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The Edinburgh International Film Festival or EIFF has moved date and will now take place in June. This year's festival is from the 18 - 29 June.
Established in 1947, it is the longest continually running film festival in the world. The EIFF has presented some of cinema's most important and exciting moments, showcasing Global, International and UK premieres and playing host to the world's greatest filmmakers. Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A film festival is the presentation or showcasing of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues. ...
History
When it was started by the Edinburgh Film Guild (the oldest continually running Film Society in the world) it was only for documentaries. At the time there were only a couple of other Film Festivals in the world (Cannes and Venice). The festival shows a range of films from around the world and screens not only feature length films and documentaries, but also shorts, animations and music videos. The Grand Jury awards "The Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film" while the audience can vote for the "Standard Life Audience Award" and a panel judges the "Skillset New Directors Award." There are also several awards given to short films. All films shown are U.K. premieres although many are also European or International Premieres. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. ...
For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...
The Artistic Director since September 2006 is Hannah McGill, previously a film critic and cinema columnist for The Herald newspaper. Ginnie Atikinson is the long serving Managing Director. Sir Sean Connery and Tilda Swinton are the film festivals honorary patrons. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Charles Mackintoshs Glasgow Herald building, now The Lighthouse The Herald is a national broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland, with an audited circulation of 71,000, making it the best-selling national Scottish broadsheet newspaper. ...
Connery as James Bond in Goldfinger. ...
Katherine Mathilda Swinton (born November 5, 1960), better known as Tilda Swinton, is a Golden Globe Award-nominated British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. ...
Shane Danielson, the previous Artistic director programmed the festival between 2002 and 2006 Also see: 2002 (number). ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Venues The venues are the Filmhouse, Cameo, Fountainpark Cineworld and The Dominion. Some of the events are run in The Sheraton Hotel. In Glasgow the Glasgow Film Theatre and Renfrew St Cineworld also participate. As of 2004 there are proposals for a new Filmhouse to be built, entitled Sean Connery Filmhouse, designed by architect Richard Murphy. It would be near to the existing one, have a greater capacity and be home to the festival. The current location favoured by Filmhouse is Festival Square in front of the Sheraton Hotel. The Cameo is an Edinburgh cinema which started life as the Kings Cinema on 8 January 1914 and is one of the oldest cinemas in Scotland still in use. ...
For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ...
The Glasgow Film Theatre or GFT is an independent, specialist cinema in Rose Street, (by Sauchiehall Street), Glasgow. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. ...
Richard Murphy, is an architect based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and principle architect in Richard Murphy Architects. ...
Film Categories - Gala - All have a well know actor or director attached to them
- British Gala - From a known British actor or director
- Rosebud - Films from first or second time directors
- Directors' Showcase - Highlights films from important directors
- Night Moves - Horror and action films either from countries whose mainstream films are given little world wide release, or from independent filmmakers
- Document - Both feature length and short documentaries
- Retrospective - Films from an important director that many people have not seen on the cinema screen
- Black Box - Abstract and artistic films
- Mirrorball - Music videos, Music-related documentaries
- In-Person - Interviews with important figures from the cinema industry
2007 Festival The 2007 EIFF ran between 15th and 26th August 2007. It was the 61st Anniversary of the EIFF. - Opening Film - Hallam Foe
- Closing Film - Two Days in Paris
In Person - John Waters
- Tilda Swinton
- Bob Hoskins
- Samantha Morton
- Mike Leigh
- Chris Cooper
- Stephen Frears
- Julie Delpy
- Stellan Skarsgard
The programme also featured a crop of the best in writing talent: - Irvine Welsh
- William Nicholson
- Christopher Hampton
- Judd Apatow
- Paul Laverty
Retrospectives
Special Events Various special events took place. These special stand-alone movie experiences, sessions designed to fully explore the content of our programme.
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