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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2017

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017

Unlocking The Archives

Celebrating the festival at 70. There will also be a free event - Behind the Curtain: 70 Years of EIFF, featuring former artistic director Jim Hickey and archiveist Rachel Hosker in conversation about memories of the festival. Additionally, there will be celebration of the anniversary in various venues in the city.

Programme

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Drifters

Special screening of the classic documentary about North Sea fisherman, showing as a celebration of the Edinburgh Film Guild, which turns 80 this year.

(Country: UK; Year: 1929; Director: John Grierson)

Hitchcock On Grierson

A tribute to the 'father of documentary'.

(Country: UK; Year: 1965; Director: Douglas Moodie; Writer: Jack Gerson; Stars: John Grierson, Alfred Hitchcock)

Hooray For Holyrood

STV's film on the 40th Edinburgh Film Festival.

(Country: UK; Year: 1986; Director: Ross Wilson; Writer: Alistair Moffat; Stars: Denis Forman, Samuel Fuller, Neil Jordan, Barry Norman, Stephen Woolley)

Mirroball: Documentaries

A series of Channel 4 documentaries dedicated to avant-garde filmmakers: Michel Gondry, Mike Mills, Spike Jonze, Chris Cunningham, Jonas Akerlund and Jonathan Glazer. Spread across two programmes.

(Year: 1999; Director: Nicola Black)