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  • The beat goes on

    The beat goes on

    • Posted Friday 25 June, 2010

    Our friends at Upbeat Productions are covering a host of events at EIFF. Click here and here, and here to watch their latest reports from the Festival.

  • And the winner is ...

    And the winner is ...

    • Posted Friday 25 June, 2010

    It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for! The award results of EIFF 2010 are in and cracking Brit comedy Skeletons is among the winners.

  • Meeting Pixar

    Meeting Pixar

    • Posted Friday 25 June, 2010

    Lead animators Bobby Podesta and Mike Venturini visited Edinburgh International Film Festival this week for the UK Premiere of Toy Story 3. Screening only 24 hours after opening in the USA, it was the first chance to see the film this side of the Atlantic.

  • Finding the Black Panther

    Finding the Black Panther

    • Posted Friday 25 June, 2010

    Iyari Wertta’s stylish noir, The Black Panther, combines detective fiction, sci-fi and surrealism to create something completely new but where on earth did it come from?

  • Introducing... Central Station

    Introducing... Central Station

    • Posted Thursday 24 June, 2010

    We take a look at how our creative friends at Central Station have been experiencing the Fest.

  • Storytelling in Purgatory

    Storytelling in Purgatory

    • Posted Thursday 24 June, 2010

    Trailblazing director of A Spanking in Paradise, Wayne Thallon, and lead actor Andrew Hawley talk about filming in Edinburgh, brothels and the art of telling tales.

  • Amy Hardie and The Edge of Dreaming

    Amy Hardie and The Edge of Dreaming

    • Posted Wednesday 23 June, 2010

    Amy Hardie is a Scottish scientist and filmmaker. Her deeply personal first documentary, The Edge of Dreaming, has been selected as one of the Best of the Fest.

  • Col Spector talks Honeymooner

    Col Spector talks Honeymooner

    • Posted Wednesday 23 June, 2010

    Col Spector talks about his second film, Honeymooner, a romantic comedy about Fran, an honest, down-at-heel everyman who has been dumped just before his wedding.

     

  • More movies added to Best of the Fest

    More movies added to Best of the Fest

    • Posted Tuesday 22 June, 2010

    More titles have been added to the Best of the Fest line-up, including Toy Story 3.

  • Get happy feet with Tilda and Mark

    Get happy feet with Tilda and Mark

    • Posted Tuesday 22 June, 2010

    If you haven’t heard already, Mark Cousins and Tilda Swinton have some exciting events planned for the launch of their latest venture, the 8 1/2 Foundation.

  • Smokin' hot

    Smokin' hot

    • Posted Tuesday 22 June, 2010

    Comic book writer and filmmaker Mike McCarthy's latest venture, Cigarette Girl, has its European Premiere at EIFF. He tells us why it's hot stuff.

  • Top tweets from #edfilmfest fans!

    Top tweets from #edfilmfest fans!

    • Posted Tuesday 22 June, 2010

    Here at EIFF, we love to hear from you. Since our call for updates, EIFF has been a-Twitter with your reviews and photos. Here are some of the highlights.

  • Cherry picking

    Cherry picking

    • Posted Tuesday 22 June, 2010

    Returning favourite Paul Andrew Williams, the director of London to Brighton (EIFF 2006), talks about making the harshly realistic thriller Cherry Tree Lane, which receives a World Premiere at this year's Fest.

  • More Guests of the Fest

    More Guests of the Fest

    • Posted Sunday 20 June, 2010

    EIFF is set to welcome lots more special guests. Take a look at which talented filmmakers and stars will be arriving this week.

  • See behind the scenes at the Fest

    See behind the scenes at the Fest

    • Posted Sunday 20 June, 2010

    Calling all film enthusiasts! You can get two great days of behind-the-scenes activity at the Fest for the price of one, including filmmaker masterclasses and access to screenings.

  • Another day on the beat

    • Posted Sunday 20 June, 2010

    Our friends at Upbeat Productions will be covering a host of events at EIFF. Click here to watch their latest report from the Festival, featuring interviews with the celebs on the Red Carpets of Pelican Blood and Huge.

  • Celine Danhier's Blank City

    Celine Danhier's Blank City

    • Posted Saturday 19 June, 2010

    First-time French documentary filmmaker sits down to discuss Blank City.

  • Get a hot ticket for the Fest

    • Posted Saturday 19 June, 2010

    Is the film you want to see sold out? There's still a chance to get a ticket as returns are made available to purchase at the venue thirty minutes before each screening. Don't forget Web Members can blag a FREE ticket with the daily Ticket Grab!

  • Get 2-for-1 tickets for the retrospective

    Get 2-for-1 tickets for the retrospective

    • Posted Friday 18 June, 2010

    All tickets for the films showing daily in the After the Wave: Lost and Forgotten British Cinema 1967-1979 retrospective are now 2 for the price of 1!

  • Six of the Fest: Documentaries

    Six of the Fest: Documentaries

    • Posted Thursday 17 June, 2010

    Want to see the world from a different perspective? EIFF shows you life through the eyes of an orang-utan, a poor Kenyan boy and much more.

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