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The visitors
Tom McCarthy, Hiam Abbass and Richard Jenkins talk about their latest film while in town for the EIFF.

Blazing a trail
Meet the hottest new talent at the EIFF.

Creature feature
Legendary animator Ray Harryhausen talks about his life and work.

A complete history of Chris Waitt
The director tells all about

EIFF 2008 Awards Announced
The prizewinners gather in Edinburgh to celebrate.

EIFF diary episode five
More of the team and some One Minute Wonders.

EIFF diary episode four
We catch up with director Jose Padhila and the great Ray Harryhausen as the festival action continues.

EIFF diary episode three
Ira Sachs, Alex Orr, Jin Guang-hao, Stuart Condy, and a mysterious igloo...

Cédric Klapisch on Paris
The acclaimed director discusses his latest work.

In search of Better Things
Duane Hopkins talks about his startling new film.

EIFF diary episode two
In between drinks our intrepid reporters meet Billy Boyd, Perry Benson, Duane Hopkins, Tom McCarthy, Richard Jenkins and Hiam Abbass - plus, what it's like to be in the same room as Hannibal Lecktor!

EIFF diary episode one
All the latest from the festival - we chat with the team, there's good news about , and things are looking up for the star of .

Northern Lights
Corinna Villari-McFarlane and Robert Cannan discuss their début documentary, .

A grand night out
The Edinburgh International Film Festival opens in style.

On The Edge Of Love
Keira Knightley discusses her new film as it premieres in Edinburgh.

Ghraib injustice
Errol Morris reveals the outrage that caused him to make Standard Operating Procedure.

Mohamed Al-Daradji on shooting after the war
The director of Ahlaam and accompanying documentary War, Love, God & Madness talks about the experience of directing a film in modern-day Iraq.

Tribeca 2008: Day 10 and 11
Festival wrap up and some films to look out for.

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2008 films announced
A great line-up for an ever-popular event

Tribeca 2008: Day Eight and Nine
A visit to Van Peebles' place turns into an unexpected adventure.

Tribeca 2008: Day Seven
Family films that are Worlds Apart, Lou Reed's Berlin and being the guest of Cindy Sherman filmmakers.

Tribeca 2008: Day Five and Six
Elite Squad doesn't live up to the hype, but Bart Got A Room surprises out of the blue

Tribeca 2008: Day Three and Four
Highlights include impassioned roundtable discussions and Spanish thriller Fermat's Room

Tribeca 2008: Day One and Two
A strong set of documentary features open our Tribeca coverage

In the Somers Town
Shane Meadows discusses his latest, low-budget independent British feature

No laughing matter
Producer Chris Coen talks about remaking Funny Games.

Jean Pierre Darroussin Interview
The accomplished actor/director talks about The Premonition at the French Film Festival.

Roxburgh on Romulus
Exclusive interview with actor Richard about his directorial debut.

Plight of the living dead
As Diary Of The Dead is released on DVD read our exclusive interview with George A Romero about zombies, the perils of the internet and a Sound Of Music remake.

Festival frenzy
Travel the world from the comfort of a cinema, thanks to a host of international festivals this month.

Heath Ledger remembered
A look at the life of the star to whom the Australian Film Festival is paying tribute.

Adventure awards bring festival to a close
It's a wrap in Sheffield

Into the void
Joe Simpson talks about mountaineering and Touching The Void.

Ready for adventure
The third Sheffield Adventure Film Festival gets into gear.

Rec revealed
Paco Plaza and Jaume Balaguero talk about their monster Spanish hit.

Films that go bump in the night
A look at what Frightfest attendees thought of the films on offer at this year's GFF.

A grand day out
What do GFF attendees and volunteers think of the festival?

How music changed history
John Sayles on Honeydripper.

GFF diary, episode two
I am a fugitive from a chain gang...

GFF diary, episode one
Life is nothing if not totally ironic...

Remembering Bette Davis
A look at one of the great stars of yesteryear.

Sundance 2008: Awards ceremony
British films triumph in short and documentary sections, plus all the other winners and a brief word with Quentin Tarantino.

Sundance 2008: Day Eight
Hamlet 2 is hilarious, Triage hard-hitting and Ballast a let down, plus a chat with Marianna Palka.

Sundance 2008: Day Seven
A kick out of Donkey Punch, excellent doc Man On Wire... plus gay porn zombies.

Sundance 2008: Day Six
Funny Games no laughing matter, Brian Cox is The Escapist and more Good Dick.

Sundance 2008: Day Five
The terrific Towelhead, Spurlock's search for Bin Laden, filmmakers' panel on black filmmaking and more.

Sundance 2008: Day Four
Sean Ellis on The Broken, plus films including Red, Incendiary, Mancora and Phoebe In Wonderland

Sundance 2008: Day Three
An Incendiary chat with Sharon Maguire, why Good Dick is great and a break down of The Broken.

4th Glasgow Film Festival Programme Announced
GFF to feature Cassandra's Dream and Bette Davis retrospective.

Sundance 2008: Day Two
Keaton's Merry Gentleman, a Brit of Frost & chat with Romero.

Sundance 2008: Day One
Frustration, a flurry of films and George A Romero introduces Diary Of The Dead

Sundance Film Festival 2008
Buckle up folks, here we go - looking forward to a week of films and savouring the stress.

Freeze frames
Director Asif Kapadia talks about finding the arctic location and cast for his latest film Far North.

London Film Festival: Days six to 12
More gossip from the 51st edition of the fest.

Funeral splurge
Frank Oz and the cast talk about Death At A Funeral

London Film Festival: Days one to six
Our diarist rounds up some of his favourite moments.

Difficulties of A Man's Job
Director Aleksi Salmenperä on controversy and his latest film.

Back from the grave
Author Jamie Russell on the cinematic rise of the living dead.

Unleashing the Undead
Zombie Ed, the man behind Day Of The Undead, reveals how it all started.

Fresh cut of the blade
How Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic came to be sliced so many different ways.

Secrets behind the Sunshine
Director Lee Chang-dong talks about his latest film.

Passage to India
Director and cast talk about The Darjeeling Limited

Delpy's new direction
The French star talks about stepping behind the camera for 2 Days In Paris.

Edinburgh Film Festival: Day 11
A double dose of films and looking forward to the festival's future.

Edinburgh Film Festival: Day Ten
Pass panic and a short pitstop at the videoteque.

Edinburgh Film Festival: Day Nine
A look at the audience voting system and a run down of best of the fest.

Edinburgh Film Festival: Day Eight
A day of surprises, including The Kingdom

Edinburgh Film Festival: Day Seven
Special People and Stardust magic.

Edinburgh Film Festival: Day Six
Sharing a bed with the stars and dreams of a Golden Haggis

Edinburgh Film Festival: Day Five
The Mole is sick of all the gluttony - promises to be more selective in future

Edinburgh Film Festival: Day Four
Death Proof red carpet - waterproofing also required.

Edinburgh Film Festival: Day Three
Stars come out for Control premiere.

Edinburgh Film Festival: Day Two
Waters runs deep on the subject of remakes

Edinburgh Film Festival: Day One
The rain stayed off - just! - as the 61st Edinburgh International Film Festival kicked off.

Heading for Edinburgh?
What to look out for in this year's film festival.

Shooting Sugarhouse
Sugarhouse is the new British crime thriller set to redefine the genre - Director Gary Love talks about his first feature.

Do you want to see something really scary?
We look forward to the Film4 FrightFest this year in London.

EIFF 1999: Day 1
Opening Night of the Edinburgh International Film Festival

Max Who? - why an Ophüls retrospective is overdue
"He was very European and very ahead of his time - especially in terms of female sexuality - which is what makes him one of my favourite directors" EIFF director Lizzie Francke explains the enduring appeal of Max Ophüls

Extreme cinema event: Film and Broadcasting in the 21st Century
Eye For Film reports on the fraught issues of censorship.

EIFF 2000: Day 15
And On The Last Day

EIFF 2000: Day 14
The End Of A Beautiful Relationship

EIFF 2000: Day 13
Verhoeven Gets Philosophical

EIFF 2000: Day 12
Music, Maestro

EIFF 2000: Day 11
O Brother, Where Are All The Stars?

EIFF 2000: Day 10
What A Surprise

EIFF 2000: Day 9
Onwards and Upwards

EIFF 2000: Day 8
The Real Dancer Takes A Bow

EIFF 2000: Day 7
Waiting for Gillian...

EIFF 2000: Day 6
Scottish Kids SKAMM The Festival

EIFF 2000: Day 5
The Trudgery of Everyday Life

EIFF 2000: Day 4
Scotland, we are ready for take-off

EIFF 2000: Day 3
How to get ahead in the festival

EIFF 2000: Day 2
Wanna see my film online?

EIFF 2000: Day 1
Dancer in the Dark party animals make for the abattoir

EIFF 2001: Day 15
Lizzie's Last Stand

EIFF 2001: Day 14
The Final Reel

EIFF 2001: Day 13
Gimme freebies.

EIFF 2001: Day 12
Big Sean (Penn, that is) creates waves.

EIFF 2001: Day 11
Celebration of American film and FilmFour labs head on cybercinema.

EIFF 2001: Day 10
It's quiet on the fest while the screenwriters workshop.

EIFF 2001: Day 9
Glasgow City Council draws back from banning festival film about asylum seekers.

EIFF 2001: Day 8
Anna Chancellor in town for UK Premiere of Crush.

EIFF 2001: Day 7
Kate Winslett, Dougray Scott and Saffron Burrows launch Enigma.

EIFF 2001: Day 6
Terry Zwigoff opens Ghost World.

EIFF 2001: Day 5
Tilda Swinton at The Deep End premiere.

EIFF 2001: Day 4
Surprise Movie disappoints

EIFF 2001: Day 3
Full Monty man is back, and at the Lucky Break party.

EIFF 2001: Day 2
Quelle pluie! Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Reel Life.

EIFF 2001: Day 1
Amelie opens the film festival

EIFF 2002: Day 12
Closing film and closing party. Christopher Nolan shares our Insomnia.

EIFF 2002: Day 11
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan hits town.

EIFF 2002: Day 10
Meeting the Heartlands crowd.

EIFF 2002: Day 9
Comedy and Tragedy

EIFF 2002: Day 8
Comedy and Tragedy

EIFF 2002: Day 7
Lily Chou Chou Party

EIFF 2002: Day 5
Is Once Upon A Time In The Midlands the next full Monty?

EIFF 2002: Day 4
Heather Graham and Jimi Mistry at The Guru premiere.

EIFF 2002: Day 3
Gaspar Noe's Irreversible; Tim Robbins & Susan Sarandon show.

EIFF 2002: Day 2
Cure for hangover: take one Timothy Spall...

EIFF 2002: Opening Night
Morvern Callar opens festival. Samantha Morton eschews opening party.

Day 12 - Young Adam, Afterlife win awards; EIFF closing party.
Frantic, Fantastic Festival Draws to a Close

Day 11 - Oliver Stone; Harvey Pekar; I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.
Commandante - Oliver Stone meets Fidel Castro, Harvey Pekar insults the fair citizens of Cleveland and male eye-candy in the form of Clive Owen and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.

Day 10 - Elaine Friedman Q&A; Party Monsters; 16 Years of Alcohol.
Capturing the Friedmans makes a serious dent in the lineup, while the photocalls and parties take their toll.

Day 9 - Sean Connery; American Splendor's Pekar; One For the Road.
Paul Giamatti does sight-seeing, and Sean Connery gives a rare Q&A for schoolchildren!

Day 8 - Barry Norman; surprise movie; Sean Connery in town.
Just to save you reading further - Surprise Movie is the joyous Spirited Away.

Day 7 - Terence Davies makes director's cuts; Afterlife premiere.
Masterclasses ahoy with Terence Davies and Aidan Quinn, while Afterlife charms our critics.

Day 6 - Jonas Akerland
Standard Life Audience Award & Best of Fest updates.

Day 5 - Lovely Ludivine; "Raggy Boys" Aidan Quinn & Iain Glen.
Smack My Bitch Up director chats about his controversial works, while the Raggy Boys tackle child abuse

Day 4 - Charlie Chaplin doc, Irish cast & crew of Intermission.
The Little Tramp is dissected, while ensemble Irish madhouse caper makes an impression.

Day 3 - Meeting the cast & crew of Wilbur (Wants To Kill Himself)
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, but Lone Scherfig should be Very Proud of Herself

Day 2 - 16 Years of Alcohol, Samantha Morton and "Jimmy" Sheridan.
Hangover or no hangover, film fest events started with a press conference early this morning from the makers of 16 Years of Alcohol.

Day 1 - Young Adam premiere opens eiff 2003.
Day 1 of the 57th Edinburgh International Film Festival and the opening night premiere of Young Adam.

EIFF 2003 Preview
Gearing up for the film frenzy...

Look whoo-hoo's talking
Just a couple of weeks to go until the release of The Simpsons Movie, we drop in on a Q&A session with Matt Groening and Al Jean and take a sneak peek at some snippets from the movie.

Flight of imagination
Hassan M Nejad, director of Asylum Birds reveals his inspiration.

Tribeca Film Festival Diary: Day nine and beyond
Festival wrap-up, the audience award and a Mexican gem.

Tribeca Film Festival Diary: Days 7 and 8
Numb with Matthew Perry, a good time with James Franco, cake with Mary Stuart Masterson, plus a daliance with Taxidermia.

Tribeca Film Festival: Day Six
Lucy Liu the vamp, Sarah Michelle Gellar the pop star and what to do in the event of choking.

Tribeca Film Festival: Days Four and Five
Creature features, Buffy the Vampire Slayer turns Suburban Girl and Salman Rushdie sighted.

Tribeca Film Festival Days 2 and 3
Award-winning films and a clash with a critic.

Tribeca Opening Night: A tale of rain, rubbed heels and rubbing shoulders with stars.
Al Gore opens festival with save the planet showcase, while our diarist has trouble saving her soles.

Tribeca Film Festival Day One
Brando bigged up, while our diarist gets lost in translation and lost in Beijing.

Bunnies big at the box office
"Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?" To celebrate Easter, we take a look at rabbits on the big screen.

The courage to care
Documentary-maker Sam Lawlor reveals why he and co-director Lindsay Pollock made a film about the Romanian families living with the 'Ceausescu baby' legacy of HIV and Aids.

East Of Havana a long way from truth?
Press conference concerns about the bias in Cuban rap documentary.

And the Oscar for glamour goes to...
Who shone on the red carpet?

Glasgow Says Goodbye
Film fans say their farewells as this year's Glasgow Film Festival comes to an end.

How well do you know your famous films?
Here are some famous lines from Oscar-nominated movies. See if you can guess the movies, the characters and the actors who said them.

Oscars wild
We take a look at the history of the Academy Awards and look forward to this year's glitzy bash.

Racism and rights of passage
Actor Stephen Graham discusses his role in this year's most talked-about British film, This Is England.

Fast Food and fierce film
Having enjoyed considerable success on the festival circuit, Fast Food Nation is due to open in British cinemas March 23. Eye For Film caught up with producer Jeremy Thomas during a question and answer session at the Glasgow Film Festival

Getting kids into cinema
Glasgow Film Festival director Allison Gardner talks about her plans to make films more popular with youngsters.

Taking Cinderella back to her roots
David Kaplan talks about his rotoscope-animation of the fairytale, based on a Chinese version of the story, at the Sundance 2007 premiere of the film.

Biggerstaff hits the big-time
With supermarket-set romance Cashback opening this year's Glasgow Film Festival, young Scottish Star Sean Biggerstaff, perhaps best known as Oliver from the Harry Potter films, seems perched on the brink of a brilliant career. Eye For Film caught up with him to ask a few questions.

Sundance 2007 : Day Ten
The final day of Eye For Film's coverage leads us to black comedy - The Savages. And the Awards are dished out.

Sundance 2007 : Day Nine
Sexual deviancy explored, black comedy with Martin Freeman, and the hugely controversial Hounddog.

Sundance 2007 : Day Eight
Van Der Graff generator bedclothes, Away From Her starts the waterworks, and Donovan serenades Eye For Film. (And - IMDB user Rotary Girl, we're not worthy!!)

Sundance 2007 : Day Seven
Eye For Film joins Garth Jennings for a chat, and turns up to the Filmmaker's party. Waitress and Weapons are the movies du jour.

Sundance 2007: Day Six
Outstanding Brit flick Son of Rambow takes the breath away, Nick Broomfield discusses Ghosts, and Crossing The Line crosses the critics well.

Sundance 2007: Day Five
Cancellations and other disappointments : Anthony Hopkins slipstreams his way into a muddle, but at least Scotland's own Kate Dickie takes time to chat.

Sundance 2007: Day Four
Domesticated Zombies?! Every bit as uneventful as it sounds - at least Clubland makes up for it.

Sundance 2007: Day Three
A foolish imperial/metric conversion, and the aptly titled Snow Angels. That, and Freud's retroactive horror film.

Sundance 2007: Day Two
The latest mutterings of a mad mind... I blame the Skittles.

Sundance Film Festival 2007: Day One continued - Press conference
A comparatively calm Robert Redford introduces the latest Sundance Film Festival, the granddaddy of independent film festivals.

Sundance 2007: Day One
Day One : No shrieking children airplane insanity, but bugger us.. it's cold!

Baby, it's been an incredible year
Juno director Jason Reitman on filmmaking, fatherhood and the future.

Looking forward to Sundance
The setting may be cold but 2007 promises to be another hot year for films at the world's biggest independent film festival.

Dragon moviemakers hope to slay audience
Eragon's director and stars reveal the film is as much about coming of age as mythical creatures.

3D thrills
Grab your glasses and check out our top 10 3D movies.

London Film Festival 2006: Day 14
Our diarist heads for the ghettos of Manila, courtesy of The Blossoming Of Maximo Oliveras.

When Japanese cinema went wild
The rise of rebellious directors in the 1960s and 70s who rewrote the rules of Japanese cinema.

London Film Festival 2006: Day 13
Ben Affleck and Jason Isaac grace the red carpet for Hollywoodland and our reviewer goes Slumming

A birthday portrait
LFF celebrates 50 years with Trafalgar Square extravaganza.

Kate delays own premiere
Star takes time out to greet fans at LFF.

It's Scott to be Ridley, says Crowe
Star reveals why he loves to work with Brit director.

Crowds scrum on down for Black Book screening
Paul Griffiths reports from the London Film Festival screening of Paul Verhoeven's latest film.

Definitive Kingdom
Ridley Scott on the extended release of Kingdom of Heaven

Verhoeven on the 'necessity' of returing to Europe
Director speaks candidly about new film Black Book.

Gimme Five
Paul Griffiths faces the agonies of choice during the first five days of the London Film Festival, ultimately plumping for The Last King Of Scotland, Candy, A Comedy Of Power and Big Bang Love, Juvenile A.

A flying visit to the London Film Festival
Eye For Film reviewer savours the best of the fest.

Holocaust fatigue - the worst kind of insult
Rex Bloomstein's acclaimed new documentary KZ incisively disects the modern day fascination with the Holocaust remains. He speaks to Eye For Film about the project and it's purpose.

Resfest - a decade of influence
Touring digital festival notches up ten years.

The body electric
Cinema's changing attitude to conjoined twins and other human oddities.

‘How to Build a Universe…’
The Cinema of Philip K. Dick

“They don’t make ‘em like they used to”
The Hollywood Horror of Remakes

Hal Ashby: The Last Detail
There's no doubt about it: the boy did good. But at a price...

Day Fourteen: Sunday 27th August
Former Vice-President Al Gore introduces his documentary, and we catch the Best of the Fest

Day Thirteen: Saturday 26th August
As we reach the penultimate day of the EIFF, we reminisce with others and catch up with Driving Lessons

Day Twelve: Friday 25th August
Sir Sean Connery shares time with a live audience, and we ponder the various Awards...

Day Eleven: Thursday 24th August
Dead Man's Cards producers discuss the nature of film/cinema viewing, and Best of the Fest is announced!

Day Ten: Wednesday 23rd August
Sleep-deprivation happens to all dedicated film-festival buffs...zzzzzzzz. And a film is withdrawn from the programme.

Day Nine: Tuesday 22nd August
Rude awakening recalls a night with the bouncers from Dead Man's Cards.

Day Eight: Monday 21st August
The jury take questions from the press, and we discuss the BBFC's rating system.

Day Seven: Sunday 20th August
Little Miss Sunshine provides a ray of golden delight to the proceedings.

The Edinburgh International Film Festival 60th Birthday Party
The stars dress down, while we dress up to share the sights and sounds of the best birthday bash in ages.

Day Six: Saturday 19th August
London to Brighton director makes a Freudian slip discussing his initial financing

Day Five: Friday 18th August
Charlize Theron makes use of a popular Scottish phrase for the weather, and fanboy favourite Kevin Smith arrives for the premiere of Clerks II

Day Four: Thursday 17th August
The Jury announced, and a quiet day...

Feature : Sigourney Weaver interview
International star Sigourney Weaver reminisces on her previous work, and her fondness for comedy

Day Three: Wednesday 16th August
Autograph hunters are in luck at the 60th Edinburgh International Film Festival

Day Two: Tuesday 15th August
Star power floods Edinburgh as Snow Cake premieres. And there was a few surprise guests, too!

Day One: Monday 14th August
Graham Obree emerges from obscurity to triumph at the Opening Night Film of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Sundance : Day Ten
The final day of the festival, and we catch up on two movies; and the Sundance awards.

Sundance : Day Nine
The final day of press screenings, and Amber dips her toes into some of the higher profile releases. Runaway laundry over Justin Timberlake's debut?

Sundance : Day Eight
Early morning wakeup calls, discussing KZ with director Rex Bloomstein; The Night Listener and Art School Confidential are the movies of the day.

Sundance : Day Seven
A short reminisce on the sheer volume of new and exciting cinema that is largely ignored by the press at Sundance; and the powerful drama Journey From The Fall.

Sundance : Day Six
The Sundance slimming plan (patent pending..), and interviewing Paul Laverty and Clive Gordon on their new film Cargo.

Sundance 2006 : Day Five
Mascara worries do not faze Amber on her fifth day of Sundance! Indeed, the best film of the festival thus far awaits... And the search for a Bud may be the toughest challenge, yet.

Sundance : Day Four
Amber interviews cast and director of Lucky Number Slevin, enjoys the hospitality of the Sundance Institute, as well as snagging her first goody-bag!

Sundance : Day Three
Nosebleeds, technological SNAFUs, and soaking up the atmosphere - along to the sentimental tones of Rufus Wainwright. And another three movies!

Sundance : Day Two
Three movies a day never gets old, but late-night wine and DVD screeners soothe Amber's exhausted nerves.

Sundance 2006: Day One
Day One: Amber checks out the keynote speech, and gets used to the freezing cold and alcohol-free parties.

Sundance 2006 Preview
A strong lineup for this year's Sundance, let EyeForFilm guide us through it..

Book Review : Write Screenplays That Sell
So you think you can write a screenplay? It always helps to ask a guy that knows.

EIFF Closing Gala
Edinburgh film festival closes with perfectly tacky Eighties party for The Business.

Anti-Piracy Message Not Getting Through
One reporter's opinion of a Macrovision sponsored round table on movie piracy.

EIFF Highlights and Lowpoints
'Monarch' star in SnuffMovie, fest highlights, and boys from The Business pay a little visit.

Exorcist Director: Horror Not Like It Used to Be
Paul Schrader disses "videogame mentality" of modern horror, and more film fest gems on EIFF Day 9.

Silence and Quiet at the EIFF
Short docs on Silence and last word on Joss on EIFF day 8.

Scoring With Joss
Not even Elijah Wood and the boys from Green Street can upstage Reel Life with Joss on day 7 at the EIFF.

Joss Whedon Brings Serenity
EIFF day 6: all nine cast members of Serenity, and director Joss Whedon, hit Edinburgh for the U.K. premiere.

Digital Life Leaves Diarist Cold
Day 5 at the EIFF: Digital Realities day no cure for hangover.

Cultural Plans Go Awry
Day 4 at the EIFF: So many parties! What's a festival diarist to do?

A Film To Be Joyous About
Edinburgh International Film Festival Day 3: Thumbsucker, brain-gorgers, and spliff-tokers.

Cinema's Word Processors
Day 2 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival: where writing is concerned, it's all about one thing, says Anthony Minghella.

Swaziland Comes To Edinburgh
Richard E Grant's Wah-Wah opens the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Sundown at Sundance 2005
Topical doc Why We Fight and Forty Shades of Blue win Grand Jury Prizes; Sundance Awards Party and winners.

Sundance Film Festival - Day 8
Mardi Gras beads of sweat and pain; gay thriller The Dying Gaul; class drama Junebug; Utah's odd booze laws.

Sundance Film Festival - Day Seven
Herzog's grizzly doc; Rwanda revisited; On A Clear Day gets U.S. distrib.; special needs shocker What Is It?.

Sundance Film Festival - Day Six
Amazing amnesia documentary; hot shorts; poetry and song at Sundance.

Sundance Film Festival - Day Five
Missing a deer and a dead elk, Elf lands poolside with brill trio from Brit fantasy MirrorMask; US Lackawanna Blues one to watch.

Sundance Film Festival - Day Four
Sundance and stars? Go directly ahead, past the dead skunk...

Sundance Film Festival - Day Three
Picking up penguins; search for Mullan ends; doc asks Why We Fight.

Sundance Film Festival - Day Two
The day things almost Peter-ed out...

Sundance Film Festival Opening Night and Day One
Happy Endings opens, Scots cast out in force for "On A Clear Day".

Sundance Film Festival 2005 Preview
We look forward to a fortnight of top indie films in snow-covered Park City, Utah.

EIFF 2004 Diary: Closing Day
Celebratory mood as EIFF ends.

EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Eleven
A view from the projection room; Breillat's Rocco horror show.

EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Ten
Gerry Butler's famous, sort of; EIFF ticket prices.

EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Nine
HD vs 35mm debate rages at "fringe film festival".

EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Eight
New British filmmakers enter the fray.

EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Seven
Aaron Barschak, Rebel Without Applause

EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Six
An intro to festival networking.

EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Five
Edinburgh's fringe film festival

EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Four
Learning to be a pro at fest workshops.

EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Three
Ooh, Colin Firth!

EIFF 2004 Diary: Day Two
Super Size Me is extra-large hit and the director, super nice.

EIFF 2004 Diary: Opening Night
Director is elusive at opening night film, The Motorcycle Diaries.

News

Robert Carlyle becomes EIFF patron
Scots actor "honoured" to join Connery and Swinton.

Frost/Nixon to get world premiere in London
Film Festival to open on October 15 with Ron Howard's drama.

EIFF Michael Powell jury announced
Prize money quadrupled to £20k.

Edinburgh Trailblazers announced
Showcase honours best of British.

Sydney Pollack dies, aged 73
Oscar-winning director loses cancer fight.

Funding boost for Um-Hussein
Iraq film also acquires British sales agent.

The Class is top of the form at Cannes
French film wins Palme d'Or

MGM acquires The Facttracker book
Director David Sliverman attached to live-action adaptation.

And the winners are...
Tribeca jury awards Swede dreams.

A look back before Doomsday
Neil Marshall Celebrated at Film4 FrightFest Event

Tribeca Opening Press Conference
Improved tax breaks for New York filmmakers, and Tribeca celebrates cinema's social melting pot.

EIFF to showcase 22 documentaries
Award-winning Man On Wire in programme.

Dario Argento to appear at Frightfest event
Famous director makes rare visit to London.

Edge Of Love to open Edinburgh Film Festival 2008
John Maybury's Dylan Thomas biopic gets top billing.

Charlton Heston dies at 84
Ben-Hur star passes away at home with wife at his side.

Speed Racer to close Tribeca
Wachowski Brothers' family adventure to wrap up festival.

Controversy over Fitna increases
Muslim world in uproar over Dutch film.

David Mamet's Redbelt to premiere at Tribeca
'American samurai film' to be gala screening in Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival segment.

Inaugural Edinburgh 48 Hour Film Project
Call for filmmakers to register as largest timed film competition heads to Scots capital.

Tribeca All Access programme announced
37 projects to benefit from the help of industry professionals.

Goodbye Arthur C Clarke
The science fiction giant who brought us 2001 dies at the age of 90.

Anthony Minghella dies
Oscar-winning director passes away at 54.

Tribeca announce third selection of feature films
Spotlight, Showcase, Restored/Rediscovered selection, plus five special events.

EIFF gets shot in arm from UK Film Council
£1.88m to be made available over a three-year period.

Tribeca announce Discovery and Midnight sections
Second batch of programming released by New York Festival.

Tribeca programme announcement
World Narrative/Documentary Competition and Encounters sections announced.

Movie museum opens doors
Movieum showcases British film memorabilia.

Sundance shorts for free
Institute shows five short films by established Indie filmmakers online.

Baby Mama to open Tribeca
Comedy by first-time filmmaker gets festival world premiere.

Youngsters shine at First Light awards
Lottery-funded project celebrates next generation of filmmakers.

Not so untraceable...
Promotional site for Untraceable condemned as obscene.

Oscar triumph for Old Men
Coen Bros film nets four awards, while Day-Lewis named best actor.

Juno triumphs at Independent Spirit Awards
Reitman's film wins three gongs.

Ratatouille a recipe for success
Pixar animation scampers off with nine gongs at Annie Awards.

The Elite Squad take Golden Bear
Brazilian movie wins top award at Berlin Film Festival.

Tolkien estate sues New Line for $150m
Writer's estate claims the studio failed to pay royalties.

Roy Scheider dies at 75
Jaws star loses battle with cancer.

Atonement named best at BAFTAs
Favourite wins, but hotly contested awards means no film dominates.

SAG Awards a Success for Day-Lewis
Irishman wins Best Actor gong for There Will Be Blood.

Slamdance Winners Announced
Gongs handed out at 14th Utah film festival.

Heath Ledger dies, aged 28
Brokeback Mountain actor found dead in Manhattan apartment.

Golden Globes hailed
But bad night for glamour as writers' strike cuts deep.

Living dead in dead of winter
BFI Imax to host Zombie All-Nighter on January 19.

Daniel Day-Lewis scoops top critics' award
There Will Be Blood also named best film.

Peter Jackson is Hobbit forming
LoTR director and New Line join MGM to produce Hobbit.

Atonement leads charge for Critics' Circle Film Awards
Joe Wright's drama nominated in eight categories.

Golden Globe nominations announced
Knightley, McAvoy and Christie all in running.

Future Shorts launches 'secret cinema'
Movies to be shown in mystery locations across UK.

Shorts in the snow
Sundance announces expanded short film line up.

Rat's entertainment
Ratatouille leads charge in Annie Award nominations.

Free screening at Edinburgh Filmhouse
Water to be shown as part of Amnesty International campaign.

Sundance line-up
Competition, Premieres, New Frontier, Park City At Midnight and Spectrum films announced

BIFAs under Control
Joy Division biopic a big winner at independent film awards.

Little gems
Enounters short film festival winners announced.

Blade Runner gets extended theatrical release
New cinemas added to screening list due to demand.

Dosh for docs 2
Sundance Institute announces documentary grants.

Dosh for docs
Tribeca announce new finishing fund for documentaries.

McDonagh's In Bruges to open Sundance
London-born playwright's feature-length debut will kick-off Indie film fest.

Take a Trip with The Darjeeling Limited
The new Wes Anderson film offers Londoners a free ride.

Last King Of Scotland is BAFTA Scotland Winner
The story of a young Scotsman's experiences in Idi Amin's Uganda takes the big prizes at the 2007 BAFTA Scotland awards.

Verhoeven signs up for Thomas Crown Affair 2
Controversial Dutch director to helm MGM sequel.

51st London Film Festival winners
Debut directors make splash at awards.

British Independent Film Awards Nominations
Corbijn's Control leads charge for this year's BIFA gongs.

Ben X wins top prize at Middle East Film Festival
Belgian director scoops Grand Jury Prize in inaugural year.

Kerr dies, aged 86
Scottish star of The King And I leaves rich film legacy.

Film producer quits BAFTA
Christopher Young resigns over Scottish Gaelic film Oscar snub.

Lois Maxwell Dies at 80
James Bond fans around the world say goodbye to the original Miss Moneypenny.

Toronto Film Festival Awards
Cronenberg's Eastern Promises among winners

Our Forums go Live
Eye For Film launches its brand new discussion forums - now's your chance to get involved!

No shame in my movie, says Tarantino
Attending the Glasgow launch of Death Proof, Tarantino hits out at SWAP protesters.

By the Power of the Crystal Skull
Fourth Indiana Jones movie title announced.

Principal photography begins on Abraham's Point
Office star Mackenzie Crook to star in drama.

Golden success for Ang Lee
Director scoops top prize in Venice for Lust, Caution

Gore blimey, we're doin' the zombie walk
Undead attempt world record... our reporter has guts to join in.

EIFF Awards under Control
Biopic scoops two prizes, plus a rundown of the other winners.

EIFF short film award winners
Four prizes announced at Point Hotel.

Dead on for record
London 'zombies' aim for biggest ever gathering.

A very Scottish celebration
We kick up our heels at the Seachd premiere ceilidh.

Keep an Eye on your radio
Eye For Film cover EIFF for Festival FM

EIFF announces Michael Powell Jury
Scottish star Kate Dickie and Sundance Director Geoff Gilmore among the names in the frame.

Glasgow to host BBC Film Festival
The BBC's film festival on Glasgow Green on 9th September.

EIFF asks you to make a new date in 2008
Film Festival will move to June for more breathing space away from Edinburgh's other events.

Cinema mourns directors' deaths
Antonioni and Bergman pass away on same day.

Actors head off into Wide Blue Yonder
Filming on Norwegian/British co-production begins.

British Films Are Back This Summer
This summer, cinemas nationwide will be screening classic British films.

EIFF programme launched
Hallam Foe director David Mackenzie and star Sophia Myles attend kick off.

Star Wars fans out in Force
London to host 30th anniversary celebration of the films this July.

TCM's annual short film competition spreads wings
Contents open to entries from Europe, Middle East and Africa for the first time.

Harry Potter open casting
Chance for fans to join the magic and the cast of The Half Blood Prince.

Morgan to play Mandela
Oscar-winning actor will portray the former South African President in The Human Factor.

Hallam Foe to open Edinburgh Film Festival
Jamie Bell starrer to launch 61st edition.

Clean sweep for the Laid Off
Short living dead comedy walks off with the top prizes at the Jim Poole awards

Want to see something fantastic?
Then Bradford is the place to be this weekend.

Sundance announces latest documentary grants
Record number of 25 features will receive support.

All hot air
Was the rumour of an 18 certificate for films featuring cigarettes just smoke and mirrors?

Re-dressed To Kill
Controversial 80s thriller to get direct-to-DVD remake

FilmLive in Leith
Scotland's independent film network premieres first film festival.

Romanian film wins Palme d'Or
Low-budget drama scoops top award at Cannes

Viggo Mortensen off to Good start in Budapest
Principal photography begins on screen adaptation of CP Taylor stage play

Brighton gets taste of the Far East
Four-day Tiger Festival mixes club nights and cinema.

Zodiac author answers fans' questions
Website launched to correspond with film's release.

Julian Fellowes to helm second feature
Oscar-winning writer directs adventure From Time To Time.

Zompire - The Viewing Dead
Zompire is here - the second annual film festival dedicated to the undead.

Tribeca Film Festival winners announced
More than £125,000 given in prizes.

Bond and Pirates break £50 million barrier
Spy and high-seas franchises join exclusive club

MGM teams up with Hayek
Actress Salma teams up with studio to create Ventanazul label

Tribeca to send SOS on opening night
Al Gore kicks off gala with short films on global climate crisis, while festival wraps up with Maysles documentary.

Tribeca shows off Spider sense
Much-anticipated sequel to get US premiere in Peter Parker's hometown

Audience pick best of Oz Fest
Winners announced at end of record breaking year.

Let Oz entertain you
Australian Film Festival kicks off in London.

Tribeca Film Festival Competition and Spotlight films announced
34 feature films from 25 countries to battle it out

Handmade get animated
Company to partner with Ilion animation studios for CGI adventure Planet One.

Scorsese scores at Oscars
Departed director finally wins at seventh attempt on feelgood night in Kodak Theatre.

Little Miss a hit at Independent Spirit awards
Sunshine glows in LA

Chinese film wins Golden Bear
Tuya's Marriage scores Berlin Fest's top honour

Cinema China festival programme launched
Highlights include Maggie Cheung masterclass and Zhang Yimou premiere

Royal night at Baftas
King and queen win top gongs

Whedon quits Wonder Woman
Buffy creator cites creative differences with studio

Scorcese scoops DGA award
Veteran director now leads race for Oscar

Spooks writer to pen wartime biopic
Rupert Walters announced as scriptwriter for film on SAS founder David Stirling

Sundance 2007 : Award Winners announced
Our previous years' luck has held, we've seen few of the award winners - take a look, and see what to look out for in the upcoming months.

The Oscars - nominations and summary!
Will the Blood Diamond be the Dreamgirls best friend? Not likely, mate... Read on!

Is Everything Fine with Crispin Glover?
Weirdo/wunderkind - Crispin Glover returns with "It is Fine! Everything is Fine!"

Gown and out
The lowdown on who dressed to impress at the Globes.

Helen is the golden girl
Mirren shines at Golden Globes.

Mirren's reign over awards continues
Actress named best by US critics

Queen treated royally by BAFTAs
Drama scoops 10 nominations.

Glasgow Film Festival programme announced
Third Glasgow fest promises John Wayne retrospective, focus on Danish cinema and Cashback.

Birds Eye View partners with Action Aid
Women's film festival to showcase developing world films.

Write at the heart of Sundance
Institute announces 12 projects which will benefit from yearly screenwriters lab.

Mirren in Prime position for Globes
Veteran actress scoops three nominations for cop drama and royal roles

Happy Feet holiday competition
Film website calls for dancers to win trip to Oz with their moves.

Independent Spirit Award nominees announced
Little Miss Sunshine and Half Nelson leading contenders.

Encounters announce awards
Festival selects the best short films.

Opportunity knocks for disabled directors
Channel 4 seeks film-makers for new documentary series

Sundance announce opening night film
World premiere of documentary Chicago 10 to kick off 2007 festival.

Sundance gets short on the phone
Redford's institute commissions five films in pilot mobile phone project

News & Features Baby Mama

Tom McCarthy, Hiam Abbass and Richard Jenkins talk about their latest film while in town for the EIFF.

Legendary animator Ray Harryhausen talks about his life and work.

The prizewinners gather in Edinburgh to celebrate.

Scots actor "honoured" to join Connery and Swinton.

Film Festival to open on October 15 with Ron Howard's drama.

Prize money quadrupled to £20k.
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