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changeable climate. He says: ‘The great thing E f, about all these one minute film scripts is that i i“
they are more than just one gag wonders. “3' HAS They‘ve all got something deeper going on.‘ The crew is about to move indoors for another
A set tip. Standing beside them is lain Campbell. a teenage actor who plays Trainee Squaddie Nol. Campbell. like his co-star Niko l)al‘ereras (who
plays the ciyilian boy who is the victim of a
She continues: ‘I went on holiday the other military stop and search). was discovered by week and there were hundreds of soldiers Mead at the Lyceum Youth Theatre. lixcited to milling around at Prestwick airport. some of be at his first lilm shoot. Campbell explains that them US military. Were they going to war or just a year ago he was at school here and did coming back'.’ All I know is that they all looked cadet training in the grounds of lidinburgh
tired. Sometimes you jtist need reminding of Academy. which is giving today‘s shoot a ‘37 :15 ‘f’r'lf;flitfillMil BURLDING what is going on out there.’ surreal edge for him. Marwan Hamed's docu-drama exposition of the Veteran Scottish stage and TV actor Sean llay. The man charged with oyerseeing the shoot is dark underbelly of modern-day Cairo is hotly who plays the pivotal role of Sergeant Lewis in producer Barry Paton. who has organised anticipated. The Yacoubian Building is unflinching the film. has a different but no less passionate everything from props and location to the days in its portrayal of drug running. rampant corruption, reading of the film. He says: ‘I.ewis is helping timetable. Snil‘l’ing from hayl‘eyer. Paton says prostitution and fundamentalism. Adel lmam, Nour recruit a young soldier to prepare him for cheerfully: ‘This has been easier than most El-Sherif and Youssra star in this vital film froma conl‘lict btit it transpires that Lewis has shoots. liyeryone. from the BBC props director who isn’t afraid to broach difficult subject experiences from preyious war /,ones and now department to the school. has been so helpful. in matter. he is back home recreating a stop and search some cases giying us stuff for free. I think it‘s ETA 14 September that reminds of what he has seen before and the just that everyone belieyes in this project and memories are too much for him.’ are so enthusiastic to get inyolyed.’ .. llay continues: '()ne minute‘s an awful short Ian McEwan’s tremendous novel getsawidescreen time to fit so much in. I haven‘t worked this One Minute Winners, a showcase of all five treatment With Keira Knightley and James McAvoy hard in a long time. But I’ve worked with films, will be shown at the Edinburgh in the leads. Pride and Prejudice director Joe Adrian before and I totally trust him.’ International Film Festival on 21 Aug. See Wright may be dyslexic and have no academic The sun has come out but Mead. whose www.edfilmfest.org.uk for details. After qualifications to speak of but he's building up a excellent lidinburgh-set l‘eature .N’ig/ir I’t'riplr' this date the films will be available to view stonking reputation for literary adaptations. The will soon be released on DVD. is unfazed by the on www.list.co.uk plot concerns the accusations made by a 13-year-
l old girl which have repercussions all the way through World War ll. The Yorkshire town of Redcar doubles for Dunkirk. This has Oscar
nomination written all over it (but probably not for the always undenvhelrning Knightley). ETA 14 September
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.r h Mm tells the story of Setyo. 8m and Ludiro. a love
» triangle sung to a Gamelan score and inspired by
part of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana. The set designs bring together modern and traditional Indonesian styles. and the general sense is of a Sumptuous meeting between ancient and modern aesthetics. Opera Jawa is gorgeous to look at and boasts a strong cast. ETA 20 September
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You'd be forgiven for supposmg that a film about the disputed Bucharest uprising of 1989 might Suffer from a paucity of belly-laughs. In the case of 72:08 East of Bucharest. however, y0u would be wholly incorrect in that Supposition. This film taps right into a richly sarcastic vein of Romanian humour, lollowmg three men played by Teodor Corban. Ion Sapdaru and Mircea Andreescu as they go onto a teleViSIon programme to discuss the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae CeauseSCu.
ETA 21 September
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