Paul F Cockburn gives pointers to five “must see” films at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. 1: THE LEGEND OF BARNEY THOMSON It goes without saying that the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s opening gala is always a film which its organisers, at least, consider worth seeing. However, after a few genuinely odd choices in […]
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Director Graham Hughes
One of the films nominated for this year’s Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival was a quirky comedy about a serious subject, Graham Hughes’ A Practical Guide to a Spectacular Suicide. Paul F Cockburn: Is A Practical Guide your first feature-length film? Graham Hughes: It’s my first good one! I […]
Andrew Rothney on filming ‘Blackbird’
Nominated for the Audience Award at the 2013 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Blackbird is the tale of a young man facing up to the changes in his small Scottish village. As the film gains a limited distribution in Scotland, Paul F Cockburn speaks with its young leading man. Paul F Cockburn: How would you describe […]
Emma Davie and Morag McKinnon Interview
Scottish filmmakers Emma Davie and Morag McKinnon originally thought they were making a short film about Motor Neurone Disease (MND) but, as they worked with architect Neil Platt, diagnosed with the fatal condition, aged just 33, it became clear they were working on something bigger… Paul Cockburn: How did I Am Breathing, come about? Morag McKinnon: After […]
EIFF Science Fiction Filmmaking Challenge
It’s not particularly surprising for the final day of the Edinburgh International Film Festival to begin with a selection of short films on the big screen in Filmhouse 1. Admittedly, it’s a tad unusual that all the films which will be shown on Sunday 1 July are the work of non-professionals. Yet what is utterly […]
First Glimpse of New Writing Talent at EIFF
Nine new writers will introduce their debut feature film ides at a special event at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, combining presentation “pitches” and “script in hand” performances by an ensemble of actors. “The writers applied for one of our Screen Writing Residencies Programme, which are part of Creative Scotland’s Creative Futures,” explains Claire […]
Sergio Casci interview
He’s written award-winning films and numerous episodes of BBC Scotland ‘soap’ River City? As his third film, horror thriller The Caller, has its UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Glasgow-born Sergio Casci sat down for a chat with Paul F Cockburn. Paul F Cockburn: What’s The Caller about? Sergio Casci: The Caller […]
