EDINBURGH FEST FILMS

Summer must be well underway, whatever the weather, because the Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced its programme for this year.

The Festival runs from August 15th to 26th and when it wraps, roll on winter.

As always, the Fest goes out of its way to promote British film as a distinct entity, opening this year with David (Young Adam, Asylum) MacKenzie’s latest, Hallam Foe, starring Jamie Bell (photo) as something of a Peeping Tom rather than Billy Elliott.

It has set aside Gala Nights for Matthew (Lock, Stock) Vaughan’s much anticipated fantasy Stardust and, more remarkably, for both docs We Are Together and In The Shadow of The Moon.

The rest of the British getting an early airing as well as competing for Best British Film are:

And When Did You Last See Your Father? Dir. Anand Tucker | UK (England)

Control Dir. Anton Corbijn | UK (England)

Extraordinary Rendition Dir. Jim Threapleton | UK (England)

My Life as a Bus Stop Dir. Wilma Finnigan, Duncan Finnigan | UK (Scotland)

Saxon Dir. Greg Loftin | UK (England)

Seachd - The Inaccessible Pinnacle Dir. Simon Miller | UK (Scotland)

Sparkle Dir. Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter | UK (England)

Special People Dir. Justin Edgar | UK (England)

Sugarhouse Dir. Gary Love | UK (England)

The Waiting Room Dir. Roger Goldby | UK (England)

WAZ Dir. Tom Shankland | UK (England) & USA

Details on all these films will be featuring during the run up to the opening night.

Filed July 11, 2007