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Edinburgh International Film Festival

2006

Jonny Lee Miller in The Flying Scotsman
Jonny Lee Miller in The Flying Scotsman

2006 marked the final year of artistic director Shane Danielsen's curatorship. The 60th year kicked off with the world premiere of The Flying Scotsman. Crowd-pleasers included the UK premiere of Clerks II - which won the Audience Award, Sundance hit Little Miss Sunshine and Robin Williams starrer The Night Listener. Stars in attendance included big-hitters Charlize Theron (East of Havana) and Sigourney Weaver (Snow Cake).

Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe took home the Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film for Brothers Of The Head, while Paul Andrew Williams was named Best New Director for London To Brighton. The inaugural Best Documentary Award went to Jake Clennell for The Great Happiness Space: Tale Of An Osaka Love Thief. Best British Short Film was awarded to Dictynna Hood for the Other Man and Run Wrake for Rabbit. The Short Scottish Documentary Award went to Edward Brooke Hitching for The Really Terrible Orchestra.

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  • The Crazies
    Review preview for The Crazies

    The simplicity of the location, with its gentle green hills and thin woodland, makes it feel as if it could be anywhere, yet Romero positions his camera so as to generate maximum tension from it.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The military attempts to contain a manmade combat virus that causes death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
  • Little Miss Sunshine
    Review preview for Little Miss Sunshine

    Writer Michael Arndt has cleverly captured the bribery and corruption which lie at the heart of most families.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A dysfunctional family's road trip to a beauty pageant.
  • To Get To Heaven, First You Have To Die
    Review preview for To Get To Heaven, First You Have To Die

    Powerful mise-en-scene and static camera shots emphasise this bleak, uncaring environment.

    Chris · 4.5 out of 5
    A recently married youth attempting to overcome impotence goes out searching for sexual release.
  • Wristcutters: A Love Story
    Review preview for Wristcutters: A Love Story

    Wristcutters isn’t a story of despair but of hope, moving on, and, yes, love.

    Daniel Hooper · 4 out of 5
    A young man kills himself and awakens in a land where everything is "just a little bit worse".
  • The Right Of The Weakest
    Review preview for The Right Of The Weakest

    The Right Of The Weakest makes no concessions to the usual demands of cinematic narrative - people don't feel anger or remorse or love when they ought to - they just behave like people.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A group of unemployed men who see no hope in their future decide to try to turn their fortunes around with a hold-up.
  • Someone Else
    Review preview for Someone Else

    The film feels real, and of the moment.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    A young man struggles to do the right thing after falling in love with someone other than his girlfriend.
  • Jindabyne
    Review preview for Jindabyne

    Richly atmospheric and often deeply disturbing, Jindabyne is a superb example of well-crafted drama, cinema taking on real issues without ever losing its narrative edge.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A close-knit Australian community is rocked when four men discover a murder victim’s corpse and do nothing about it.
  • London To Brighton
    Review preview for London To Brighton

    Verbally, physically and emotionally brutal. You'll come out melted like ice cream.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Two prostitutes flee a murderous gang boss.
  • Satan
    Review preview for Satan

    At times hilarious, at others stomach-churning and always exceptionally weird, Sheitan is destined to become a cult hit.

    Leanne McGrath · 3 out of 5
    Oversexed teenagers and Satanic rituals in a remote farmhouse.
  • H6 - Diary of A Serial Killer
    Review preview for H6 - Diary of A Serial Killer

    This Spanish serial killer is a twisted combination of all of Hollywood's greatest psychos - clever, cold, calculating and seriously sick in the head.

    Leanne McGrath · 3.5 out of 5
    A killer gets out of jail and starts hacking up prostitutes with a chainsaw... all in God's name, of course.

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