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Bong Joon-Ho To Chair The 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival International Competition Jury

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Bong Joon-Ho, the acclaimed director responsible for The Host and Mother, will head the International Feature Film Competition Jury at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, it has been announced. Joon-Ho will be accompanied on the jury by actress Natalie Dormer (Captain America: The First Avenger) and leading film critic Siobhan Synnot. The trio will [...]




Drake Doremus’ Breathe In To Open 67th Edinburgh Film Festival

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With little over a month to go until this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) kicks off in earnest, and the programme launch now just weeks away, it seemed a little odd that prospective audiences still had no idea what might open the 2013 festival. However, we now have an opening film to go with [...]




Not Another Happy Ending to Close 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival

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Not Another Happy Ending has been chosen to close this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. The world’s longest continuously film festival, now in its 67th year, will play host to the Glasgow-set romantic comedy, where it will premiere as the closing night film on June 30. Directed by John McKay, Not Another Happy Ending stars [...]




Chris Fujiwara Signs 3-Year Contract as Edinburgh International Film Festival Artistic Director

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In surprising, yet celebratory news, it has been announced that Chris Fujiwara will retain his position as Artistic Director for the Edinburgh International Film Festival for a further three years after signing a new contract. The news was revealed moments ago via the Edinburgh International Film Festival website and after a twelve-day event that saw [...]




How The Edinburgh International Film Festival Got Its Groove Back

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With the Edinburgh International Film Festival over for another year, it’s time to look back over the ten day event through rose coloured spectacles and assess whether or not the world’s longest continuously running film festival has managed to, under the leadership of a new Artistic Director and a brand new roster of some 121 feature films, make a [...]




EIFF 2012 – Direct from the Filmhouse

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Ahead of the festival’s June 20th launch, Chief Executive Ken Hay and Artistic Director Chris Fujiwara today announced the 2012 EIFF’s full selection of shorts, feature films and documentaries from Screen 1 of Edinburgh’s Filmhouse. Eager to comment on the state of contemporary cinema, while both acknowledging its colourful past and attempting to forecast its [...]




Killer Joe to Open the 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival

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Killer Joe will open the 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival, artistic director Chris Fujiwara has announced. The noir thriller, directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist), centers on a young man whose life spirals out of control when he hires an unexpectedly charming hit man to kill his own mother for her life insurance policy. In [...]




66th Edinburgh International Film Festival Official Posters Revealed

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Signalling the final two month countdown until the festival gets underway, three official posters have been unveiled for this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, and they paint a colourful picture of a festival looking to reclaim its fledging mojo. Each picturing a hand selecting an individual film reel, these posters look to re-establish the festival’s [...]