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EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL'S OVER, BUT WATCH ANOTHER MONTH OF FILMS...FREE!

With one of the strongest fields in years, the competition for this year's
Michael Powell award for best British film, had all the excitement of
Bruckheimer production with the quality of a Kubrick script.

If you missed any of it, visit LOVEFiLM.com to read our take on the good,
the bad and the 'less-than-attractive' films at this year's EIFF, as well as
coverage of other major international film festivals this year. 

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A WEEKEND TO REMEMBER

As the final two days of the festival approaches here are some unmissable events and for those who thought they'd already missed out Best of the Fest gives you one final chance on Sunday 24th August.

Oliver Stone comes to EIFF
Oliver Stone will be in town on Saturday with the Document Gala of Comandante. This fascinating and controversial record of Stone's 30 hour meeting with the legendary Cuban Leader, Fidel Castro has been given an extra screening by popular demand. Last few tickets remaining...
to book now:
http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/eiff_current/events/comandante/ 

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* * * BEST OF THE FEST * * *

You thought you might have missed them, but here is a another chance, for below is the list of the films chosen by EIFF to represent the Best of the Festival - AND, if you buy tickets for two of them, you will get a THIRD ONE FREE. To receive this offer tickets can be bought either in person at the EIFF box office or over the phone on 0131 632 830. 

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* * * UNMISSABLE!* * *

Meet the men behind the movies at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival.

As part of the Reel Life events the Festival welcomes some of the finest professionals from every corner of the filmaking industry to come and talk about their work. This rare and unmissable opportunity is accompanied by footage and an open Q&A. 

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ITS STARTED!

Edinburgh International Film Festival opens with a splash - not literally, thankfully.

The 57th EIFF started in some style on Wednesday night with the Opening Gala, Young Adam, David Mackenzie's excellent dramatisation of the novel by Scottish Beat poet, Alexander Trocchi.
The screening (and the party afterward) were attended by the director and actors Emily Mortimer, Peter Mullan and Therese Bradley - the film's main actor, Ewan McGregor, was unable to attend due to his commitments filming the latest Star Wars film in Australia. He did, however, send his mum in his stead, and recorded a message that 

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* * * NEWS UPDATE * * *

MYSTIC RIVER CANCELLED

The distributor of Mystic River, Warner Brothers, unfortunately had to pull the film from the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, they are unable to commit the film to any festivals. We˜ve decided not to compromise our programming and therefore have decided not to replace Mystic River with another film. 

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2 days in counting and what a feast of events to look forward to...

Successfully seeking Aidan

Aidan Quinn to talk about his career at EIFF.
"The best part about interviewing Aidan Quinn over the telephone, is that you don't have to come up with an adjective for his eyes." So gushed one journalist about the EIFF's latest confirmed guest. 

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Welcome to the second bulliten from The Rushes bringing you the lastest news from the heart of Edinburgh International Film Festival. With only a week to go, here are a few suggestions to wet your appetite...

Installation - Black Box @ eca

Black Box, a collaboration between EIFF and Edinburgh College of Art (eca), is currently running an exhibition of acclaimed installation works of five internationally renowned artists in eca's stunning studios. The premise is, the organisers say, "not concerned with curatorial influence but rather focusses on a range of expansive work that is limitless in the realm of visual 

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Hello Again!

Edinburgh International Film Festival is back for it's 57th year from 13-24
August 2003.

The 2003 programme of films and events is available to buy online at http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk

Here's your first Film Festival bulletin. We hope you enjoy the new site.

Top stories from www.edfilmfest.org.uk news:

Ticket sales take the EIFF staff by surprise
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Welcome to The Rushes - Edinburgh International Film Festival in your inbox.
To unsubscribe from this service just return an email to us with the message
'UNSUBSCRIBE' - but why would you want to do a thing like that?

The big news is you can now buy your Festival tickets at www.edfilmfest.org.uk
so go and do it right now! Also - look out for Boxman 2: Son of Boxman in
your inbox next week. 

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The top stories at www.edfilmfest.org.uk this week...

EIFF team hit Cannes Edinburgh International Film Festival Artistic Director
Shane Danielsen and his team have hit the Cote D'Azure to go shopping for
films at the Cannes Film Festival. Over the next fortnight, Shane and his
programmers and press staff will be lazing on the beach under the crisping
Mediterranean glare, glugging cold beers and taking in the odd movie. More>>
www.edfilmfest.org.uk/2001/magazine/?_P=NWS10274
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The Idea Of North - A celebration of Canadian Movies Edinburgh Filmhouse and
Edinburgh International Film Festival are collaborating on an exciting joint
project which emphasises the commitment of 

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Welcome once more to the Edinburgh International Film Festival bulletin.

Get into Early Spring //Edinburgh Film Festival on tour//...
http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/earlyspring

Take a look at our searchable archive of last Festival's movies...
http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/2001/films

Check out these top three stories from our magazine...

You saw them in Edinburgh first - Oscar Nominees 2002 A Man Thing (Meska
Sprawa) by Slawomir Fabicki (Poland) has been nominated for an Oscar in the
74th edition of the Academy Awards in the Short Film Category. It premiered at
Edinburgh International Film Festival in August 2001. more...
http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/2001/magazine/?_P=NWS10268 ‘ 

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Edinburgh International
Film Festival.

Click through to www.edfilmfest.org.uk to check out these news features...

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES A NEW EVENT
The Edinburgh International Film Festival is delighted to announce a new event
on the international film calendar: taking place in March 2002, EARLY SPRING
is a showcase of seven films, screening over seven successive nights; it will
premiere at the Edinburgh Filmhouse, and subsequently tour through Glasgow
(GFT) and London (the Curzon Soho). more...
http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/2001/magazine/?_P=NWS10260 

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Day 11 and it's all going well. Sean Penn arrived yesterday, and the sun is shining. Why would anyone want to go to the cinema? Simply because our programme is just so fantastic. Read more below.

Kissing, Tripping, Fighting and Dancing in the Dark Day eleven and we're all starting to feel it. It's been a busy couple of days: Industry events started this week, the Script Factory were in town, oh, and Sean Penn arrived yesterday. more... http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/2001/magazine/?_P=NWS10244
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Boosting Your Intelligence 'Our films are the culmination of the ability to say 'Okay, this is the message we want 

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Finally we are here. The Rushes in your mailbox. I'm sorry it has taken a while, but we have been up against those technical gremlins recently, and noone told us not to feed them after midnight.

Today's exciting news is that Best of the Fest is now on sale. We have closing the Festival in a nutshell on Closing Sunday, and it's a perfect excuse to spend the whole day in the cinema. 

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