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Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen

(cancelled) My Favourite War

Red Lecture Theatre

My Favourite War is an animated documentary telling the personal story of its director, Ilze, about her growing up in the Cold-War USSR. It is an exciting coming-of-age story about finding one’s own identity, truth and loyalty. The film is about choices a girl has to make in a very young age, then getting wiser and finding courage to speak out. This screening is in Latvian with English closed captions.

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Screen Horizons

Z (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

A pulse-pounding political thriller, Greek expatriate director Costa-Gavras’ Z was one of the cinematic sensations of the late Sixties. This Academy Award winner—loosely based on the 1963 assassination of Greek left-wing activist Grigoris Lambrakis—stars Yves Montand as a prominent politician and doctor whose public murder amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials.

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Event Series Josep (12+)
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Screen Horizons

Josep (12+)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

French illustrator Aurel investigates the life of the Catalan Republican cartoonist and exile Josep Bartolí, who was detained by the Gestapo and sent to various concentration camps after crossing the border into France to flee the Spanish Civil War. Josep won prizes at the Tokyo Anime Awards, Anima, European Film Awards and was named best animated film in the César awards.

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Screen Horizons

Josep (12+) + Q&A

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

French illustrator Aurel investigates the life of the Catalan Republican cartoonist and exile Josep Bartolí, who was detained by the Gestapo and sent to various concentration camps after crossing the border into France to flee the Spanish Civil War. Josep won prizes at the Tokyo Anime Awards, Anima, European Film Awards and was named best animated film in the César awards.

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Event Series Titane (18)
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Summerhall Presents

Titane (18)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Newcomer Agathe Rousselle plays Alexia, a young woman who has an unusual bond with cars, consummated by a strange encounter with one of the vehicles she writhes on in her job as a motor show dancer. When her murderous tendencies make her a fugitive, she disguises herself as a boy and forms a very ambivalent bond with the chief of a firefighting unit.

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Event Series Titane (18)
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Summerhall Presents

Titane (18)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Newcomer Agathe Rousselle plays Alexia, a young woman who has an unusual bond with cars, consummated by a strange encounter with one of the vehicles she writhes on in her job as a motor show dancer. When her murderous tendencies make her a fugitive, she disguises herself as a boy and forms a very ambivalent bond with the chief of a firefighting unit.

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Summerhall Presents

Melancholia (15) – Katie Goh presents

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) celebrate their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of Justine’s sister Claire. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth threatening the very existence of humankind… Part of Katie Goh’s season of speculative disaster movies.

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Summerhall Presents

Silent Running (PG) – Katie Goh Presents

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Botanist Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) has spent eight years aboard the space freighter ‘Valley Forge’ preserving the only botanical specimens left from Earth under huge geodesic domes – when he receives orders to destroy the project and return home. Part of Katie Goh’s season of speculative disaster movies.

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The Night With...

(Postponed) The New Antonine Brass Quintet

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

New Antonine Brass was formed in 2014 by musicians studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Lloyd Griffin, Mark James, Hayley Tonner, Lewis Bettles and Danielle Price make up the group which is the standard brass quintet format of two trumpets, french horn, trombone and tuba. As a group they have enjoyed many highs, most recently performing at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh as part of the Emerging Artists concert series and giving recitals and workshops as part of the Loch Shiel Festival in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Event Series Memoria (12A)
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Summerhall Presents

Memoria (12A)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Ever since being startled by a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, Jessica (Tilda Swinton) is unable to sleep. In Bogotá to visit her sister, she befriends Agnes (Jeanne Balibar), an archaeologist studying human remains discovered within a tunnel under construction. Jessica travels to see Agnes at the excavation site. In a small town nearby, she encounters a fish scaler, Hernan (Elkin Diaz). They share memories by the river. As the day comes to a close, Jessica is awakened to a sense of clarity.

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Event Series Nightmare Alley (15)
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Summerhall Presents

Nightmare Alley (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

From Academy Award Winner Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth – Best Director, Shape of the Water – Best Picture). When charismatic, but down-on-his-luck, Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to the clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society.

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Event Series Memoria (12A)
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Summerhall Presents

Memoria (12A)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Ever since being startled by a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, Jessica (Tilda Swinton) is unable to sleep. In Bogotá to visit her sister, she befriends Agnes (Jeanne Balibar), an archaeologist studying human remains discovered within a tunnel under construction. Jessica travels to see Agnes at the excavation site. In a small town nearby, she encounters a fish scaler, Hernan (Elkin Diaz). They share memories by the river. As the day comes to a close, Jessica is awakened to a sense of clarity.

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Event Series Nightmare Alley (15)
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Summerhall Presents

Nightmare Alley (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

From Academy Award Winner Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth – Best Director, Shape of the Water – Best Picture). When charismatic, but down-on-his-luck, Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to the clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society.

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Screen Horizons

Love Affair(s) / Les Choses qu’on dit, les chose qu’on fait (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Holidays in the French countryside provide the perfect setting for Emmanuel Mouret to continue his exploration of all things tender and loving, throwing heart, soul and passion into the subject. François has to rush back to Paris to cover for a sick colleague, leaving his partner Daphne, three months pregnant, to welcome his cousin Maxime.

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Summerhall Presents

Strait-Jacket (12)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

❤️ Valentine’s Day Special ❤️ Movie queen Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce) gives a terrific performance in this chiller from pioneer horror movie producer William Castle (House on Haunted Hill). Crawford plays Lucy Harbin, a woman who goes berserk when she finds her husband in bed with another woman. Valentine’s Day special ticket deal available.

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Summerhall Presents

The Love Witch (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

❤️ Valentine’s Day Special ❤️ Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However, her spells work too well, leaving her with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder. Valentine’s Day special ticket deal available!

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Event Series Belfast (12A)
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Summerhall Presents

Belfast (12A)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

From lauded director Kenneth Branagh, and starring an acclaimed ensemble cast, Belfast is a personal and joyful story about the power of memory, set in 1960s Northern Ireland. At the centre of the film is Buddy, a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance.

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Event Series Belfast (12A)
Event Series
Summerhall Presents

Belfast (12A)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

From lauded director Kenneth Branagh, and starring an acclaimed ensemble cast, Belfast is a personal and joyful story about the power of memory, set in 1960s Northern Ireland. At the centre of the film is Buddy, a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance.