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Edinburgh International Film Festival

2012

Pixar's Brave will close 66th edition
Pixar's Brave will close 66th edition

This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival kicked off with controversial William Friedkin film Killer Joe.

Japanese, Chinese and Filipino films featured in dedicated strands and a South American focus took in work from Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. The festival closed with the European premiere of Disney-Pixar's Brave.

Penny Woolcock won The Michael Powell Award for her documentary One Mile Away and Mao Mao took home the international award for Here, Then. Read about all the prize winners here.

Other years (27)

Box office and information

Latest reviews

  • Dragon
    Review preview for Dragon

    This is dark, and sweet, and repeatedly inventive, but doesn't always feel coherent.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A qi expert detective is suspicious when a seemingly ordinary paper maker fights off notorious bandits.
  • V/H/S
    Review preview for V/H/S

    The movie hits some nasty sweet spots but also falls foul of numerous genre cliches, both old and new.

    Neil Mitchell · 2.5 out of 5
    A horror anthology based around the theft of an old video tape.
  • Pusher
    Review preview for Pusher

    Richard Coyle is decent in the title role, his engaging lead performance is a solid, if not star making turn.

    Scott Macdonald · 2.5 out of 5
    A London drugs dealer finds himself on the wrong side of a ruthless Mr Big. Remake of the 1996 feature.
  • The Fourth Dimension
    Review preview for The Fourth Dimension

    Fawns completes the troika with a ringing emotional pop.

    Paul Griffiths · 3 out of 5
    Triplet of short films, conforming to a fixed 'creative brief'.
  • The Imposter
    Review preview for The Imposter

    A film and a story where you can't afford to be out of the conversation.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappears from his home in San Antonio, Texas, but three and a half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in Spain with a shocking story of kidnap and torture... but all is not what it seems in this tale that is truly stranger than fiction.
  • Sexual Chronicles Of A French Family
    Review preview for Sexual Chronicles Of A French Family

    The film will resonate with some because of the believable sense of frustration and helplessness that the narrating Romain conveys.

    David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
    Three generations of a French family and their sex lives.
  • Unconditional
    Review preview for Unconditional

    Higgins film is at its best in the early stages, when brooding threat is mixed with Owen's general sense of confusion.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A teenager finds himself in a dangerous relationship with a charismatic older man.
  • Swirl
    Review preview for Swirl

    Those looking for drama might be advised to steer clear, but for anyone willing to fall into the film's gentle ruminatory rhythm, it is a visual treat

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Snapshot of the life of a widowed octogenarian.
  • No Fixed Abode
    Review preview for No Fixed Abode

    License is taken in terms of the narrative but for those prepared to accept the plot and character contrivances, there's much to enjoy in Patrick Baladi's central performance.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A man wakes up to a homeless nightmare.
  • Life Just Is
    Review preview for Life Just Is

    Offering a British twist on the mumblecore genre, writer/director Alex Barrett's debut feature doesn't lack bravery.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    Love, death and the meaning of life figure among the preoccupations of a group of uni graduates in London.

A–Z of Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012 reviews

Features

  • Flowers power
    Day Of The Flowers world premiere attracts blooming great audience.
  • Programming for posterity
    EIFF new artistic director Chris Fujiwara talks about diversity, adventurous audiences and the importance of awards, ahead of the festival's 66th edition.

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