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16 - 27 June 2010 are the dates you need in your diary and the dates for the 64th Edinburgh International Film Festival.

The 2010 Festival promises to bring you another twelve glorious days crammed with premieres, special events and parties. 

Past premieres at the Edinburgh International Film Festival include Dr Zhivago, Taxi Driver, Manhattan, Blade Runner, Back to the Future, Pulp Fiction, ET: The Extra Terrestrial, The Motorcycle Diaries,  and Oscar® triumph The Hurt Locker.

This year, previous EIFF participants return en masse, from Under the Radar directors who are back with their newest cult films in-the-making to our Patrons Sir Sean Connery, Tilda Swinton and Seamus McGarvey, who will all join us both onstage and off to share their enthusiasm and knowledge. Similarly, titles that are brand new to the Festival circuit stand beside works that have garnered serious acclaim at other Festivals the world over.

The range of British cinema is wide and extraordinary – from horror to erotica to biopics and comedies – while the rest of the programme hails from territories as far afield as Taiwan, Slovakia, Iraq, New Zealand and Colombia. Nor do we limit ourselves to the conventional big flat silver screen format. We have 3D, 0D (yes, this year there's a 'film' consisting of sound only), big-screen TV and radio too – plus a greater-than-ever range of public events offering behind-the-scenes secrets and hands-on experience from every level of the film industry.

Whether you want to get up close and personal with a very special orangutan, embed with an active battalion in Afghanistan or just dress up like a superhero and do some do-gooding, we hope that you'll enjoy this opportunity to explore strange new worlds and discover new life and new civilizations. (Oh yes –our Michael Powell Jury President is Patrick Stewart. We look forward to welcoming him, and you!)

What will you discover this year? Click here to launch this year's brochure

Or you can download a PDF version here