film actor. Part of Edinburgh International Film…
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8 Jul
6.25pm
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Bed of Roses
Featuring an introduction by Chris Fujiwara, Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Two ex-prostitutes leave prison…
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15 Jun–18 Jun
Mon 6.10pm; Fri–Sun 1.30pm, 4.20pm & 6.10pm
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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Documentary on Sesame Street's almost-too-adorable scarlet fuzzball Elmo, and the likable and driven puppeteer Kevin Clash who turned him from a…
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8 Jun–14 Jun
Mon & Tue 8.15pm; Wed & Thu 6pm; Fri 8pm; Sat 5.50pm; Sun 5.45pm
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Beloved (Les bien-aimés)
Elegiac musical contrasting the lives of Madeleine (Sagnier and Deneuve as younger and older incarnations) and her daughter Vera (Mastroianni), who…
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28 Jun
8.20pm 29 Jun
6pm
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Berberian Sound Studio
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Michael Powell Award Competition In the 1970s, a British sound technician (Toby Jones) is brought to…
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25 Jul
8.30pm
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The Big Lebowski
The Coen brothers give their unique twist to a Chandler-esque LA noir, as 70s hippy throwback Jeff 'The Dude' Lebowski (Bridges) is drawn into the…
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9 Jun–10 Jun
Sat 6pm; Sun 1.20pm
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The Big Snatch (Mélodie en sous-sol)
Alain Delon forms a team with Gabin (who he later credited as a great influence) in this thriller about a casino heist in Cannes.
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24 Jun
9.45pm 29 Jun
1.15pm
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Black Box Shorts 1: Surfaces and Layers
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Black Box Perception is a journey through textures. The films in this programme present the range of…
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25 Jun
9pm 29 Jun
3.05pm
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Black Box Shorts 2: A Sense of Unease
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Black Box Something just doesn't feel right … This programme brings together a diverse selection of…
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27 Jun
9.45pm 30 Jun
1.40pm
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Black Box Shorts 3: Passing Through
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Black Box Evocative journeys through mountain pathways and city streets. Six films from Canada…
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28 Jun
6.30pm 30 Jun
3.20pm
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Black Box Shorts 4: Particles
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Black Box Where nature and science collide. Three films that explore, with almost obsessive…
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25 Jun
8.50pm
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Black's Game (Svartur á leik)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives Stefan Mani’s best-seller of the Icelandic underworld becomes the basis for this…
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1 Jul
5.45pm
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Blood of My Blood (Sangue do meu sangue)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives This hard-hitting drama, set in a rough neighbourhood of Lisbon, recalls Altman and…
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28 Jun
4.05pm
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Blue Black Permanent
Glasgow Women's Library offers a very rare opportunity to see Margaret Tait's debut feature, 20 years after its original release. This screening…
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26 Jul
8.30pm 27 Jul–2 Aug
Fri 6.15pm; Sat 3.15pm; Sun–Thu 6.15pm
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Broadway Danny Rose
Allen is on splendid form as manager of a stable of bottom-of-the-bill nightclub acts, who finally looks about to make it big when a fading crooner…
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27 Jun
8.30pm
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Buenas noches, España
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave An experimental psychedelic road movie by one of the new Philippine cinema’s…
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22 Jun
3.50pm
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The Catch (Gyoei no mure)
Print courtesy of The National Film Center of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival…
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1 Jul
5.20pm
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Chapiteau Show
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives A prize winner at last year’s Moscow International Film Festival that went on to…
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13 Jul–19 Jul
Fri 1.20pm, 3.15pm & 8.30pm; Sat 3.15pm & 8.30pm; Sun 1.30pm & 6pm; Mon 2.30pm & 5.45pm; Tue 2.30pm & 8.30pm; Wed 2.30pm & 6pm; Thu 2.30pm & 8.15pm 16 Jul
11am
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Chariots Of Fire
Worryingly jingoistic vision of the 1924 Paris Olympics and the exploits of runners Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell that, in its numerous…
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24 Jun
1.20pm
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Coal Money + Brutality Factory
Filmmaker in attendance. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Spotlight on Wang Bing Two astounding short works by a contemporary master…
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27 Jul–30 Jul
Mon 8.30pm; Fri & Sat 1.20pm & 6.20pm; Sun 1.20pm
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The Collector
Auteur Wyler adapts John Fowles' novel about a lonely lepidopterist who stalks and kidnaps a young art student.
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19 Jun
8.15pm
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Colour of the Ocean (Die Farbe des Ozeans)
Featuring a Q&A and discussion with director Maggie Peren. No good deed goes unpunished in Maggie Peren's impressive feature woven around…
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1 Aug–2 Aug
Wed 3.45pm & 8.40pm; Thu 6.15pm
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Crimes and Misdemeanours
Accomplished Allen offering which effortlessly blends the Big Questions side of his art with the one-line wit we've taken for granted from him.
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1 Jun–7 Jun
Fri 1.15pm & 8.15pm; Sat 1.20pm & 8.15pm; Sun 3.25pm & 8.15pm; Mon–Wed 3.15pm & 8.15pm; Thu 6pm
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Death Watch (La mort en direct)
Katherine (Schneider) is a novelist living in Glasgow who's been diagnosed with a terminal disease; Roddy (Keitel) befriends her, but unknown to her…
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31 Jul–2 Aug
Tue 6pm; Wed 3.30pm & 6pm; Thu 6pm
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Despair
Fassbinder directs Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Nabokov's novel featuring Dirk Bogarde as a Russian chocolate magnate who loses his mind between the…
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13 Jul–19 Jul
Fri 1.30pm, 6.30pm & 8.40pm; Sat 1.30pm & 6.15pm; Sun 1.20pm & 6.15pm; Mon 6.15pm; Tue 3.15pm, 6pm & 8.40pm; Wed 3.15pm & 6.25pm; Thu 6.25pm 20 Jul–26 Jul
Fri & Sat 2pm & 8.15pm; Sun 1.45pm & 6.15pm; Mon & Tue 6.15pm; Wed 3.15pm & 8.50pm; Thu 8.50pm
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Detachment
Kaye (American History X) directs Oscar-winner Brody in this drama about a supply teacher who avoids emotional attachment. His resolve is tested…
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21 Jun
5.55pm 24 Jun
7.15pm
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differently, Molussia (anders, Molussien)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives Nine short, individually titled reels of colour 16mm film, which are presented in a…
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27 Jul–2 Aug
Fri 1.25pm & 8.30pm; Sat 1.25pm & 6pm; Sun 3.15pm & 9pm; Mon 8.45pm; Tue 3.45pm & 6.15pm; Wed 6.15pm; Thu 3.45pm & 8.40pm
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
A group of friends find their dinner gathering interrupted by a series of bizarre, mostly dreamt-up events. Not as savage a satire as Buñuel's…
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23 Jun
5.15pm
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The Ditch
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Spotlight on Wang Bing A great documentarist makes his first foray into narrative feature filmmaking…
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21 Jul–22 Jul
Sat 1pm; Sun 11am
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Dolphin Tale
Freeman and Judd lend their talents to this family story about a boy's relationship with the ocean's friendliest mammal.
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1 Jul
6.45pm
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Don't Expect Too Much
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Films on Film As Nicholas Ray’s partner, Susan Ray lived with We Can’t Go Home Again from the…
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28 Jun
8pm 29 Jun
7pm
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Dress Rehearsal for Utopia (Ensayo final para utopía)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives As his father lies dying in a hospital room in Venezuela, the filmmaker’s thoughts…
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18 Jun
8.30am
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ECA Animation
A collection of work from Edinburgh College of Art's graduating students.
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19 Jun
8.30pm
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ECA Film & TV
A collection of work from Edinburgh College of Art's graduating filmmakers.
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29 Jun
10.45pm
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Eddie – The Sleepwalking Cannibal (Eddie)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Night Moves A once-successful Danish painter accepts a teaching post at a remote Art School in…
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23 Jun
11.30am
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Edinburgh Schools Film Competition: Primary
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events The youngest filmmakers in our 2012 programme: budding artists from Edinburgh's…
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24 Jun
11.30am
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Edinburgh Schools Film Competition: Secondary
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events Don't some of your most intense memories date from your time at 'big school'? Here, we…
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6 Jun
6pm
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Edinburgh's Telford College
Shorts from this year's cream of the crop of TV students in the Telford College Degree Show.
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21 Jun
6pm
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Evelyn
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives A harrowing tale of human trafficking, this film engages not by a litany of misery…
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29 Jun
10.05pm
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Fable of the Fish (Isda)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave A heartfelt portrait of a disintegrating marriage, a sweeping view of shanty-town…
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27 Jul–30 Jul
Mon 3.30pm & 6.15pm; Fri 3.45pm & 6pm; Sat 6.15pm; Sun 4.10pm & 6.30pm
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The Fairy (La fée)
A receptionist in a seaside hotel checks in a fairy who grants him three wishes in this blend of slapstick, circus, dance and illusion.
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1 Jul
3.15pm 30 Jun
Noon
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Family Shorts
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Shorts Small films to delight small people … and grown ups too! Short films are a wonderful…
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27 Jun
4.10pm
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Feel My Pulse
With live piano accompaniment by Forrester Pyke. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Gregory La Cava A hypochondriac…
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23 Jun
1.45pm
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Fengming: A Chinese Memoir (He Fengming)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Spotlight on Wang Bing An elderly woman walks along a snowy street to her apartment. She makes…
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22 Jun
Noon
Noon |
Film Festivals in the Digital Age
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events Dina Iordanova, editor of a new book, Digital Disruptions: Cinema Moves On-line, and…
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22 Jun
1.45pm
1.45pm |
Film Restoration in the Digital Age
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events Panellists including the director of Park Circus, editor Thelma Schoonmaker (widow of…
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23 Jun
5.40pm 24 Jun
1pm
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Flicker (Flimmer)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives When a power cut strikes a small town in Northern Sweden, a chain reaction begins…
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23 Jun
12.15pm
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Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave In a rural area of the Philippines, a father forces his daughter into…
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26 Jun
5.50pm
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Forever Loved (Lawas Kan Pinabli)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave There are an estimated six million documented and one million undocumented…
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25 May–31 May
Fri 1pm, 6.10pm & 8.30pm; Sat & Sun 1pm, 6pm & 8.45pm; Mon 2.30pm, 6.10pm & 8.30pm; Tue 2.30pm, 6.15pm & 8.30pm; Wed & Thu 2.30pm, 6pm & 8.45pm 1 Jun–7 Jun
Fri 3.45pm & 6.15pm; Sat 3.45pm & 8.40pm; Sun 3.45pm & 6.15pm; Mon & Tue 3.30pm & 6.15pm; Wed 3.30pm & 8.45pm; Thu 3.15pm & 6.10pm 4 Jun
11am 8 Jun–14 Jun
Mon–Thu 3.15pm; Fri 3.30pm; Sat 3.40pm
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Free Men (Les hommes libres)
Younes (Rahim) is a young Algerian working in WW II Paris when the Germans enter; the authorities give him the choice between prison, or spying on a…
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19 Jun
5.30pm
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The French Connection
Followed by an extended Q&A with William Friedkin, ahead of the premiere of his new film Killer Joe, at EIFF tomorrow. Friedkin's blistering…
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24 Jun
Noon
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The Friends (Natsu no niwa)
Print courtesy of Yomiuri-TV Enterprise LTD. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Shinji Somai A delightful and moving…
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21 Jun
8.05pm
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Fukushima: Memories of the Lost Landscape (Soma kanka: dai ichi bu - ubawareta tochi no kioku)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives Tokyo-based documentary filmmaker Yojyu Matsubayashi, anxious to document the…
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28 Jun
4.15pm
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Gabriel over the White House
Print courtesy of The Library of Congress. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Gregory La Cava In this outrageous…
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14 Jun
6.15pm
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Gagarinland
This film examines the idolisation of Yuri Gagarin, from the people living in the town named after him to the curator who manages the museum…
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21 Jun
5.45pm 22 Jun
6pm
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Gattu
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives A charming and intriguing kids’ film from India. Gattu is an orphan, being raised as…
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2 Jul
5.45pm
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Gold Diggers of 1937
Featuring a discussion on the 3D atomic structure of crystals by Dr Simon Bushell, influenced by Busby Berkeley's elaborate kaleidoscopic…
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25 May–31 May
Fri 1.20pm, 3.30pm & 6pm; Sat & Sun 1.20pm, 3.30pm & 8.15pm; Mon & Tue 3.30pm & 6pm; Wed & Thu 3.30pm & 8.15pm
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Goodbye First Love (Un amour de jeunesse)
Vain, drippy, lugubrious teenager Camille (Créton) falls in and out of love with dumb puppy Sullivan (Urzendowsky). Lots of nice shots of breasts…
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22 Jun
10.45pm
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Grabbers
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Night Moves When a trawler is attacked and the shore is found littered with dead marine life…
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20 Jul–21 Jul
Fri 8.40pm; Sat 3.20pm
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Grease (Sing-Along)
Thirty years on, Grease is still the word. Join in the fun and sing along.
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6 Jul–12 Jul
Fri–Thu 6.10pm
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The Half Naked Truth
Featuring an introduction by Chris Fujiwara, Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. This lampoon of celebrity worship sees…
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29 Jul–31 Jul
Mon 3.45pm; Tue 8.40pm; Sun 6pm
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Hannah and Her Sisters
An achingly funny, insightful and well cast celebration of some surprisingly upbeat romantic perambulations within a family circle as only Woody…
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28 Jun
6.15pm
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Here, Then
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: International Competition An alluringly low-key and enigmatic portrayal of the alienation…
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26 Jun
9pm 29 Jun
5.45pm
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Him, Here After (Ini Avan)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Directors’ Showcase The first film since the end of Sri Lanka's civil war to deal seriously with the…
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27 Jun
6.35pm 1 Jul
1.15pm
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Home for the Weekend (Was bleibt)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Directors’ Showcase During a weekend visit by the two adult sons, the outward calm of a middle-class…
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30 May–31 May
Wed & Thu 6.15pm
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The Horse (La Horse)
In one of the better examples of Gabin's later films, he plays a patriarchal landowner who takes on a gang of drug dealers, with dire consequences.
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2 Jul–4 Jul
Mon 8.20pm; Tue & Wed 2.30pm & 8.20pm
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The Hunger Games
An adaptation of Suzanne Collins' dystopian thriller of a novel that successfully transcends its teen-fiction origins, with excellent cast and…
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24 Jun
5pm
5pm |
In Person: BAFTA Scotland Interview with Robert Carlyle
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events Hear from the instantly recognisable but always believable actor about a life in film…
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26 Jun
4pm
4pm |
In Person: Masterclass with Victor Kossakovsky
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events The maverick Russian director, whose ¡Vivan Las Antipodas! screens at the festival…
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24 Jun
3pm
3pm |
In Person: Masterclass with Wang Bing
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events A masterclass offering the opportunity to learn from one of China's most significant…
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21 Jun
10.25pm
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Insomnia
An event developed by students from the University of Edinburgh as a celebration of all things Nordic. Ahead of the screening, Scottish crime writer…
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21 Jun
4.15pm
4.15pm |
Introduction to Film Studies: 'Art Cinema' and Narrative
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events Martine Pierquin gives a lecture, illustrated with clips, on the idea of 'art cinema'.
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22 Jun
4.15pm
4.15pm |
Introduction to Film Studies: Contemporary Cinematic Soundscapes
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events Dr Pasquale Iannone gives an illustrated lecture on soundscapes in cinema, with…
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15 Jun–20 Jun
Mon 2.30pm, 5.40pm & 8.20pm; Tue 3.15pm & 8.45pm; Wed, Fri & Sat 3.15pm, 6pm & 8.40pm; Sun 2.30pm, 5.15pm & 8pm
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Jaws
Cracking shark adventure from the days when Spielberg movies were scary. See the citizens of Amity scream! Watch the bodycount pile up! Hear the…
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8 Jun–14 Jun
Fri 1.20pm & 6pm; Sat 1.20pm & 8.45pm; Sun 1.15pm & 8.45pm; Mon 3.30pm & 6.15pm; Tue 3.30pm & 8.45pm; Wed & Thu 8.45pm
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Jo Nesbo's Headhunters (Hodejegerne)
Roger (Hennie) is a successful headhunter living beyond his means, who supplements his income with a double life as a gentleman thief, until one of…
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2 Jun–3 Jun
Sat 6.15pm; Sun 1.30pm & 8.45pm
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Le Jour se Leve (Le jour se lève)
Gabin's masculinity and 'boy-next-door' charm are put to good use as a tragic working-class hero in this pre-war film which features groundbreaking…
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25 Jun
4.10pm
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Kazahana (Kaza-hana)
Print courtesy of Be Wild. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Shinji Somai Slow moving road movie about a young business…
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22 Jun
6.30pm
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Kid-Thing
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: International Competition The Zellner brothers bring their trademark deadpan humour to a poignant and…
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20 Jul–26 Jul
Fri 3.30pm, 6.10pm & 8.45pm; Sat 3.30pm, 5.50pm & 8.45pm; Sun 2pm, 6pm & 8.30pm; Mon–Thu 3.30pm, 6pm & 8.55pm
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Killer Joe
Exorcist director Friedkin weaves a web of deceit and betrayal as man, desperate to pay off a drug debt, arranges for lawman Joe (McConaughey) to…
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27 Jul–2 Aug
Fri & Sat 3.50pm & 8.55pm; Sun 8.40pm; Mon 3.15pm & 8.25pm; Tue 8.15pm; Wed 3.15pm & 5.50pm; Thu 5.50pm
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King of Devil’s Island
Based on a true story of the brutal uprising at Bastoy reform school for underprivileged boys. Stellan Skarsgård plays the condescending school…
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23 Jun
10.45pm
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The King of Pigs (Dae-gi-eui Wang)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: International Competition This dark and gritty animation portrays the brutal world of school bullying…
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26 Jun
10pm
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Kotoko
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Spotlight on Shinya Tsukamoto A single mother clings to life amid nightmarish mental problems and…
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21 Jun
7.40pm
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Lawrence of Arabia
To mark the 50th anniversary of this masterpiece, Sony Pictures Entertainment presents this new digital restoration. Restored by Sony Pictures…
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22 Jun
8.45pm
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The Life and Times of Paul the Psychic Octopus
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: International Competition From the director who brought The People Versus George Lucas to EIFF 2010…
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20 Jul–26 Jul
Fri–Thu 1.30pm 27 Jul–2 Aug
Fri–Sun 1pm; Mon–Thu 1.30pm
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Little Nicholas (Le petit Nicolas)
French comedy about families and growing up, in which young boy Nicholas becomes concerned when he thinks that his mother is pregnant. After his…
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24 Jun
7pm
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London 2012 Festival Films
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Screenings London 2012 Festival, Film 4 and BBC Films co-commissioned four of the UK’s finest…
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23 Jun
7.40pm 25 Jun
8.40pm
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Los Marziano
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Looking South Luis, a prosperous retiree, falls down a big hole dug in his community golf course by…
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24 Jun
3.15pm
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Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion (Yuki no dansho – jonetsu)
Print courtesy of The Japan Foundation. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Shinji Somai This dazzling portrait of an…
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30 Jun
8.45pm
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Love Hotel (Rabu hoteru)
Print courtesy of Nikkatsu Corporation. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Shinji Somai After witnessing the rape of his…
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28 Jun
8.45pm 30 Jun
5.05pm
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Low Definition Control – Malfunctions #0
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Black Box Surveillance is a form of control – you never know when you’re being watched. Described by…
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26 Jun
4.10pm
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Luminous Woman (Hikaru onna)
Print courtesy of Dentsu Corporation. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Shinji Somai In this delirious candy-coloured…
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1 Jun–7 Jun
Fri–Thu 8.30pm
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Man Without a Cell Phone (Ish lelo selolari)
Featuring a discussion with members of the Scottish Palestinian Forum. A Palestinian man enjoys chatting with potential girlfriends on his mobile…
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6 Jul–12 Jul
Fri & Sat 3.55pm & 6.15pm; Sun 1.20pm & 8.35pm; Mon 3.30pm & 8.35pm; Tue 8.35pm; Wed 6.15pm; Thu 3.30pm & 6.15pm 13 Jul–19 Jul
Fri 3.50pm & 6.15pm; Sat 1.20pm, 3.50pm & 8.40pm; Sun 3.10pm & 8.40pm; Mon 3.30pm & 8.40pm; Tue 3.30pm & 6.15pm; Wed & Thu 3.30pm & 8.40pm
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Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
A feature-length documentary film following notorious performance artist Abramovic as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at MoMA in New…
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9 Jul–12 Jul
Mon 8.15pm; Tue 2.45pm & 8.15pm; Wed 2.45pm & 5.45pm; Thu 5.45pm
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Marley
Kevin Macdonald's documentary chronicles the rise of Bob Marley, the first musical superstar from the developing countries to gain a global…
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26 Jun
8pm 22 Jun
8.05pm
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The Mirror Never Lies (Laut bercermin)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives This lyrical debut feature by Kamila Andini combines a strong environmentalist…
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24 Jun
5.10pm
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MNL 143
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave On a commuter's trip from Manila's business district to the suburbs, the director…
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22 Jun
10.10pm 23 Jun
7pm
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Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair after a Rather Long Journey
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave All-stops-out splatter-punk cinema from one of the most prolific and versatile…
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23 Jun
12.45pm
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Moving (Ohikkoshi)
Print courtesy of Yomiuri-TV Enterprise LTD. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Shinji Somai In one of Somai’s most…
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30 Jun
5.35pm
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My Man Godfrey
Print courtesy of The Library of Congress. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Gregory La Cava An evergreen classic of…
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30 Jun
7.15pm
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Never Too Late (Af paam lo meuchar miday)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives A delicate and moving tale about a young man returning to Israel after years spent…
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25 Jun
6.40pm
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Niño
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave A witty and incisive portrait of an aristocratic Philippine family in decline.
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27 Jun
5.45pm
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No Man's Zone (Mujin chitai)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives Filmmaker Toshi Fujiwara journeys into the 20-kilometer zone around the afflicted…
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22 Jun
7.10pm
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Of Skies and Earth (Sa Kanto ng Ulap at Lupa)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave A representative work by a director who has devoted his career to depicting the…
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25 Jun
5.50pm
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1 Day
Screening followed by a panel discussion (c.50min) about the deadly culture of gang, gun, knife and criminality now endemic in our inner cities.
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6 Jul–8 Jul
Fri 1pm; Sat 6pm; Sun 3.45pm
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One Day in September
The extraordinary story of the kidnapping of Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorist organisation Black September during the 1972 Munich Olympics…
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24 Jun
9.30pm
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One Mile Away
Followed by a Q&A with Penny Woolcock, producer James Purnell and the young men in the documentary, and a special live performance at the…
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10 Jul
6pm
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Personal Best
Towne's tale of two sportswomen competing to join the pentathlon squad for the 1980 US Olympic team explores their mutual attraction and how it…
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20 Jul–23 Jul
Mon 3.15pm & 8.40pm; Fri & Sat 4.15pm & 6.15pm; Sun 4pm & 8.40pm
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Personal Best
Filmed over four years, this documentary follows British sprinters on their respective journeys to the London 2012 Olympics.
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23 Jun
9.45pm
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Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave Not so much a documentary, nor a compendium of interviews, but an almost rarefied…
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6 Jul–12 Jul
Fri & Sat 1.10pm & 8.35pm; Sun 1.30pm & 5.50pm; Mon 3.15pm & 5.50pm; Tue 3pm & 5.50pm; Wed & Thu 3pm & 8.35pm
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Polisse
Sprawling ensemble drama about the daily routines of a Child Protection Unit of the Paris police. There are strong performances and writer/director…
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29 Jun
8pm 1 Jul
3.30pm
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Postcards from the Zoo (Kebun binatang)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives A charming and unclassifiable work. Instead of a linear narrative, one-named…
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21 Jun
3.30pm
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PP Rider (Shonben raida)
Print courtesy of The National Film Center of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival…
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11 Jul
8.50pm
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Primrose Path
Featuring an introduction by Chris Fujiwara, Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. A teenager from a bad background…
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1 Jul
9.15pm
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Private Worlds
Print courtesy of La Filmoteca Espanola. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Gregory La Cava The flow of life at a…
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28 May–31 May
Mon 8.35pm; Tue 3.15pm & 9pm; Wed 3.15pm & 8.35pm; Thu 8.35pm
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Le Quai des Brumes (Port of Shadows)
In pre-WWII Le Havre, army deserter Jean (Gabin) tries to protect beautiful Nelly (Morgan) from a gang of small-time hoods. The great collaboration…
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5 Jul
8.30pm
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Queen Margaret University
Selection of short films and documentaries from graduate students from Queen Margaret University.
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27 Jun
7.55pm 28 Jun
9.45pm
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Riding Zorro (Montando al zorro)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Looking South This documentary recounts the life of 'El Zorro', a legendary untamable horse of the…
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30 May–31 May
Wed & Thu 6pm
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Robert Mugabe … What Happened?
Followed by a Q&A with the film's producer and special guests. This combination of archival footage and interviews sheds light on how a man who…
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31 May
3.15pm
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Robert Mugabe … What Happened?
This combination of archival footage and interviews sheds light on how a man who brought hope turned into a ruthless dictator.
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21 Jun
9.45pm 22 Jun
9.30pm
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Rosalinda + Everybody Says Long Live Bobby Holly
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Looking South These two short films highlight the richness of recent South American cinema. From one…
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30 Jun
9.15pm
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Rose (Róża)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives Hiding alone in her farmhouse, Rose (Agata Kulesza) is a widowed Polish Masurian…
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20 Jul–26 Jul
Fri 3.15pm & 5.50pm; Sat 5.45pm & 8.10pm; Sun 3.25pm & 8.15pm; Mon 6pm & 8.20pm; Tue–Thu 2.30pm & 6pm 23 Jul
11am
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A Royal Affair
In 18th century Denmark, Johann Struensee (Mikkelsen) becomes personal physician to King Christian VII (Folsgaard); but then the unhappily married…
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1 Jul
2pm
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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (Sera-fuku to kikanju)
Print courtesy of Kadokawa Shoten Co Ltd. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Shinji Somai A high-school girl inherits a…
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24 Jul–26 Jul
Tue 3.15pm & 8.35pm; Wed 6.15pm; Thu 3.15pm & 6.15pm
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Salute
On the podium after the 1968 Olympic 200-metre final, two Americans raised their fists in a 'black power' salute. This is the story of the third man…
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24 Jun
2.50pm 29 Jun
9pm
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Saudade (Saudaji)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives The third feature film by rising young director Katsuya Tomita offers a bold look at…
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25 Jun
6.30pm 1 Jul
9.30pm
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Sauna on Moon (Chang'E)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: New Perspectives Guangdong, China. The economy is racing forward, carrying the sex industry along…
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23 Jun
10.30am
10.30am |
Science Fiction Filmmaking Challenge
A masterclass to get participants started. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events A 52-hour filmmaking challenge for…
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1 Jul
Noon
Noon |
Science Fiction Filmmaking Challenge
Screening of films made during the competition. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events A 52-hour filmmaking challenge for…
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10 Jun
3.40pm
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Scotland by Train: Programme 2
This collection of short films celebrates Scotland's railways in conjunction with the National Museum of Scotland's exhibition of Scottish railway…
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27 Jun
8.45pm
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The Search for Emak Bakia (Emak Bakia baita)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: International Competition In 1926, Man Ray filmed a cinepoem in the southeast of France, and called…
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29 Jun
8.15pm 30 Jun
7.30pm
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Shadow Dancer
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Michael Powell Award Competition When a young IRA member is forced to turn informant for MI5, nobody…
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29 Jun
4pm
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She Married Her Boss
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Gregory La Cava An efficient secretary tries to bring some working-class common sense…
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28 Jun
6.05pm 30 Jun
6.30pm
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Shell
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: British Scenes In a remote part of the Scottish Highlands, a father and daughter live and work at a…
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8 Jun–14 Jun
Fri 1.15pm, 3.30pm & 5.45pm; Sat 1.15pm, 3.35pm & 8.30pm; Sun 3.50pm & 6.15pm; Mon 6pm & 8.45pm; Tue 6pm; Wed 3.30pm, 6.15pm & 8.50pm; Thu 3.30pm & 8.50pm
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Sing Your Song
Documentary about singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte. Despite occasional strays into hagiography, great use of archive footage emphasises…
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8 Jul–10 Jul
Mon 8.30pm; Tue 2.30pm; Sun 6pm
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Sleeper
Vintage early Allen, as our paranoiac hero finds himself 200 years in the future, challenging the evil machinations of a totalitarian regime in his…
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8 Jul
4.15pm
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Sodankylä Forever: Part One
Peter von Bagh's documentary explores the first filmgoing experiences of a variety of filmmakers, including Claude Chabrol, Samuel Fuller, John…
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22 Jul
4.15pm
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Sodankylä Forever: Part Three
Focusing on the subject of light, this final part of Peter von Bagh's trilogy of documentaries explores the visions of Roger Corman, Robert Wise…
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15 Jul
4.15pm
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Sodankylä Forever: Part Two
This second documentary about the Midnight Sun Film Festival focuses on the experiences of various filmmakers, including Wim Wenders, Robert Wise…
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23 Jun
9pm 1 Jul
1pm
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Sodankylä Forever: The Century of Cinema (Sodankylä ikuisesti: Elokuvan vuosisata)
Screening with A Day at Karl Marx’s Grave (Peter von Bagh/Finland/1983/16 min). Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Films on Film The…
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2 Jul–5 Jul
Mon 3pm & 8.35pm; Tue–Thu 3pm, 5.50pm & 8.30pm
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The Source (La source des femmes)
In a drought-ridden village somewhere between Africa and the Middle East, the men do little while the women are expected to fetch the water in…
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12 Jul
8.50pm
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Stage Door
Featuring an introduction by Chris Fujiwara, Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Nominated for the Best Picture Oscar…
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18 Jul–19 Jul
Wed 8.45pm; Thu 6pm 20 Jul
1pm
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Stardust Memories
A famous director of comedy films undergoes much soul-searching when the public and critics fail to appreciate his attempts at serious cinematic…
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12 Jun
6pm
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Stevenson College
Entertaining programme from the talented students of Stevenson College Edinburgh.
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26 Jun
9.40pm 29 Jun
5.05pm
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The Suburban Trilogy
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Black Box Three films about girlhood and the immigrant dream. Veteran found footage filmmaker Abigail…
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23 Jun
8pm 24 Jun
6.10pm
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Tabu
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: International Competition The critical hit of the 2012 Berlinale, Miguel Gomes' rich, funny and…
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20 Sep–30 Sep
Times vary
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Take One Action Film Festival
FIlms shown at Edinburgh Filmhouse and GFT. An politically charged film festival, founded on the belief that 'cinematic experiences can inspire…
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1 Jun–7 Jun
Fri 1.20pm; Sat 1pm & 4.10pm; Sun 11am; Mon–Thu 1.45pm
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Tales of the Night (Les contes de la nuit)
Animated feature in which an elderly writer and a young actress dream up and perform six stories about a young hero's attempts to win the hand of a…
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28 Jun
4pm
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The Terrible Couple (Tonda kappuru)
Print courtesy of The National Film Center of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival…
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30 Jun
12.10pm
12.10pm |
The Edinburgh Film Guild Forsyth Hardy Lecture
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Special Events A new series of annual lectures, inaugurated to celebrate the festival's 65th…
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2 Jul–5 Jul
Mon 2.30pm, 6pm & 8.40pm; Tue 8.40pm; Wed 6pm & 8.40pm; Thu 2.30pm & 6pm 6 Jul–12 Jul
Fri 1.20pm, 3.15pm, 6pm & 8.30pm; Sat 1.20pm, 3.15pm & 8.15pm; Sun 1.15pm & 8.15pm; Mon 2.30pm & 6pm; Tue 8.45pm; Wed 2.30pm & 6pm; Thu 2.30pm & 8.15pm 9 Jul
11am
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The Women on the 6th Floor (Les femmes du 6ème étage)
A man's unexciting married life is turned upside down when a flock of lively Spanish maids moves into the sixth floor of his building.
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27 Jun
6.25pm
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Three Decades of Philippine Short Films
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave From 1982 to 2012, this programme of shorts from one of the most volatile and…
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8 Jun
8.15pm
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Tibet in Song
Featuring a discussion about the issues raised. This documentary focuses on the music of traditional Tibetan culture. Director Choephel was…
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28 Jun
10.45pm
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Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Night Moves Having gained a dedicated following with Tim & Eric’s Awesome Show Great Job!, US…
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29 Jun
3.30pm
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Tokyo Heaven (Tokyo joku irasshaimase)
Print courtesy of Shochiku. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Shinji Somai A pampered young model is killed in a traffic…
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24 Jun
8.50pm
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Tondo, Beloved: To What Are the Poor Born? (Tundong Magiliw: Pasaan isinisilang siyang mahirap?)
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Philippine New Wave Documentarist Jewel Maranan turns her camera on one of the oldest and most…
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6 Jun–7 Jun
Wed 6.15pm; Thu 3.30pm & 8.45pm
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Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Gabin's career was resurrected post-war by this turn as an underworld godfather pushed into doing one last job.
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1 Jun–7 Jun
Fri & Sat 1.30pm; Sun 6.10pm; Mon–Thu 1.30pm
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Town of Runners
A pretty and thoughtful documentary about the tiny town of Bekoji in Ethiopia, which has produced an astonishing number of champion long-distance…
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15 Jun–20 Jun
Mon 2.20pm & 8pm; Tue 2.20pm & 5.35pm; Wed 2.20pm, 5.35pm & 8pm; Fri–Sun 1.10pm & 8pm
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The Turin Horse
A father and daughter scrabble for a living in a remote farm, but their livelihood is threatened when their ageing horse starts to sicken. Maybe not…
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1 Jun–5 Jun
Mon & Tue 1.20pm, 6pm & 8.40pm; Fri 6pm & 8.40pm; Sat 6pm; Sun 1.10pm
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Two Years at Sea
Documentary about Jake Williams, a man living an isolated existence in northern Scotland. Rivers' debut feature has no voiceover or dialogue – there…
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23 Jun
3.15pm
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Typhoon Club (Taifu kurabu)
Print courtesy of The National Film Center of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival…
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26 Jun
6.30pm
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Unfinished Business
Print courtesy of The BFI National Archive. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Gregory La Cava A brilliant, rarely seen…
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30 Jun
10pm
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V/H/S
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Night Moves A gang is hired to break into a desolate house and steal a rare VHS cassette. Inside they…
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30 Jun
2.15pm
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Wait and See (Ah, haru)
Print courtesy of Shochiku. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Shinji Somai A salaryman faces a major life change as his…
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1 Jul
4.30pm
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We Can't Go Home Again
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Films on Film For a long time, the hardest to see of the films of Nicholas Ray (Johnny Guitar, Rebel…
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26 Jun
6pm
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What is this Film Called Love?
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Films on Film Together with Sergei Eisenstein, his imaginary companion on a walking tour of Mexico…
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27 Jul–2 Aug
Fri 3.15pm & 8.15pm; Sat 3.45pm & 8.15pm; Sun 4pm; Mon 6pm; Tue 3.30pm & 8.45pm; Wed 8.45pm; Thu 3.30pm & 8.45pm
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Where Do We Go Now? (Et maintenant, on va où?)
From Caramel director Nadine Labaki. A village in the Lebanese countryside is pock-marked with landmines, the legacy of a devastating conflict. As…
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16 Jul
6pm
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Without Limits
One of two biopics about the legendary runner Steve Prefontaine, Towne's iteration features Crudup as the athlete battling adversity.
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2 Jul–5 Jul
Mon–Wed 6.10pm; Thu 3.30pm & 8.15pm 6 Jul–8 Jul
Fri 3.40pm, 6.10pm & 8.40pm; Sat 3.40pm & 8pm; Sun 3.40pm & 8.15pm
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Woody Allen: A Documentary
Best known for his work on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Weide turns his attention to the notoriously publicity-shy Woody Allen. Filmed over a year and a…
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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
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You've Been Trumped
Documentary charting one of the US's most famous hairpiece models, aka Donald Trump, as he moves to build an enormous golf and residential…
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17 Jul
5.45pm
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You've Been Trumped
Followed by a discussion led by a representative of the Humanist Society of Scotland. Documentary charting one of the US's most famous hairpiece…
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22 Jul–24 Jul
Mon 2.30pm; Tue 8.30pm; Sun 6.20pm
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Zelig
Allen's trickery with photography, which places 'human chameleon' Leonard Zelig at the heart of key scenes in the 20th century, is imaginative and…
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