The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF to its friends and those who enjoy acronyms) kicks off again on June 17 this year, featuring films as varied as Pixar's** Inside Out **and Patrick Bryce's comedy The Overnight. The opening film will be Robert Carlyle’s directorial debut, The Legend Of Barney Thompson.
Carlyle’s film, in which he also stars, is described as a darkly comic thriller that also features Emma Thompson and Ray Winstone, and is based on Douglas’s Lindsay’s book series about a socially maladjusted hairdresser who decides to swap cutting locks for the life of a serial killer.
And that’s just the cinematic tip of the iceberg, part of a programme that will also include such wide-ranging and anticipated titles as Asif Kapadia’s documentary Amy, the Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring zombie drama Maggie, James Marsden and Jack Black in comedy pic The D-Train, Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy and Last Days In The Desert, which stars Ewan McGregor.
The latter name from that list will be present for one of a series of In-Person events, with filmmakers interviewed about their work. Also showing up? Jane Seymour and Malcolm McDowell, Hong Kong director/producer Jonnie To, and Haskell Wexler, who will appear in Seamus McGarvey’s In Conversation series.
This year’s festival runs from June 17-28 and you can get more details, including how to attend, right here.