DISCOVERY POINTS
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Ewan McGregor might be
among the biggest names attending this year’s Edinburgh fi lm festival,
but there’s so much more to discover
in the 2015 programme.
Eddie Harrison picks out a selection of festival fi lms from EIFF director Mark Adams’ fi rst programme
13 MINUTES EVERY SECRET THING
Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel Directing the late James Gandolfini
came a cropper with his attempts
at English-language cross-over (The Invasion, Diana) but he wowed the Berlin Film Festival with this historical
drama about Georg Elser, who
opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Enough Said has propelled Nicole Holofcener to global acclaim; here, she provides the script for Amy Berg’s look at the aftermath of infanticide with Diane
attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Lane and Dakota Fanning.
Thu 18, Sat 20 Jun. Fri 19 & Sat 20 Jun.
THE OBSCURE SPRING WELCOME TO ME
CUT SNAKE
MANGLEHORN
Best known for his role in Pedro Almodovar’s I’m So Excited,
Jose Maria Yazpik makes sparks fly with co-star Irene Azuela as
star-crossed lovers in this erotic drama from Ernesto Contreras, director of festival-circuit favourite Blue Eyelids.
Kristen Wiig became a queen of indie- drama with last year’s The Skeleton Twins and Hateship Loveship. Shira Piven’s comedy/drama casts her as a lottery winner who creates a TV show just about herself. James Marsden
Sullivan Stapleton has gained leading- man status in Hollywood with 300: Rise of an Empire; director Tony Ayres (The Slap) brings him back to Australia for a terse Brisbane-set thriller about two ex-cons who find themselves tempted
Outside of his mainstream hit Pineapple Express, David Gordon Green has made thoughtful low-key drama his thing. A career-resurgent Al Pacino plays the Texan locksmith of the title, with Holly Hunter the subject
and Wes Bentley support.
back to their old, violent ways. of his tentative romantic overtures.
Sat 20, Sun 28 Jun. Sun 21, Tue 23 Jun.
Tue 23, Thu 25 Jun. Tue 23, Sun 28 Jun.
THE FIRST FILM CHUCK NORRIS VS
NIGHT SHIFT SCOTTISH MUSSEL
COMMUNISM A national treasure in Iran, Niki Karimi’s
Romanian writer/director Ilinca career as an actress spans several
Distributor, publisher, producer
and occasional actor David Wilkinson is one of the great characters of British cinema; his latest documentary looks at the forgotten figure of Louis Le Prince, who kickstarted the medium
Calugareanu’s provocatively titled documentary looks at how the wave of VHS action movies in the 1980s may (or may not) have influenced
of film in Leeds circa 1888. Tue 23, Thu 25 Jun.
the Romanian Revolution. Wed 24 & Thu 25 Jun.
decades since her breakthrough with The Bride in 1991. For her fourth film as director, Karimi has forged an intense drama about a couple’s marriage under threat from within.
Thu 25 Jun.
Actress-turned-writer/director Talulah Riley pulls together some disparate talents including Martin Compston, Harry Enfield and Paul Brannigan for this conservation-based local comedy,
shot in beautiful locations on Scotland’s west coast. Fri 26 & Sat 27 Jun.
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