Edinburgh Festival Videos

Lonely Planet author George Dunford sums up Edinburgh. More Europe than Britain probably because of the month long Edinburgh Arts Festival every August, the city is sophisticated Scotland. Pub culture is the backbone of society, making it easy to meet locals. Try scotch or hand made Real Ale but steer clear of football in conversation until you find out which team they go for.

Known for its groundbreaking productions such as Fuerzabruta and A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Roundhouse presents Loft, a hilarious mix of breathtaking trapeze, jaw dropping contortions, aerial acrobatics, frolics, fun and music. The 7 Fingers are former members of the world renowned Cirque du Soleil and will be in London at the Roundhouse for 3 weeks only with their internationally acclaimed show Loft following a sold out run at the Edinburgh Festival with their show Traces. An incredibl...

Some blogs are good, some are bad. Some are boring, some are racy. Some are diaries, others are pure fiction. Tech Podcast #113 takes a look at a new play compiled entirely out of blogs. It's on stage at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Also, can solar power solve some of the world's energy needs? Good question, let's explore it. And shhhhh...no one wants you to know about Echelon, a top secret spy program designed to listen in to your calls and monitor your email. Can ...

of the Edinburgh mountain film festivals ,"Go fast" peoples choice award 2007,with the film Short listed for Best Scottish Film Fortwilliam Mountain Festival 2008.Gravity Chasers is a short film about a small group of adventurers, who jump off bridges and cliffs ?Simply the film asks, why? With tomb stoning getting lots of press of late and mostly negative, this short shows another side to the sport

The Not Quite Quartet play Billie Jean on the first night of their Edinburgh Festival run at Sweet ECA in 2007Author: DaleCampbellTags: Edinburgh Fringe Festival Billie Jean Michael jackson Dale Campbell Ricky Tart The Not Quite Quartet Posted: 03 February 2008Rating: 4.8Votes: 147

Bfm's International Film Festival is one of the premier UK annual black events held in central London each year. The Festival was established with the aim of filling a void within London film exhibition scene. There was a complete absence of black world cinema both in terms of the multiplexes or existing festivals like London, Edinburgh which would show the occasional film but this was a long way short of the wealth and depth of work available. There was therefore an opportunity for a new c...

Karl tells the boys about a leech experimentOriginally from Simon Pegg & Nick Frost's Xfm show from the Edinburgh Festival.

Elise plays 'where's Wally?' with Edinburgh Castle during the 2006 Fringe Festival.

this is the first interview of keira & sienna on the Edinburgh Festival on Scotland.They and keira's mother: Sharman Mcdonald talk about the edge of love

Special Coverage of the opening night gala of "Edge of Love " at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2008 brought to you by FilmLive! TV on

During August in 2005, a world record was broken for the largest gathering of pipes and drums. It's a shame that at the time, I did not have a proper more... video camera as this was truly a special event so here is a minute of footage I took with my cybershot p73 camera.

This is a clip from 2001 when Steve raised the boycott at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Nestl was sponsoring the Perrier Award for comedy. Baby Milk Action held demonstrations to raise Nestl's aggressive marketing of baby foods and in 2006 Nestl pulled out and the Perrier Award is no more there is a different award with a new sponsor . To find out how to support the boycott and how this is helping to save infant lives see

This is the trailer for the new movie Waz.Ireland 2007 France 19 May 2007 Cannes Film Market Germany 1 August 2007 Fantasy Film Festival UK 20 August 2007 Edinburgh Film Festival UK 26 August 2007UK 28 September 2007France 5 October 2007Spain 8 October 2007UK 16 November 2007Netherlands 29 January 2008UK 22 February 2008 Spain 29 February 2008 Russia 5 June 2008Sweden 28 Mars 2008

Catherine Lockerbie, director of the Edinburgh Book Festival, describes putting on the annual literary fest, at the launch of the 25th Anniversary programme in the Signet Library, Edinburgh. She talks about some of the authors coming to Edinburgh, including Margaret Atwood.

The Edge of Love is a 2008 John Maybury film starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys from a script by Sharman Macdonald, Knightley's mother. Originally titled The Best Time of Our Lives, the story concerns the famous Welsh poet Dylan Thomas played by Rhys , his wife Caitlin MacNamara played by Miller and their married friends, the Killicks played by Knightley and Murphy . It premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in Scotland.

Acclaimed director Terence Davies talks to EIFF TV about his latest film, Of Time and the City, an Edinburgh Film Festival gem.

Christopher Doyle , cinematographer of Gus Van Sant's film Paranoid Park, explains why "it is not about script, it is about people." and why Gabe Nevins the young lead actor playing Alex cares.This video was filmed by me at the Q&A session after the UK Premiere of Paranoid Park, shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 21st August 2007.

Wish I could've filmed more of his talk but the cinema had a strictly no photo/vid policy. Shame cuz Big Tam Sir Sean had nothing but kind words for Nic Cage, Sidney Pollack, John Huston, Alfred Hitchcock and the Spielberg. But God help you if you're Stephen Norrington, the direcor of LXG and you end up after making an enemy of Big Tam working as a "sculptor" on Exorcist: The Beginning!Anyway, enjoy the 4mins of chat, it'll be a long long time before Tam makes anothe...

Christopher Doyle , cinematographer of Gus Van Sant's film Paranoid Park, explains why Gabe Nevins, the young lead actor who played Alex, can be so engaging and how he truthfully portrayed the skateboarding world he lives in, e.g. by the T shirts he wore in the film. This video was filmed by me at the Q&A session after the UK Premiere of Paranoid Park, shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 21st August 2007.

Christopher Doyle , the cinematographer of Gus Van Sant's film Paranoid Park, explains the unusual filming style to the audience.This video was filmed by me at the Q&A session after the UK Premiere, shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 21st August 2007. The film was adapted from a novel by Blake Nelson. Paranoid Park won this year's Cannes Film Festival 60th Anniversary Award.

Christopher Doyle , the cinematographer of Gus Van Sant's film Paranoid Park, answers a question from the audience about the challenges of filming at the Burnside Skatepark in Portland, Oregon, USA. He also explains how the film celebrates skate culture.This video was filmed by me at the Q&A session after the UK Premiere of Paranoid Park, shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 21st August 2007. The film was adapted from a young ...

Christopher Doyle describes how he collaborates with Rain Li on cinematography in Gus Van Sant's film Paranoid Park.This video was filmed by me at the Q&A session after the UK Premiere of Paranoid Park, shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 21st August 2007.

busking on the streets of Edinburgh during the Edinburgh Festival 2007.