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  • 50 Letters

    • 50 mins

    50 Letters is a performance event devised by Grahame Weinbren, consisting of 50 short films, each connected with a letter of the alphabet.

  • 5:55

    • Javier Aguilera, Jorge Aguilera /
    • Mexico /
    • 2007 /
    • 9 mins

    Showing as part of International Shorts: Mexico

  • 6pm Panel: Animation

    • 60 mins

    From Harryhausen’s skeletons to Corin Hardy’s groundbreaking music videos and Pixar’s WALL•E, this is a hot animation year at EIFF. Discuss this most fluid of forms with some of its exponents.

  • 6pm Panel: Contemporary Criticism

    • 60 mins

    Does the internet sound the death knell for print criticism? Leading film critics explore the future of their industry.

  • 6pm Panel: Documentary – The Facts and Fictions

    • 60 mins

    The documentary landscape has expanded in recent years. With ever more experimental forms, is the distinction between fact and fiction still clear in film?

  • 6pm Panel: Landscape and Location

    • 60 mins

    The physical placement of a film is critical. Here, experts in cinematography and locations reveal their secrets.

  • 6pm Panel: Positive Piracy?

    • 60 mins

    Piracy hurts the industry. Yet the sharing of rare and cult film on the internet expands film education and creates new communities of enthusiasts ... Debate the rights and wrongs with those who have a stake.

  • 6pm Panel: Taking the Temperature of British Film

    • 60 mins

    The UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund supported several films in this year’s EIFF (including Better Things; Donkey Punch; Man on Wire) Representatives of the fund will be there to discuss the current condition of UK cinema.

  • 6pm Panel: The New Horror

    • 60 mins

    From ‘torture porn’ to zombie comedy: what now defines this key commercial genre?

  • 7 Days in Havana (7 días en La Habana)

    • 22 Jun 18:20
    • 27 Jun 18:20
    • 01 Jul 12:20
    • Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan Carlos Tabío, Laurent Cantet /
    • France, Spain /
    • 2012 /
    • 126 mins

  • 8 1/2 Foundation Screening

    • 26 Jun 13:15
    • Jafar Panahi /
    • Iran /
    • 1995 /
    • 120 mins

    EIFF Patron Tilda Swinton and filmmaker Mark Cousins announce their new venture.

  • 93

    • Julián de Tavira /
    • Mexico /
    • 2008 /
    • 19 mins

    Showing as part of Mexican Shorts

  • A Better Life

    • 24 Jun 19:45
    • 25 Jun 17:45
    • Chris Weitz /
    • United States of America /
    • 2011 /
    • 97 mins

    The road forks for both Mexican illegal immigrant father, and his troubled son, in this affecting tale of fortitude and temptation.

  • a BLOOMING BUSINESS

    • Ton Van Zantvoort /
    • Netherlands /
    • 2009 /
    • 52 mins

    It’s time to wake up and smell the imported roses.

  • A Boy Called Dad

    • Brian Percival /
    • UK /
    • 2009 /
    • 80 mins

    A bittersweet coming of age tale.