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The 72nd edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival ran from June 20 to July 1 and opened with Marc Turtletaub's Puzzle.
The festival's three-strand retrospective was entitled Time of the Signs: Chasing the American Zeitgeist - it is split into subsections, American Woman: Female Directors in American Cinema; American Exposé: The Media in Mainstream American Cinema; and The American Nightmare: Horror in Mainstream American Cinema.
View Films by Strand:
- American Dreams
- American Exposé: The Media in Mainstream American Cinema 1975-1990
- American Woman: Female Directors in American Cinema
- Animation
- Best Of British
- Black Box
- Documentaries
- European Classics
- European Perspectives
- Fest In The City
- Film Fest Junior
- Focus On Canada
- Galas
- Night Moves
- Shorts
- The American Nightmare: Horror in Mainstream American Cinema 1980-1985
- Unlocking The Archives
- World Perspectives
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