Film Festivals
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Film5 Reasons to Look Forward to SQIFF 2016
The programme for the second edition of the Scottish Queer International Film Festival was announced today. Here are five reasons to be excited Read more »| 26 Aug 2016 -
FilmTake One Action announces 2016 programme
Take One Action film festival returns to explore key themes facing the world today, including women’s empowerment, refugee integration, fighting austerity and global warming Read more »| 11 Aug 2016 -
FilmBen Wheatley’s crime film ‘Free Fire’ to close LFF
The 60th edition of the London Film Festival will close with the European premiere of Ben Wheatley’s high-octane action thriller Free Fire, which stars Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy and Armie Hammer Read more »| 01 Aug 2016 -
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Regrouping: Re-evaluating a Lost Feminist Classic
At this year's Edinburgh Film Festival, Lizzie Borden presented her 1976 debut Regrouping for just its fifth screening; the visionary director was ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2016 -
FilmEIFF 2016: Suntan
Suntan, the new film from director Argyris Papadimitropoulos, is firmly in the same mode of disturbing content and discomfort as other works from the so-call... Read more »| 01 Jul 2016 -
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Kevin Smith on fatherhood & Johnny Depp
Kevin Smith was the undoubted king of this year's Edinburgh Film Festival, and the highlight of his visit was an epic In Person chat in which he preached to the crowd on subjects including Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman, and Bruce Willis being a dick Read more »| 27 Jun 2016
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EIFF 2016: Little Sister
An ex-Goth nun helps rehabilitate her war-scarred brother in this spiky family comedy set at the dawn of Barack Obama’s presidency Read more »| 25 Jun 2016 -
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Edinburgh Film Festival names 2016 prizewinners
Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced the winners of its annual awards, including its Michael Powell Award, McLaren Award and best international film Read more »| 24 Jun 2016 -
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Clancy Brown on Highlander, Connery & Starship Troopers
80s fantasy romp Highlander made a triumphant return to Scotland with a 30th anniversary gala screening at the 70th Edinburgh Film Festival. Guest of honour ... Read more »| 24 Jun 2016 -
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Five Animated Years of Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson
Tomorrow, Edinburgh International Film Festival celebrates the careers of animation directing duo Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson. We take a look at what makes them so special, and hear news of their future plans Read more »| 23 Jun 2016 -
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EIFF 2016: Kids in Love
The only thing these kids, played by Will Poulter, Alma Jodorowsky, Jamie Blackley and Cara Delevingne, seem to be in love with is their own sense of entitlement Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
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EIFF 2016: The White King
Agyness Deyn and Jonathan Pryce star in this dystopian fantasy that, in our current political climate, should feel more urgent Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
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EIFF 2016: Yoga Hosers
Harley Quinn Smith and Lily-Rose Depp star in Kevin Smith's good-natured meta-comedy mess Yoga Hosers Relying on a host of sub-Austin Powers gags – in... Read more »| 21 Jun 2016 -
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EIFF 2016: Brakes & The Library Suicides
Two very different world premieres at Edinburgh International Film Festival: improvised breakup comedy Brakes and The Library Suicides, a bloody revenge thri... Read more »| 19 Jun 2016 -
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EIFF 2016: The Love Witch & Baba Yaga
EIFF are screening Anna Biller's modern take on the 70s sexploitation genre while in the festival's retrospective strand you'll find Corrado Farina's Baba Yaba, an example of the real thing Read more »| 18 Jun 2016