In Person: Special Events Supported by
In Person: Danny Boyle 90 min THU 20 JUNE 20:50 VUE OMNI PRICE: £12.00 (£9.00 CONCS) Danny Boyle is one of Britain’s most successful directors. His body of work may well be varied, but – as he has pointed out – his projects share a central theme of people overcoming impossible odds. Born in Lancashire in 1956, Boyle was successful in television and theatre before making his first film, the Edinburgh-set Shallow Grave, in 1994. This led to the adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel Trainspotting, which almost single-handedly revitalised the British film industry. Since then, Boyle’s filmography has been exciting, challenging and successful, and includes such classics as The Beach (2000), 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), 127 Hours (2010), T2 Trainspotting (2017) and, most recently, Yesterday (see p. 13). In addition, he was the artistic director for the Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London. [12A]
In Person: Icíar Bollaín in Conversation with Rebecca O’Brien
In Person: Jack Lowden
90 min
90 min
THU 27 JUNE 18:05 FILMHOUSE 1 PRICE: £12.00 (£9.00 CONCS)
FRI 21 JUNE 18:00 FILMHOUSE 1 PRICE: £12.00 (£9.00 CONCS)
A very special in-person event featuring award-winning film producer Rebecca O’Brien in conversation with acclaimed director, actor, writer and producer Icíar Bollaín, whose directorial work features in this year’s Once Upon a Time in Spain retrospective (p. 56). Producer of many of Ken Loach’s films, including the Palme d’Or-winning I, Daniel Blake (2016), O’Brien and the multitalented Bollaín, who worked together on Loach’s Land and Freedom (1995), will revisit Bollaín’s extraordinary artistic career both in front of and behind the camera. [12A]
Award-winning actor and producer Jack Lowden started out in Scottish Youth Theatre in Edinburgh before playing Peter Pan at the King’s Theatre at 12 years old. Jack graduated with a BA in Acting from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow in 2011. Rising to fame after playing Nikolai Rostov in the BBC miniseries War & Peace (2016), he went on to star in Tommy’s Honour (EIFF 2016 Opening Night Gala) and A United Kingdom (2016) before playing an RAF fighter pilot in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk (2017). He returned to EIFF in 2018 with the Michael Powell Awardwinning Calibre, for which he won the 2018 British Academy Scotland Award for Best Film Actor, before going on to star in Mary Queen of Scots (2018) and Fighting with My Family (2019). We are thrilled to welcome Jack back to Edinburgh for this special event. [12A]
Edinburgh International Film Festival 73rd edition | 19–30 June 2019
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