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EIFF 2000: Day 7
by Trinity
Waiting for Gillian...
EIFF 2000: Day 6
by Trinity
Scottish Kids SKAMM The Festival
EIFF 2000: Day 5
by Trinity
The Trudgery of Everyday Life
EIFF 2000: Day 4
by Trinity
Scotland, we are ready for take-off
EIFF 2000: Day 3
by Trinity
How to get ahead in the festival
EIFF 2000: Day 2
by Trinity
Wanna see my film online?
EIFF 2000: Day 1
by Trinity
Dancer in the Dark party animals make for the abattoir
EIFF 2001: Day 15
by Trinity
Lizzie's Last Stand
EIFF 2001: Day 14
by Trinity
The Final Reel
EIFF 2001: Day 13
by Trinity
Gimme freebies.
EIFF 2001: Day 12
by Trinity
Big Sean (Penn, that is) creates waves.
EIFF 2001: Day 11
by Trinity
Celebration of American film and FilmFour labs head on cybercinema.
EIFF 2001: Day 10
by Trinity
It's quiet on the fest while the screenwriters workshop.
EIFF 2001: Day 9
by Trinity
Glasgow City Council draws back from banning festival film about asylum seekers.
EIFF 2001: Day 8
by Trinity
Anna Chancellor in town for UK Premiere of Crush.
EIFF 2001: Day 7
by Trinity
Kate Winslett, Dougray Scott and Saffron Burrows launch Enigma.
EIFF 2001: Day 6
by Trinity
Terry Zwigoff opens Ghost World.
EIFF 2001: Day 5
by Trinity
Tilda Swinton at The Deep End premiere.
EIFF 2001: Day 4
by Trinity
Surprise Movie disappoints
EIFF 2001: Day 3
by Trinity
Full Monty man is back, and at the Lucky Break party.
EIFF 2001: Day 2
by Trinity
Quelle pluie! Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Reel Life.
EIFF 2001: Day 1
by Trinity
Amelie opens the film festival
EIFF 2002: Day 12
by Weegeet
Closing film and closing party. Christopher Nolan shares our Insomnia.
EIFF 2002: Day 11
by Weegeet
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan hits town.
EIFF 2002: Day 10
by Weegeet
Meeting the Heartlands crowd.
EIFF 2002: Day 9
by Weegeet
Comedy and Tragedy
EIFF 2002: Day 8
by Weegeet
Comedy and Tragedy
EIFF 2002: Day 7
by Weegeet
Lily Chou Chou Party
EIFF 2002: Day 5
by Weegeet
Is Once Upon A Time In The Midlands the next full Monty?
EIFF 2002: Day 4
by Weegeet
Heather Graham and Jimi Mistry at The Guru premiere.
EIFF 2002: Day 3
by Weegeet
Gaspar Noe's Irreversible; Tim Robbins & Susan Sarandon show.
EIFF 2002: Day 2
by Weegeet
Cure for hangover: take one Timothy Spall...
EIFF 2002: Opening Night
by Weegeet
Morvern Callar opens festival. Samantha Morton eschews opening party.
Day 12 - Young Adam, Afterlife win awards; EIFF closing party.
by Claire Sawers
Frantic, Fantastic Festival Draws to a Close
Day 11 - Oliver Stone; Harvey Pekar; I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.
by Claire Sawers
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.
by Claire Sawers
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.
by Claire Sawers
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.
by Claire Sawers
Just to save you reading further - Surprise Movie is the joyous Spirited Away.
Day 7 - Terence Davies makes director's cuts; Afterlife premiere.
by Claire Sawers
Masterclasses ahoy with Terence Davies and Aidan Quinn, while Afterlife charms our critics.
Day 6 - Jonas Akerland
by Claire Sawers
Standard Life Audience Award & Best of Fest updates.
Day 5 - Lovely Ludivine; "Raggy Boys" Aidan Quinn & Iain Glen.
by Claire Sawers
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.
by Claire Sawers
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)
by Claire Sawers
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.
by Claire Sawers
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.
by Claire Sawers
Day 1 of the 57th Edinburgh International Film Festival and the opening night premiere of Young Adam.
EIFF 2003 Preview
by Claire Sawers
Gearing up for the film frenzy...
Look whoo-hoo's talking
by Ben Sillis
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
by Jennie Kermode
Hassan M Nejad, director of Asylum Birds reveals his inspiration.
Refugees speak out on film
by Jennie Kermode
We talk to GMAC 's Beth Armstrong and Lindsay Goodall, organisers of the Refugee Week Film Festival.
They're taking a liberty
by Jennie Kermode
With his controversial documentary Taking Liberties, director Chris Atkins tells Eye For Film why it matters so much.
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