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All That Heaven Allows57For great value fares to and from the 2011 Edinburgh International Film Festival visit easyJet.com10812650.9235-EJ-Edinburgh FF Strips v3.indd 306/05/2011 17:35festival eventsBEHIND THE CAMERA90 minSUN 19 JUNE 14:30 FESTIVALHOUSE@TEVIOT - DEBATING HALLPRICE: £6.00 (£5.00 CONC)Receiving 100 million hits a month, the Internet Movie Database is in its 21st year and shows no sign of slowing down.An essential tool for film fans and industry professionals alike, there's no doubting IMDb's innovative media presence. Join founder and CEO Col Needham to hear how he turned his love of film into a indispensable resource and about his vision for the future of IMDb and new technologies for the world of film.Spotlight on IMDb Founder Col Needham BEHIND THE CAMERA100 minSAT 25 JUNE 11:00 FESTIVALHOUSE@TEVIOT - DINING ROOMPRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONC)An opportunity for aspiring writers and film-makers to try out experimental techniques to develop their skills and free their minds.Led by Edinburgh Napier University, the Silence! Workshop will introduce and explain such practices as automatic writing, writing for graphic novels, and writing for film.Silence! Writing WorkshopSOUND TRACKS90 minFRI 24 JUNE 11:30 FESTIVALHOUSE@TEVIOT - DINING ROOMPRICE: £6.00 (£5.00 CONC)In all the 'How to Make a Film' books it tells you that the director has the final say on the music as it's a vital part of his/her overall vision. This is undoubtedly true but that choice is influenced by the producer, the script, the editor, the music supervisor and, by no means least, the budget. Bringing together a crew of knowledgeable and opinionated figures we consider how these factors affect each other in arriving at the finished soundtrack.Sound Tracks Discussion: Music SupervisionSTRANDPREMIERE TYPE90 minWED 22 JUNE 14:00 FESTIVALHOUSE@TEVIOT - DINING ROOMPRICE: £6.00 (£5.00 CONC)"It's who you know." But what if you don't know anyone? You've graduated from film school, your band's split up, you want to move from playing to composing; you have a passion for film and want to write for them. How do you get a foot in the door? Stories and advice from those in the know on how to get of the mark, how hard you have to work and why it's not the way to make your fortune.Sound Tracks Discussion: I Want to be a ComposerSOUND TRACKSStills Gallery: Sixpack Showcase at Film LoungeEXPERIMENTAL16 JUNE - 17 JULY STILLS GALLERYPRICE: FREEOf Mice and Muybridge.Extending the Festival's programme of experimental shorts, Stills hosts a specially selected showcase of films from the Austrian distributor sixpackfilm. Presented in Film Lounge, the gallery's intimate screening space, these four short films combine formal rigour, surreal humour and social critique - from a sophisticated homage to Eadweard Muybridge to a fascinating study of the miniature world of mice. Take a journey through one of the most important experimental film producing countries.FRI 24 JUNE 17:45 CAMEO 1PRICE: FREE TICKETED EVENT AnarcadiaCo-commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella and John Hansard Gallery, in association with Stills Edinburgh and Ffotogallery, Cardiff 2010-11/35 min Shot in the steppe of South-Eastern Kazakhstan. Into this shifting, elemental landscape, two iconic figures-an archaeologist and prospector-seek to uncover its buried meanings and future possibilities. Capital Commissioned by AsiaArt+, Cornerhouse, Manchester and Space/2007/16 minSet in Kazakhstan's new capital Astana. A woman traveller, a stranger, addresses the founder-ruler of a city under construction.Stills Gallery: Anarcadia & CapitalEXPERIMENTAL 58Edinburgh International Film Festival 2011ST. ANDREW SQUARE OUTDOOR SCREENINGSfestival eventsOUTSIDE THE BOXTHU 17 TO SUN 19 JUNE ST. ANDREW SQUAREPRICE: FREEThe Edinburgh International Film Festival has teamed up with Essential Edinburgh to screen some amazing outdoor films on a huge outdoor screen in the middle of St Andrew Square Garden, at the East End of George Street. During the exciting opening weekend of the Film Festival there will be a number of different film titles on this impressive screen. More details about this exciting event and what will be screened to follow. Come along, bring a picnic rug and enjoy some famous film titles!Please note that no alcohol or glass can be brought into the event arena.St Andrew Square Outdoor ScreeningsSOUND TRACKS75 minSUN 19 JUNE 15:00 INSPACEPRICE: FREE TICKETED EVENTCome on feel the noise.Twenty of the best visually progressive music videos from the last year to hit you full in the senses. From Saam Farahmand's body welding extravaganza for the Klaxon's Twin Flames to the epic re-release for Spanish Sahara by the Foals directed by Sydneysider Dave Ma. Watch out for the hilarious road parade murder spree that is Kill Your Co-Workers by Flying Lotus and when Scotland's Grum (aka Graeme Shepherd) isn't doing remixes for Goldfrapp and Lady Gaga, he's producing super addictive 80's-themed tracks. Spun Gold. Brought to us by the Big Pond Adelaide Film Festival producer David Drummond.TractionCreative Scotland is a proud supporter of the Edinburgh International Film FestivalSTRANDPREMIERE TYPE90 minMON 20 JUNE 14:00 FILMHOUSE 2PRICE: FREE TICKETED EVENTCan film help homeless people build new lives? Open Cinema and Streetwise Opera are two leading organisations using film to develop the talents and opportunities of homeless and vulnerable people. Streetwise Opera's Matt Peacock will present a selection of films from their recently-toured series Fables, which brought together professional composers and filmmakers with 150 participants who have experienced homelessness. Open Cinema's Christoph Warrack will present four short films made by its members with the assistance of accomplished filmmakers, including BAFTA-winner Martina Amati.Street Wise Opera & Open CinemaBEHIND THE CAMERASOUND TRACKS100 minFRI 24 JUNE 20:30 FESTIVALHOUSE@TEVIOT - DEBATING HALLPRICE: £12.00 (£10.00 CONC)Ten brand new music videos created for ten music tracks. In association with EIFF, the music download portal Ten Tracks invites filmmakers to visually interpret ten of their best tracks. Come take a look at the winning films, selected by the creators of the music, with live accompaniment by each of the artists.To submit your film for this event go to TenTracks.co.uk Ten Tracks: Music Pictures |