• Peter Watkins /
• UK /
• 1967 /
• 103 mins

Want to know what will happen when Simon Cowell finds religion and moves into politics?

• 87 mins

Continue your journey of discovery with this selection of short films by the new voices in British filmmaking.

• 180 mins

A full introduction to the hidden secrets of filmmaking, with expert practitioners from the EIFF guest list.

• Mohamed Al-Daradji /
• Iraq, UK, France, Netherlands, Palestine /
• 2010 /
• 90 mins

A powerful story arises from the ashes of Iraq.

• 68 mins

The UK’s most exciting short film scheme.

• József Pacskovszki /
• Hungary /
• 2009 /
• 104 mins

Actions speak louder, in this beautiful study of intimacy and betrayal.

• Lucy Walker /
• USA /
• 2009 /
• 92 mins

A film so of its moment that Hillary Clinton recently screened it to her staff.

• Celine Danhier /
• USA /
• 2009 /
• 94 mins

A riveting documentary portrait of the post-punk underground and the birth of 80s cool.

• Taika Waititi /
• New Zealand /
• 2010 /
• 87 mins

A hilarious coming-of-age fable, from the director of Flight of the Conchords.

• Ben Miller /
• UK /
• 2010 /
• 80 mins

A stand-up double act scrabbles towards the big time, in the winning directorial debut of beloved comedian Ben Miller.

• Hawa Essuman /
• Kenya, Germany /
• 2010 /
• 60 mins

One hour in Nairobi – a fresh, African take on the coming-of-age movie.

• 89 mins

Witness the breathtaking variety of British animation.

• Viv Fongenie /
• UK /
• 2010 /
• 90 mins

Donnie Darko meets Billy Liar, in this ambitious and absorbing British drama.

• Sarah Leonor /
• France /
• 2009 /
• 96 mins

One of Guillaume Dépardieu’s final screen appearances: a playful, New Wave-inflected road movie with a killer soundtrack.

• Alexandre O Philippe /
• UK, USA /
• 2010 /
• 93 mins

They gave him their love, their money and their obsessive online parodies. He gave them ... the prequels.