3MAJOR PARTNERSFUNDERSFESTIVAL PARTNERSMEDIA PARTNERSEVENT PARTNERSSUPPORTERS WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING WITHOUT WHOM EIFF 2011 WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLEEIFF 2011 WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANKAdamson Drinks Ltd, Apex Hotels Ltd, Bag It Don't Bin It Ltd, Canadian High Commission, Danish Film Institute, Edinburgh Woodcraft Folk, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Guerrilla Cinema, Hungarian Cultural Centre, Institut Français d'Ecosse, Irish Consulate General, Novotel Edinburgh Centre, Point Hotel Edinburgh, Romanian Cultural Institute, Royal Norwegian Consulate General, Shortbread House of Edinburgh Ltd, Spanish Consulate General, The Edinburgh Bike Station, Uni France

4Edinburgh International Film Festival 2011In 2011, in its 65th year, the Edinburgh International Film Festival is not applying for senior citizenship.Rather, it has grasped both the opportunity and necessity to have a long look in the mirror. It is thrusting its chin out, boldly reinventing and reinvigorating itself, taking the first long strides into its future.There are now over 2,000 film festivals globally, and we're neither able nor willing to compete with the red carpets and star wattage of Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and Venice. We are paying fresh mind to the historic and cultural reputation of our glorious home town. We want to help shout 'Edinburgh' even louder to the world.Glorious Edinburgh - the City of Enlightenment; Britain's crucible of scientific innovation, literature, and modern economics; home to one of the great world universities (and more computer scientists per head of capita than any British city); the guardian of an important and historic military tradition, in a country that has engaged in conflict continuously for over two centuries. Our curation, programming and invitations are informed and inspired by these riches. In the following pages you will see all manner of innovations, and you can read more about them opposite.At EIFF's core is the 60+ feature film programme, proudly offered to the passionate, loyal, local die hard fans of the 'Edinburgh' film - those which thrill and delight, challenge perceptions of what cinema can do, are shown with filmmakers in attendance in unique, exciting presentations, and those which may never see a UK cinema screen again.New British work leads the way - we're thrilled to have the World Premiere of David Hare's first directing outing in 20 years Page Eight, featuring Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Michael Gambon and Judy Davis. We're pleased to be hosting the reunification of David MacKenzie and Ewan McGregor in the new thriller Perfect Sense. Young rising star Felicity Jones (Bill Nighy's daughter in Page Eight) also appears alongside Jessica Brown-Findlay in the elegant coming of age comedy drama Albatross.A diverse range of international cinema is playing, and amongst many highlights, I commend to you the highly anticipated Troll Hunter, and the slightly deranged The Last Circus, which won director Alex de la Iglesia a Silver Lion for Best Director in Venice last year. I am proud the Festival is opening with John McDonagh's darkly funny Irish caper The Guard, starring Brendon Gleeson and Don Cheadle.Documentaries make up a third of the programme, including James Marsh's Project Nim and Danfung Dennis's astounding Sundance winner Hell and Back Again. Ten of these are presented as Joint UK Premieres with the Sheffield Doc/Fest - a major new collaboration. A calm, poetic exploration of climate change explored through the eyes of a boat load of major artists - Laurie Anderson, Jarvis Cocker, KT Tunstall, Marcus Brigstocke and Ryuichi Sakamoto to name a few - is the beautiful, joyous Burning Ice.I strongly urge you to clear as much time from your diaries in the last two weeks of June - there's plenty for everyone in the following pages.James MullighanBeauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.David HumeFROM THE DIRECTOREIFF Nokia Shorts WeekenderEdinburgh International Film Festival 2011A three day celebration of short film. Including workshops, masterclasses and premiere screenings of the eight finalists from the Nokia Shorts 2011 competition.23 - 25 June, 2011.in association with vimeo.com/nokiaVICEUK_Projects_Nokia_Shorts_BrochureAd_159x20.indd 105/05/2011 23:13