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'Elsinore' Review: Andrew Scott Brilliant In Story Of Ian Charleson
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (914+ words) Deadline Awards Columnist/Chief Film Critic Services to share this page. Scottish-born actor Ian Charleson co-starred in a leading role in the 1981 Oscar-winning Best Picture Chariots of Fire. The next year he had a co-starring role in yet another Best…...
Watch Clip From 'Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing,' Premiering in Venice
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (704+ words) EXCLUSIVE: Thunderous applause may greet one documentary premiering at the Venice Film Festival, fitting for a story of athletes who shake the earth with every footfall. Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing, directed by Erik Shirai, goes inside the ring and the…...
Ted Hodgkinson To Join Hay Festival As Creative Director
1+ week, 2+ day ago (240+ words) Ted Hodgkinson, the Southbank Centre’s longtime director of literature and spoken word, is leaving the London institution to join Hay Festival in the newly created role of creative director. Hodgkinson will officially join the Hay Festival team in the autumn....
Kieron J. Walsh’s ‘Skintown’ Wins Edinburgh's Sean Connery Prize
2+ week, 1+ day ago (167+ words) Skintown, the latest feature by Kieron J.Walsh, has won the Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence at this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival. Walsh’s Skintown beat out nine other features in the EIFF competition. The prize comes with £50,000 to support…...
Amanda Knox Responds To Petition Protesting Her Edinburgh Fringe Show
4+ week, 7+ hour ago (310+ words) Nearly 20 years after she was falsely accused of killing her roommate, Amanda Knox is still struggling to tell her own story. The author and comedian, who was wrongfully convicted of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, has responded after a petition…...
‘Mission’ Clip: George MacKay & Rosy McEwen Lead Edinburgh Comp Title
4+ week, 1+ day ago (162+ words) EXCLUSIVE: Paul Wright’s latest feature Mission, starring George MacKay and Rosy McEwen, debuts in competition at this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival and Deadline can unveil a first look clip. Blue Finch is handling sales on the film, which was produced…...
Festival In Focus: Edinburgh Chief Paul Ridd On How The Event Is Becoming A “Legitimate Launchpad” For New & Established Filmmakers
4+ week, 2+ day ago (418+ words) This year, the Edinburgh International Film Festival will debut 21 feature films, 10 of which will screen as part of the festival’s official competition strand, which is set to run from August 13 to 19. This year’s edition also marks Festival Director Paul Ridd’s…...
Edinburgh’s Industry Programme Returns With UK Indie Focus
4+ week, 2+ day ago (480+ words) The Edinburgh Film Festival’s industry programme returns this year in an expanded format, centered around a new symposium on the state of independent filmmaking in the UK, aptly titled the UK Film Conference. “We’re showing work that’s not been seen…...
Edinburgh Television Festival Advisory Chair Adam Hawkins Urges Industry To “Embrace Change” In Confab’s Final Year In Scotland
4+ week, 2+ day ago (820+ words) “If this Edinburgh is all about embracing change and embracing the future, then maybe we should do the same with the festival.” That’s the verdict from Adam Hawkins, the advisory chair of the final ever Edinburgh Television Festival, which is…...
Edinburgh TV Festival: Plans Emerge For New Scottish Industry Fest
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (719+ words) EXCLUSIVE: With the TV Festival leaving Edinburgh for the first time in its 51-year history, organizers in the Scottish capital are refusing to rest on their laurels. Deadline can reveal that early-stage plans are afoot to launch a new TV…...