All That Heaven Allows1918.06.11 - 19.06.11 FESTIVALHOUSE @ TEVIOT, 13 BRISTO SQUARE.smarttestdrives.co.uk>> TAKE A TEST DRIVE WITH A DIFFERENCE.ANIMATED INTERACTIONS - FIXING LUKAfeature filmsNOKIA SHORTS WEEKENDERShorts programme/74 minWED 22 JUNE 17:45 GEORGE SQ THEATREPRICE: £6.00 (£5.00 CONC)This collection of international animated films revels in tropes of fairytale, fable and mythology to tell imaginative tales. Animation is a brilliant medium for encapsulating parables and legends in short form. This programme features a fisherman capturing matter itself, an impatient groom lost in the desert, a world where gravity is a law unto itself, an invention that goes awry, odd natural histories, a malevolent spirit in the woods, and the memory of a vanished settlement.Animated MythologiesSTRANDPREMIERE TYPEShorts programme/70 minSAT 25 JUNE 18:00 GEORGE SQ THEATREPRICE: £6.00 (£5.00 CONC)For many filmmakers, animation provides a chance to fulfil the desire to become an actor without having to stand up personally in front of a live audience. These shorts use performance to narrate stories concerned with the human condition, from navigating interpersonal skills to building a sense of community. This international selection brings the uncontrollable grief of a little girl, the events of one day of the week, school crushes, road rage, family relationships, dysfunctional neighbours and the murderous impulse.Animated InteractionsNOKIA SHORTS WEEKENDERNOKIA SHORTS WEEKENDERShorts programme/70 minFRI 24 JUNE 18:00 GEORGE SQ THEATREPRICE: £6.00 (£5.00 CONC)Reality documented through animation.Animated Realitites is a a two-day conference exploring the increasingly popular form of animated documentary, in association with Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Edinburgh's Animating Realities. From the thoughts of a child of a holocaust survivor; a tender memoir of the death of a parent; an overwhelming account of Argentinian grandmothers searching for their lost grandchildren, to the delightful memory of a mother's fur coat, a demonstration of American architecture and an insight into Arabic culture, we present seven short films that use the genre brilliantly to varying degrees and effect.Animated RealitiesREEL SCIENCEJames Cameron/USA/1985/107 minCast: Arnold Schwarzernegger, Linda HamiltonTUE 21 JUNE 15:00 FILMHOUSE 3PRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONC)Can robots really have rational thought?Year 2029 and mankind's victory against a deadly computer system called Skynet is down to the actions of one man: John Connor, the leader of the Human Resistance. In an attempt to quash the resistance, Skynet deploys an indestructible cyborg in human form, the Terminator, through time to kill Sarah Connor, before she can give birth to her son John. Using one of the most iconic uses of Artificial Intelligence in film as a starting point, EIFF and the Edinburgh School of Informatics explore in a lively discussion whether rational thought is mechanically possible.Artificial Intelligence: The Terminator

20Edinburgh International Film Festival 2011easyJet are proud to sponsor the 2011 Edinburgh International Film Festival10812650.9235-EJ-Edinburgh FF Strips v3.indd 106/05/2011 17:35BETWEEN 2 FIRESfeature filmsCONFLICT | REPORTAGEUK PREMIERESteven Silver/Canada/South Africa/ 2010/113 minCast: Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Malin Akerman, Francois Rautenbac, Neels Van JaarsveldTUE 21 JUNE 22:10 FILMHOUSE 1SAT 25 JUNE 19:50 FILMHOUSE 1PRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONC)Based on the memoir of two members of the eponymous club of photojournalists Joao Silva and Greg Marinovich, 'The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War', and starring Ryan Phillippe, the exhilarating story explores the motivations of war correspondents and questions when the camera should stop rolling. World Press Photo Award winning Silva hit the headlines last year, when he trod on a landmine in Afghanistan, losing both legs, and his and other photographers work will be displayed during the Festival.The Bang Bang ClubSTRANDPREMIERE TYPEMarie Losier/USA/2011/72 minSUN 19 JUNE 16:00 FILMHOUSE 2TUE 21 JUNE 21:45 FILMHOUSE 2PRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONC)A tender tale of how love can transform - literally!Experimental filmmaker Marie Losier's debut feature documentary is both a love story and a deeply personal profile of the artist and musician Genesis P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV) and his partner/artistic collaborator Lady Jaye. Weaving together archival footage, interviews, performances and personal confession, Losier's characteristically quirky portrait draws out the fine line between life and art in the couple's 'pandrogyny' project - physically transforming their bodies to resemble each other. Screening with: The Garden (Ann Steuernagel/USA/2010/10 min)The Ballad of Genesis and Lady JayeDOCUMENTARY - INTERNATIONALJOINT UK PREMIEREFEATURES - INTERNATIONALUK PREMIEREChris Weitz/USA/2011/97 minCast: Damián Bichir, Jose Julian, Chelsea Rendon FRI 24 JUNE 19:45 CAMEO 1 SAT 25 JUNE 17:45 CAMEO 1PRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONC)The road forks for both Mexican illegal immigrant father, and his troubled son, in this affecting tale of fortitude and temptation.Doing it tough in East LA, Carlos (Mexican star Demian Bichir) tends the gardens of wealthy cross town Los Angelinos. He worries for the future of his wayward son Luis, who is flirting with gang culture, often missing school. And there's the ever present threat of being discovered by immigration officials. Weitz himself has Mexican ancestry, and this film is based on what he describes as the best script he's read since he started making films two decades ago.A Better LifeFEATURES - INTERNATIONALUK PREMIEREAgnieszka Lukasiak/Sweden/Poland/ 2010/130 minCast: Magda Poplawska, Kamila Nowysc, Simon KassianidesMON 20 JUNE 20:00 FILMHOUSE 3THU 23 JUNE 21:30 FILMHOUSE 3PRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONC)How far would you go to protect your daughter? Would you become a refugee?Fleeing to a Swedish refugee camp to escape prostitution, young Polish mother Marta and her daughter Ania find their refuge to be just as dangerous. How will they escape, now they are trapped by law? Acted with a searing conviction by lead Magdelana Poplawsa, this raw yet humane drama illuminates just how perilous refugee status and, motherhood, can be.Between 2 Fires