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Edinburgh Film Festival 2012 programme launched

Edinburgh Film Festival 2012 programme launched

Chris Fujiwara reveals extensive world cinema programme for EIFF 2012

30 May 2012

This year the Edinburgh International Film Festival 's new director, Chris Fujiwara, has devised a brave and eclectic programme in an attempt to return the festival to its former glory. With a similar format to previous years - with several strands…

Cannes 2012: Amour

Cannes 2012: Amour

Deeply sad and affecting film from Michael Haneke, and winner of the 2012 Palme D’Or

28 May 2012

Unlike The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke’s Palme D’Or winning film from 2009), which stands out for its thematic and narrative complexities, Amour sees the Austrian director take a far simpler approach to filmmaking, with an intimate story of an elderly…

Cannes 2012: Holy Motors

Cannes 2012: Holy Motors

Hugely satisfying and inventive celebration of cinema from Leos Carax

28 May 2012

Monsieur Oscar (Denis Lavant) is picked up by his driver Celine (Edith Scob) for a day’s work - 9 appointments that will take him across Paris and into the paths of an array of characters. If that sounds vague, it’s deliberate - to say anymore would…

She Monkeys

She Monkeys

Impressive coming-of-age drama with frank depiction of adolescent sexuality

23 May 2012

A courageous, periodically unsettling coming-of-age tale, She Monkeys is the arresting first feature from director Lisa Aschan. It’s a Swedish production which - in its frank approach to adolescent sexuality - bears comparison with Katell Quillévéré’s…

Polisse

Polisse

Sprawling French ensemble drama that veers between compelling and ridiculous

16 May 2012

This sprawling ensemble film, which tracks the harrowing daily routines of a Parisian Child Protection Unit, veers wildly between the compelling and the ridiculous. Scripted and directed by Maiwenn, with Emmaneulle Bercot acting as co-writer, it shifts…

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Popular events

Kazahana (Kaza-hana)
Date	Location
Slow moving road movie about a young business man who wakes up under a blossoming cherry tree with a hangover and a woman he doesn't know. View full details and ticket info
25 Jun 4.10pm Print courtesy of Be Wild. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Retrospective: Shinji Somai	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

French Film Festival UK
Date	Location
20th anniversary of the UK-wide festival dedicated to francophone cinema. The programme will feature guest film-makers and actors in meet-the-public sessions (which in 2011 included Daniel Autiel and Christophe Honoré), UK premieres, retrospectives, a learning programme for pupils and their teachers, documentaries, animation, shorts and special events. View full details
9 Nov–29 Nov Times vary	Various Venues, Scotland

L'age d'Or
Date	Location
Buñuel's surrealist essay on Eros and civilisation in which two lovers are torn apart by the church and state. A masterpiece of considerable influence. View full details
24 Jun 8.25pm Double bill with Un Chien Andalou.	Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow

Un Chien Andalou
Date	Location
Classic Spanish surrealism, with the famous eyeball-slitting scene and a great deal of bizarre imagery and obscure meaning. 17 minutes not easily forgotten. A masterpiece. View full details
24 Jun 8.25pm Double bill with L'age d'Or.	Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow