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Mortician won the Sean Connery Prize
Celebrating its 78th edition this year, EIFF opened with Sorry, Baby and closed with Reality Is Not Enough. In Conversation events included chats with Andrea Arnold, Nia DaCosta, Ben Wheatley and Andrew and Kevin Macdonald. The festival ran from August 14 to 20. The Sean Connery Prize went to Mortician and Mother Goose won the Thelma Schoonmaker Prize.
View Films by Strand:
- Midnight Madness
- Out Of Competition
- Retrospectives
- Sacred Bonds
- The Sean Connery Prize
- Thelma Schoonmaker Prize Competition
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