41MICHAEL POWELL AWARD COMPETITIONWORLD PREMIERELife Just IsAlex Barrett/UK/2012/102 minCast: Paul Nicholls, Jayne Wisener, Will De Meo, Jack Gordon, Nathaniel Martello-White, Fiona RyanSAT 23 JUNE 15:15 CINEWORLDWED 27 JUNE 21:00 CAMEO 1PRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)Love, death and the meaning of life figure among the preoccupations of a group of uni graduates in London. In his debut feature, Alex Barrett observes his characters with humour, sympathy and insight, creating a fresh and funny portrait of people who are desperate to leave adolescence behind but hesitant about fully committing to adulthood. "It is tempting to describe Life Just Is as one of the most promising debuts in contemporary cinema, but this temptation should be resisted. We are not dealing with promise here: we are dealing with achievement"(Brad Stevens, film critic).SPECIAL SCREENINGSLawrence of ArabiaDavid Lean/UK/1962/228 minCast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, Arthur Kennedy, Claude Rains, José Ferrer, Anthony QuayleTHU 21 JUNE 19:40 FILMHOUSE 1PRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)To mark the 50th anniversary of this masterpiece, Sony Pictures Entertainment presents this new digital restoration. During the First World War, a British officer succeeds in uniting the Arab tribes and goes to war against the occupying Turkish army. Grand in every sense, this example of an established director at his height aims for greatness and achieves it. Restored by Sony Pictures Colourworks and distributed by Park Circus. The restoration will be discussed as part of Film Restoration in the Digital Age(page 26).INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONWORLD PREMIEREThe Life and Times of Paul the Psychic OctopusAlexandre O Philippe/USA/2012/72 minFRI 22 JUNE 20:45 FILMHOUSE 1SAT 23 JUNE 15:05 CINEWORLDPRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)From the director who brought The People Versus George Lucas to EIFF 2010, this is the official, exclusive story of the world's best loved, and unlikeliest, football pundit, Paul the Psychic Octopus. A cephalopod with a rare gift for predicting the outcome of important football matches, his 100% success rate at the 2010 World Cup captured the imagination of millions. Hilarious, moving and deeply compelling, Paul's story is the epitome of celebrity culture at its most bizarre.NEW PERSPECTIVESWORLD PREMIERELeave It on the TrackBenjamin Pascoe/USA/2011/80 minCast: Cherry "The Law" Chainsaw - Olivia Vernon, Dirty Blonde - Mandy Reynolds, Rocky Casbah - Kerri St. Aubin, Dixie Sanchez - Elizabeth Patrick, Curly Suicide - Anne SharpSUN 24 JUNE 20:45 CINEWORLDSAT 30 JUNE 17:30 CINEWORLDPRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)Roller derby is the fastest growing (and, arguably, most entertaining) women's sport in the world. In Houston, Texas, it's the end of season championship bout and the undefeated Cherry Bombs are taking on the Hellcats. Meet the brilliantly named players (Curly Suicide, Miss Amerikill, Rocky Casbah...), get a lesson in the rules (despite appearances, there are rules), and witness the thrills and (eye-wateringly painful) spills of derby at its best.20 June - 1 JulyLAWRENCE OF ARABIAfeature films, shorts & events

42LOS MARZIANOLOOKING SOUTHUK PREMIERELos MarzianoAna Katz/Argentina/2011/89 minCast: Guillermo Francella, Arturo Puig, Rita Cortese, Mercedes Morán, Abián VainsteinSAT 23 JUNE 19:40 FILMHOUSE 2MON 25 JUNE 20:40 FILMHOUSE 2PRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)Luis, a prosperous retiree, falls down a big hole dug in his community golf course by unknown malefactors. Meanwhile, his ne'er-do-well brother loses the ability to read due to an unidentified neurological condition. The family strains and buckles under the stresses of these two mysteries, which may not have solutions, in this quirky comedy-drama. But can the bigger mystery, how families get along, be resolved?SPECIAL SCREENINGSWORLD PREMIERELondon 2012 Festival Films105 minSUN 24 JUNE 19:00 FILMHOUSE 1FREE TICKETED EVENTLondon 2012 Festival, Film 4 and BBC Films co-commissioned five of the UK's finest directors, Mike Leigh, Lynne Ramsey, Asif Kapadia, and Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini, to come up with short films to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.The films will be shown as part of the London 2012 Festival on cinema screens during the Olympic Summer, and subsequently broadcast on Channel Four and the BBC.Lynne Ramsey's The Swimmer was co-commissioned by Creative Scotland.DIRECTORS' SHOWCASEUK PREMIERELife without Principle(Dyut meng gam)Johnnie To/Hong Kong/2011/107 minCast: Denise Ho, Lau Ching Wan, Richie Jen, Myolie Wu, Lo Hoi PangSAT 23 JUNE 21:00 CAMEO 1THU 28 JUNE 18:45 CAMEO 1PRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)Johnnie To ingeniously portrays today's economic crisis in the terms of a rollicking and complex suspense thriller. Set in Hong Kong during a few days of global financial upheaval, Life without Principle interweaves three characters in trouble: a police detective investigating a loan shark's murder, an investment manager under pressure from her boss to sell high-risk instruments to elderly pensioners, and a low-level gangster who's recruited to help sort out a failed financial scheme.INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONUK PREMIEREThe Lifeguard(El Salvavidas)Maite Alberdi/Chile/2011/64 minCast: Mauricio Rodríguez, Jean Pierre Palacios, Teresa Guerrechea, Alan Muñoz, Lucas AcuñaSUN 24 JUNE 19:00 CAMEO 1MON 25 JUNE 18:00 CINEWORLDPRICE: £9.00 (£7.50 CONCS)Mauricio, a lifeguard on a Chilean beach, considers himself to be a model of efficiency and professionalism. His colleagues, however, think otherwise, and speculate on why he never goes into the water. Maite Alberdi's visually gorgeous feature documentary debut has the intensity of a short story; beginning as a quirky character study of lifeguards and beachgoers, it becomes something altogether darker and more shocking when events take a dramatic turn.Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012Creative Scotland is a proud supporter of the Edinburgh International Film FestivalFeATure FilmS, SHorTS & evenTS