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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012 Day Planner

Day-by-day highlights of the 2012 EIFF
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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012 Day Planner

Day-by-day highlights of the 2012 EIFF

Thursday 21 June

Future My Love Michael Powell Award Competition. Lyrical documentary that considers alternatives to the capitalist system and the work of futurist and social engineer Jacque Fresco.

Cineworld, 6.05pm; also screening at Cineworld, Fri 29 June, 8.30pm.

Fukushima: Memories of the Lost Landscape New Perspectives. Yojyu Matsubayashi’s compelling portrait of the Tanakas, a couple working to help those forced from their homes in the aftermath of the tsunami.

Filmhouse, 8.05pm; also screening at Cineworld, Sat 23 June, 6.50pm.

Midnight Sun: Insomnia Special Screenings. Taking place on the summer solstice is this special screening of moody Scandinavian thriller Insomnia, from 1997.

Filmhouse, 10.25pm.

Friday 22 June

Either Way New Perspectives. An Icelandic comedy of opposites following Alfred and Finnbogi employed to paint the lines on the country’s public roads.

Cineworld, 6.30pm; also screening at Cineworld, Sat 23 June, 1pm.

Fred New Perspectives. Imaginative Woody Allen-style comedy of errors about a man refusing to accompany his wife to a care home.

Cineworld, 8.30pm; also screening at Cineworld, Sat 23 June, 8.50pm.

Mondomanila or How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey Philippine New Wave. High energy Philippine punk flick about the criminal underworld by one of the country’s most prolific filmmakers.

Filmhouse, 10.10pm; also screening at Filmhouse, Sat 23 June, 7pm.

Saturday 23 June

Dr Seuss’ The Lorax Special Screenings. 3D animation about a boy on a mission to find a real tree in a world where nature has almost been abolished, voiced by Danny DeVito and Zac Efron among others.

Cineworld, 2pm; also screening at Cineworld, Sun 24 June, 2pm.

Bestiaire Director’s Showcase. Visually striking documentary about animals in captivity. A meditation on the relationship between man, beast and environment.

Cineworld, 4.50pm; also screening at Cineworld, Sun 24 June, 9.15pm.

Tabu International Competition. Highly anticipated and distinctive feature from Miguel Gomes which won the FIPRESCI prize at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.

Filmhouse, 8pm; also screening at Filmhouse, Sun 24 June, 6.10pm.

Sunday 24 June

Coal Money & Brutality Factory Spotlight on Wang Bing. Two impressive short films from acclaimed Chinese documentary-maker Wang Bing, whose work focuses on the economy of exploitation.

Filmhouse, 1.20pm.

In Person: Bafta Scotland Interview with Robert Carlyle Special Events. The Scottish actor and EIFF patron talks about his career, from Trainspotting to The Full Monty to The World Is Not Enough.

Filmhouse, 5pm.

Jackpot Night Moves. Based on Jo Nesbo’s novel, this ultra-violent dark comedy is about three ex-cons and their supervisor who scoop 1.7m kroner on the pools.

Cineworld, 9.30pm; also screening at Cineworld, Sat 23 June, 9pm.

Monday 24 June

Kazahana Shinji Somai retrospective. The Japanese director’s final film. An elegiac road movie about two characters who make a suicide pact.

Filmhouse, 4.10pm.

Sauna on Moon New Perspectives. Stylised drama about the sex industry in China with sly commentary on the country’s entrepreneurial mindset.

Filmhouse, 6.30pm; also screening at Filmhouse, Sun 1 July, 9.30pm.

Los Marziano Looking South. Argentinean comedy drama about two brothers beset by mysterious happenings: one falls down a huge hole while the other suddenly loses the ability to read.

Filmhouse, 8.40pm; also screening at Filmhouse, Sat 23 June, 7.40pm.

Tuesday 26 June

What Is this Film Called Love? Films on Film. Local critic Mark Cousins’ personal journey through Mexico City with Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein as his imaginary companion.

Filmhouse, 6pm; also screening at Cineworld, Sat 30 June, 7.45pm.

The Mirror Never Lies New Perspectives. Poetic story of 12-year-old Pakis who lives on a small island inhabited by members of the Bajo tribe. An Indonesian coming-of-age story with environmentalist undertones.

Filmhouse, 8pm; also screening at Filmhouse, Fri 22 June, 8.05pm.

The Suburban Trilogy Black Box. Three experimental films by Abigail Child about gender and immigration. An anthropological collage using found footage and documentary material.

Filmhouse, 9.40pm; also screening at Filmhouse, Fri 29 June, 5.05pm.

Wednesday 27 June

7 Days in Havana Director’s Showcase. Seven directors, including Benicio Del Toro and Gaspar Noe, direct a day each in this celebration of the vibrant Cuban capital.

Cineworld, 6.20pm; also screening at Cineworld, Wed 27 June, 6.20pm.

Tetsuo: The Iron Man Spotlight on Shinya Tsukamoto. Newly restored version of this cult Japanese cyberpunk movie from 1989 about a new breed of people created from flesh and metal.

Cineworld, 8:40pm.

Tetsuo Ii: Body Hammer Spotlight on Shinya Tsukamoto. Action-thriller follow-up to Tetsuo: The Iron Man about a cyborg gang conspiracy. Regarded by many as superior to the first.

Cineworld, 10:30pm.

Thursday 28 June

Blue Black Permanent Special screenings. The only feature of esteemed Scottish filmmaker and artist Margaret Tait, 20 years after it premiered at the EIFF. A delicate and haunting film about a daughter’s grief.

Filmhouse, 4.05pm.

Berberian Sound Studio Michael Powell Award Competition. A sound technician from the UK travels to work at the notorious horror sound studios in Italy in Peter Strickland’s much anticipated second feature after Katalin Varga. Filmhouse, 8.20pm; also screening at Filmhouse, Fri 29 June, 6pm.

Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie Night Moves. Nutty US comedians Tim and Eric bring their unique, trashy humour to the big screen. With appearances from Zach Galifianakis, Will Ferrell and Jeff Goldblum.

Filmhouse, 10.45pm; also screening at Cameo, Sat 30 June, 11.15pm.

Friday 29 June

Sexual Chronicles of a French Family. Director’s Showcase. Frank French drama about 15-year-old Romain, whose virginity stands out among his sexually promiscuous family.

Cineworld, 6.10pm; also screening at Cineworld, Sun 24 June, 6.10pm.

Shadow Dancer Michael Powell Award Competition. James Marsh (Man on Wire, Project Nim) returns to the festival with his IRA-set thriller starring Clive Owen and Andrea Riseborough.

Filmhouse, 8.15pm; also screening at Filmhouse, Sat 30 June, 7.30pm.

Wrong Night Moves. A surreal comedy about a man on the hunt to find his lost dog that leads to a series of absurd events, from Quentin Dupieux, the director of Rubber.

Cameo, 11.15pm; also screening at Cineworld, Sat 30 June, 6.10pm.

Showing cancelled.

Saturday 30 June

The Unspeakable Act International Competition. Excellent performances in this American indie about the relationship between a sister and brother.

Cineworld, 1.10pm; also screening at Cameo, Fri 29 June, 7pm.

God Bless America Director’s Showcase. Middle-aged Frank, diagnosed with terminal cancer, embarks on a cultural killing spree. A dark comedy about the madness of contemporary media.

Cineworld, 3.30pm; also screening at Cineworld, Fri 29 June, 8.20pm.

Brave Closing Night Gala. Pixar’s latest animation is a delightful Scottish-set fairytale about young Merida who rebels against her mother after she announces plans to marry her off.

Festival Theatre, 8.15pm.

Sunday 1 July

Family Shorts. Perfect Sunday-morning viewing for the whole family in this programme of short films from around the world.

Filmhouse, 3.15pm.

Chapiteau Show New Perspectives. A surprise hit across Russia, this four-hour epic interweaves a variety of stories all set in a Crimean holiday resort.

Filmhouse, 5.10pm; also screening at Cineworld, Sun 24 June, 1.15pm.

Private Worlds Gregory La Cava Retrospective. Unconventional melodrama set in a psychiatric hospital, one of the first films to tackle mental illness in the States.

Filmhouse, 9.15pm.

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