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Edinburgh International Film Festival

19 June – 30 May 2013

Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce star in Drake Doremus' Breathe In
Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce star in Drake Doremus' Breathe In

The 67th edition of the festival runs from June 19 to 30. It opened with Drake Doremus' film Breathe In, while Disney Pixar's Monsters University kicked-off the education programme.

Festival accolades include the Michael Powell Award for best British film. It has also been announced that the Audience Award has been reinstated this year and will be given for the first time since 2010.

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  • Boneshaker
    Review preview for Boneshaker

    This is a fluid film which, though impressionistic in terms of its narrative, carries a weight of emotion and the positive energy of childhood as well as a longing for fundamental connection.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    An African family lost in America travel to a Louisiana church to find a cure for a problem child.
  • Nae Pasaran
    Review preview for Nae Pasaran

    An intriguing look at a small story that reflects a much bigger picture.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Story of the Scottish factory workers who stood against the military coup in Chile from afar.
  • Getting On
    Review preview for Getting On

    An amazing film, masterfully paced.

    Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
    A woman labouring under the weight of housework with no reward, has an unusual visitor.
  • Mister John
    Review preview for Mister John

    If ever a film deserved the adjective elegiac, Mister John is it.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A bored Englishman investigating his brother's mysterious death in Singapore falls for his widow and the possibility of a different life.
  • About Time
    Review preview for About Time

    This is complete hand-waving trash - he's an ignorant, privileged cocky arsehole and good things happen to him. Pass the sick bucket.

    Scott Macdonald · 1 out of 5
    A young man who discovers he can travel in time decides to use it to try and get a girlfriend.
  • Magic Magic
    Review preview for Magic Magic

    Worth seeing for the performances but ultimately confusion reigns.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A young American starts to unravel on a trip to Chile.
  • Sink Or Swim
    Review preview for Sink Or Swim

    A touching, beautifully constructed story.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Meditations on swimming and age.
  • Everyone's Going To Die
    Review preview for Everyone's Going To Die

    The film works as a marriage between the sometimes absurd scripting and the skilfully understated acting.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A world weary criminal and a young German emigre forge an unlikely friendship.
  • Betrayal
    Review preview for Betrayal

    Serebrennikov's film may be sometimes confusing, sometimes confounding and somewhat disappointing in the neatness of its ending, but there's no denying his talent.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    After discovering that their spouses are having an affair, two people decide to have one themselves.
  • Motorway
    Review preview for Motorway

    Cheang brings a gritty aesthetic to bear, more interested than smoke and sparks than sleek set pieces.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A cop on the verge of retirement gets behind the wheel of his high speed pursuit vehicle one last time to stop a major heist.

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