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Event Series Children of Paradise (PG)
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Screen Horizons

Children of Paradise (PG)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Les Enfants du Paradis (PG) Screening as part of the 30th edition of the French Film Festival UK. Cited at Cannes as the greatest French film of all time. Set in the 1840s Parisian theatrical world, Jacques Prévert’s screenplay depicts four men in love with the mysterious Garance. Each loves her in his own way,

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Screen Horizons

Hard Shell, Soft Shell (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Fragile (15) A handsome oyster farmer in Sète vows to win back his actress girlfriend after a botched proposal. Fragile hijacks the traditional codes of comedy with a joyfully feminist take on contemporary masculinity.

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How to Sell Nothingness

Death is Certain But Not Final: A Performance Lecture on the Role of Absence in Radical Documentary Cinema

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Filmmaker Saeed Taji Farouky will take participants through a non-academic, irreverent, multi-media exploration of ‘absence’ as an essential creative and political component of radical / experimental documentary filmmaking. Journeying through music, literature, dance, film and architecture, Saeed will examine how certainty and presence – requirements of capitalist, industrial filmmaking – can be challenged and contradicted

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A Thousand Fires (PG)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

In the Magway region of Myanmar, a country home to one of the oldest petroleum industries in the world, live husband and wife Thein Shwe and Htwe Tin. Running an unregulated oil field, they produce a barrel every few days. They wish above all else to see their youngest son succeed, to break the cycle

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Screen Horizons

The Sleeping Car Murders (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Compartiment Tueurs (15) This first feature by Franco-Greek director Costa-Gavras was adapted from a novel by Sébastien Japrisot and is a humorous, visually punchy take on the murder mystery. Red herrings abound and the twists and thrills are masterfully executed with a dream cast including the late, great Michel Piccoli. Director Costa-Gavras Cast Michel Piccoli,

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Event Series Children of Paradise (PG)
Event Series
Screen Horizons

Children of Paradise (PG)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Les Enfants du Paradis (PG) Screening as part of the 30th edition of the French Film Festival UK. Cited at Cannes as the greatest French film of all time. Set in the 1840s Parisian theatrical world, Jacques Prévert’s screenplay depicts four men in love with the mysterious Garance. Each loves her in his own way,

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Cinemaatic

Artists Moving Image Shorts: Tender Torture

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Curated by Tom Krasny. Part of CinemaAttic’s LADS: TOXIC MASCULINITY, a programme that denounces toxic masculinity attitudes in communities around the world. This programme explores queer and kinky elements in three artists’ moving image works. The main curiosity will be directed at the body as a meeting point between subjectivity and social expectations and restrictions.

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Event Series Le Brio (15)
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Screen Horizons

Le Brio (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

As a young woman growing up in the working-class Paris suburb of Creteil, Neïla Salah (Camélia Jordana) dreams of becoming a lawyer. Enrolled at the renowned Assas Law School in Paris, on her first day she runs up against Pierre Mazard (Daniel Auteuil), a professor known for his provocative behaviour and misconduct. To redeem himself,

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Event Series Promise at Dawn (15)
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Screen Horizons

Promise at Dawn (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

La Promesse de l’aube  This riveting biopic follows acclaimed novelist Romain Gary, the only writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature twice. Beginning with his childhood in Poland, via growing up in Nice and Paris and his time training as a pilot during the Second World War, the film will appeal to

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Event Series Jonas mekas 100! (U)
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Cinemaattic

Jonas mekas 100! (U)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Jonas Mekas 100! features two landmark works by Mekas: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1976), which depicts Jonas and his brother Adolfas’s return journey to their homeland after several decades in the United States, and was inducted into the United States National Film Registry in 2006; and a new digital restoration of As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, an epic, 4.5 hour-film that premiered at the 2000 London Film Festival and is currently the fourth highest-rated documentary film on Letterboxd.

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Event Series Jonas mekas 100! (U)
Event Series
Cinemaattic

Jonas mekas 100! (U)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Jonas Mekas 100! features two landmark works by Mekas: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1976), which depicts Jonas and his brother Adolfas’s return journey to their homeland after several decades in the United States, and was inducted into the United States National Film Registry in 2006; and a new digital restoration of As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, an epic, 4.5 hour-film that premiered at the 2000 London Film Festival and is currently the fourth highest-rated documentary film on Letterboxd.

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Girls Girls Girls (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Alli Haapasalo’s Girls Girls Girls focuses on the lives of three Finnish teens as they navigate love, pleasure, and friendship in this touching and funny coming-of-age drama. Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö work together at a smoothie kiosk in a mall, filling their shifts with gossip and jokes. After a haphazard first encounter, Mimmi strikes

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Event Series Nothing Compares (15)
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Nothing Compares (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

This documentary follows the career of singer Sinéad O’Connor through her rise to fame and how her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream. The film charts O’Connor’s journey from 1987 to 1993, using archive footage to paint a richly cinematic portrait of the artist through a contemporary feminist lens. Directed by

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Event Series Promise at Dawn (15)
Event Series
Screen Horizons

Promise at Dawn (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

La Promesse de l’aube  This riveting biopic follows acclaimed novelist Romain Gary, the only writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature twice. Beginning with his childhood in Poland, via growing up in Nice and Paris and his time training as a pilot during the Second World War, the film will appeal to

Event Category:
Event Series Le Brio (15)
Event Series
Screen Horizons

Le Brio (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

As a young woman growing up in the working-class Paris suburb of Creteil, Neïla Salah (Camélia Jordana) dreams of becoming a lawyer. Enrolled at the renowned Assas Law School in Paris, on her first day she runs up against Pierre Mazard (Daniel Auteuil), a professor known for his provocative behaviour and misconduct. To redeem himself,

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Tomboy (U)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Ten year old Laure isn’t like most girls. She prefers football to dolls and sweaters to dresses. When Laure, her parents and little sister Jeanne move to a new neighbourhood, family life remains much the same. That is, until local girl Lisa mistakes Laure to be a boy. Indulging in this exciting new identity, Laure

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Event Series The Oil Machine (PG)
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The Oil Machine (PG)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

The Oil Machine explores our economic, historical and emotional entanglement with oil by looking at the conflicting imperatives around North Sea oil. This invisible machine at the core of our economy and society now faces an uncertain future as activists and investors demand change. Is this the end of oil? The Oil Machine brings together

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Girlhood (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Céline Sciamma captures a spectacular glimmer of working-class Parisian youth in this vibrant coming-of-age drama. Oppressed by dead-end and limited options at school as well a turbulent family life, Marieme joins a gang of three free-spirited girls. Seeking freedom from her own reality, Marieme quits school and changes her name to be accepted by the

Event Category:
Event Series The Oil Machine (PG)
Event Series

The Oil Machine (PG)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

The Oil Machine explores our economic, historical and emotional entanglement with oil by looking at the conflicting imperatives around North Sea oil. This invisible machine at the core of our economy and society now faces an uncertain future as activists and investors demand change. Is this the end of oil? The Oil Machine brings together

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Event Series Nothing Compares (15)
Event Series

Nothing Compares (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

This documentary follows the career of singer Sinéad O’Connor through her rise to fame and how her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream. The film charts O’Connor’s journey from 1987 to 1993, using archive footage to paint a richly cinematic portrait of the artist through a contemporary feminist lens. Directed by

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Sweetheart (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

A festival gem upon its initial release in 2021 (Glasgow Film Festival Audience Award winner, BFI Flare), Sweetheart is a stunning directorial debut by British writer/director Marley Morrison. The film follows AJ, a teenager dragged along to a family summer holiday at a Dorset coast caravan park with her mum and sisters. Full of teenaged

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Event Series Cette Maison (12A)
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Cette Maison (12A)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Bridgeport, January 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals something else. Ten years later, the director and cousin of the teenager examine the past causes and future consequences of this unsolved crime. Like an imagined biography, the film will explore the relationship between

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Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Edinburgh Short Film Festival Day 9: Other’s Stories + Awards Ceremony + Closing Night Party

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

The stories we tell help to shape the world around us. Perspectives merge in this wonderful mixture of animation and comedy from around the globe. From a beautiful Scottish animation exploring the deep sea, to a Spanish Sci-Fi revealing complexities of human nature; this programme features all sorts of stories! Awards Ceremony and Closing Night

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Event Series Ride The Wave (12A)
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Ride The Wave (12A)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Ride the Wave is an award winning Scottish feature documentary following young surfer Ben on his quest to become a big wave surfer. Having participated in competition surfing worldwide, 14-year-old, under-18 champion, Ben, is prepared to put his life on the line to ride one of the biggest and most dangerous cold water waves in