27/05/2015 - 13 Minutes, You’re Ugly Too to vie for International Film honours

The Edinburgh International Film Festival (17-28 June) has announced its full programme. British films in competition for the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film and Best Performance in a British Feature Film include Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years [+see also:
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Q&A: Andrew Haigh
film profile], Jamie Adams’ Black Mountain Poets [+see also:
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film profile], Joseph Bull and Luke Seomore’s Blood Cells [+see also:
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film profile], Simon Pummell’s Brand New-U [+see also:
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film profile]; Jake Gavin’s Hector [+see also:
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interview: Jake Gavin
film profile], Martin Radich’s Norfolk [+see also:
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film profile], Steven Nesbit’s North v South, Colin Kennedy’s Swung [+see also:
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The International Feature Film Competition includes Tim Godsall’s Len and Company, Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope, Oliver Hirschbiegel’s 13 Minutes [+see also:
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interview: Mark Noonan
film profile], Ole Giæver and Marte Vold’s Out of Nature [+see also:
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interview: Ole Giæver
film profile], Gabriel Ripstein’s 600 Miles, Patrick Alvarez’s The Stanford Prison Experiment, and J Davis’ Manson Family Vacation.

The festival also has awards for documentaries and shorts, besides an audience award. This year the country in focus is Mexico. 

Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs, said, “By nurturing talent within the industry the EIFF has an important role to play in developing skills to support the future of Scottish filmmaking. The Scottish Government is pleased to support the EIFF with Expo funding of £115,000 in 2015.”