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The 70th edition of EIFF rann from June 15-26. The country focus was on Finland and the two major retrospectives were Look Again: A Celebration of Cinéma Du Look and POW!!! Live Action Comic Strip Adaptations: The First Generation. Pikadero won the Michael Powell Award for Best British Film and Suntan won the International Jury Award. Read about all the winners here.
Submissions for the 2017 festival open in November 1. More details from the official site.
View Films by Strand:
- 70/70 Vision
- Adapting Miss Highsmith
- Amercian Dreams
- Animation
- Best Of British
- Black Box
- Directors' Showcase
- Documentaries
- European Perspectives
- Film Fest In The City
- FilmFest Junior
- Focus On Finland
- Galas
- Look Again: A Celebration Of The Films Of Cinema Du Look
- Night Moves
- POW!!! Live Action Comic Strip Adaptations: The First Generation
- Shorts
- Special Events
- World Perspectives
View previous years coverage of the Edinburgh International Film Festival festival:
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![Meet Me By The Water](/images/stills/m/meet_me_by_the_water_2016.jpg)
In a small fishing town on the West Coast of Scotland a young Asian woman must decide whether to leave home and family for a new life in South America.
![Where Are We Now](/images/stills/w/where_are_we_now_2016.jpg)
Documentary about the relationship between a daughter and trans-parent as they embark on the road to transition.
![Neither Wolf Nor Dog](/images/stills/n/neither_wolf_nor_dog_2015.jpg)
A Lakota elder takes a journalist on a road trip.
![Seat In Shadow](/images/stills/s/seat_in_shadow_2016.jpg)
A painter who doubles as a psychotherapist tries to help a young man battling depression.
![Whisky Galore!](/images/stills/w/whisky_galore_2016.jpg)
Remake of the island classic.
![Suntan](/images/stills/s/suntan_2016.jpg)
A doctor becomes obsessed with a much younger tourist.
![Seoul Station](/images/stills/s/seoul_station_2016.jpg)
A man sleeping rough at Seoul Station is the catalyst for a zombie apocalypse.
![An Ecstatic Experience](/images/stills/a/an_ecstatic_experience_2015.jpg)
A meditative invocation on transcendence as a means of restoration.
![The Olive Tree](/images/stills/o/olive_tree_2016.jpg)
A woman sets out to recover her grandfather's tree from the company who bought it.
![Lone Wolf And Cub: Sword Of Vengeance](/images/stills/l/lone_wolf_and_cub_sword_of_vengeance_1972.jpg)
A ronin wanders the Japanese countryside with his child, having adventures.
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