All Edinburgh articles
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‘Acting’: first trailer for Sophie Fiennes documentary screening at IDFA
The film had its world premiere in Edinburgh.
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Edinburgh International Film Festival returns for buoyant comeback edition
Industry welcomes back Edinburgh despite some minor hiccups.
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‘The Ceremony’ wins inaugural Sean Connery Prize at revamped Edinburgh film festival
UK feature directed by Jack King receives £50,000 award.
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‘Lollipop’: Edinburgh Review
A woman fights to regain her children in this affecting British debut drawn from personal experience
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‘The Ceremony’: Edinburgh Review
Two undocumented migrants take a strange road trip through the wilds of Yorkshire in this black-and-white British debut
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Features
“I’m trying to challenge the canon,” says Mark Cousins of 16-hour ‘The Story Of Documentary Film’
Mark Cousins’ Karlovy Vary winner ’A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things’ is now screening at Edinburgh.
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‘Smiles And Kisses You’: Edinburgh Review
Sensitive documentary explores the relationship between a North Carolina man and his AI-enhanced sex doll
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‘A Shrine’: Edinburgh Review
Mobile phone-shot drama about an Iranian ex-pat in Montreal and a dubious get-rich-quick scheme he comes to regret
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Alex Garland and Andrew Macdonald talk ‘28 Years Later’ trilogy, casting indie films and the importance of producers
Garland was talking at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, alongside his long-time producer and EIFF chair, Andrew Macdonald.
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‘To Kill A Wolf’: Edinburgh Review
Strong debut effectively updates Little Red Riding Hood to the modern day forests of Oregon
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‘Acting’: Edinburgh Review
Documentarian Sophie Fiennes teams with theatre company Cheek By Jowl for this illuminating exploration of the acting process
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“Cinema is in a very bad way,” says Brian Cox, on eve of production of directorial debut ‘Glenrothan’
Cox’s directorial debut starts shooting later this month in Scotland.
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‘Xibalba Monster’: Edinburgh Review
The Mayan ruins in Yucatan are fertile ground for a young boy’s fascination with death in this Edinburgh highlight
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‘Sunlight’: Edinburgh Review
British comedian Nina Conti’s feature debut is an off-kilter road trip romance between a man and a woman dressed as a monkey
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‘All The Mountains Give’: Edinburgh Review
Kurdish smugglers eke out an existence in the Iran/Iraq borderlands in this impressive documentary filmed over six years
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’Lilies Not For Me’: Edinburgh Review
Fionn O’Shea is a gay novelist struggling with the homophobia of 1920s England in this surprisingly staid period debut
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‘Fugue’: Edinburgh Review
A man must return the body of his transgender lover to a remote Peruvian Amazon village for burial in this enigmatic Competition film
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Netflix UK’s Teresa Moneo joins expanded Edinburgh film festival board
’Aftersun’ producer Amy Jackson has been upped to vice-chair.
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Features
Edinburgh film festival director Paul Ridd on building his inaugural edition: “It’s a 77-year-old start-up”
Ridd’s first edition unfurls from August 15-21, with a focus on firmly aligning EIFF with the Edinburgh Fringe.
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WME’s Alex Walton, filmmakers Alex Garland, Charlotte Regan join Edinburgh industry line-up
The main industry programme runs from August 16 to August 18.