Edinburgh News: film
Two Extraordinary Documentaries In One Day at EIFF
Just a brief note to say that if you are free today there are two extraordinary films worth seeing at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
EIFF 2010: Herzog, Lynch and The Runaways
Two films receiving their UK premiere this week at the Edinburgh International Film Festival probed the dysfunctional reality beneath sun-drenched east coast USA, as well as both featuring the unsettling presence of actor Michael Shannon.
Donkeys Receives A Rapturous Reception at Edinburgh Film Festival
Day 5 of the Edinburgh Film Festival ended on a high after the gentle delights of Mai Mai Miracle (see earlier blog/review). In the afternoon I attended a Scottish Screen reception on the sunny rooftop of the Delegate Centre which has almost 360° panoramic views of the city. There I ran into Morag McKinnon and Colin McLaren, director and writer of the much anticipated Donkeys which was to receive its world premiere just a few hours later.
Miracles shine at the Edinburgh Film Festival
Edinburgh Film Festival hots up, literally
Film Festival Announces "Best of Fest" Screenings
With still another six of its ten day run to go, the Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced this Sunday's "Best of Fest" screenings. Tickets are £6 each or £20 for 4 for screenings of "the best" and sold-out films at the EIFF.
Day 4. Jedi's and Jackboots make an appearance at EIFF
It's Day 4 of the Edinburgh Film Festival and it really feels now like its taking off.
Sean Connery Helps Launch 2010 Film Festival
Gangs of skateboarding kids and mini clusters of homeless swilling winos (i.e. the usual residents of Bristo Square) were in for a surprise last Wednesday evening when the relative calm of the night was shattered by the sight of Sir Sean Connery grooving away and getting on down alongside ostrich-feathered dancing girls, a balkan-esque band and stilt walkers.
EIFF 2010: Document
Documentary film-makers love the outsider. They love to probe around the fringes of real-life, picking up rocks and seeing what detritus is burrowing underneath, whether by design or choice. This is perfectly displayed by some of the films being presented in this year’s ever exemplary Document strand at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
A love letter to Edinburgh opens the Film Festival
A couple of days ago I collected my EIFF press pass and main programme guide from the del
Edinburgh Is The Star In EIFF Opener The Illusionist
Screenwriter-director Sylvain Chomet chose to go the old-school route when he adapted French comedy legend Jacques Tati's previously unmade script into an animated feature.
The Edinburgh of the Illusionist
EIFF artistic director Hannah McGill compares the Edinburgh of The Illusionist with other views of Edinburgh on the big screen.
EIFF Puts Young Edinburgh Filmmakers In Limelight
Young filmmakers from Edinburgh will be enjoying their moment in the limelight at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which gets under way today.
Two Nicks, Hornby and Cave, Are Late Film Festival Additions
Screenwriter and laddish, British author Nick Hornby will be the subject of an In-Person onstage interview at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Thursday 17 June. It is one of three late additions to the film festival's programme.
The Edinburgh Connection Is Unveiled at the EIFF
I knew I had to be somewhere yesterday morning as I flumped groggy eyed onto my hideously ugly and uncomfortable sofa and flipped on the daily propaganda and yes folks, David Laws is still resigned
Edinburgh Film Festival Unveils 2010 Programme
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) launched its programme on a damp Edinburgh morning with a line-up of films that ranges from an OTT, gunslinging comedy to a bloody, Edinburgh-set horror, from a documentary on Star Wars geekdom to a more high-brow conversation with a former Star Trek captain.
Edinburgh Film Festival Gala To Mark Sir Sean's 80th
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will be celebrating Sir Sean Connery's 80th year, and his support as Patron since 1992, at a screening of John Huston’s 1975 colonial yarn The Man Who Would Be King.
Expo Funding To Raise Profile of Scots Filmmakers
The Edinburgh International Film Festival will promote Scottish producers at four International Festivals over the next year through their 2010 'Features Scotland' programme.
EIFF To Look Back At Rare UK Films of Sixties and Seventies
This year's retrospective at the Edinburgh International Film Festival will screen neglected British films from the Sixties and Seventies.
Toy Story 3 3D To Have UK Premiere at EIFF
Toy Story 3 is to have a 3D Gala screening at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival on Saturday 19 June, the film's first UK screening in 3D, after it opens in the United States the previous day.
Animating the City of Edinburgh in The Illusionist - How They Did It
It's thoroughly fitting that an Edinburgh-set, Edinburgh-made film should open the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010
Edinburgh Animation The Illusionist To Open Film Festival
Edinburgh-set animated feature The Illusionist is to open the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010 on 16th June. The opening gala will also be the inaugural EIFF premiere for the Edinburgh Festival theatre.
