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Monday 30th August 2004
13:45 - 14:00


A Life Away
46 mins : Drama

A Life Away

After having spent two years as a spaceworker around the planet Saturn, Sam is going back to Earth, where his wife Constance and their daughter Julie are expecting him. But the return trip is one year long, and in the meantime, many things can happen.

Dir Emmanuel Malka / DoP Thierry Deschamp / Prod Patrick Young

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile



Sunday 29th August 2004
19:05 - 20:00


Degas and the Dance
55 mins : Documentary

Degas & Dance

Edgar Degas was obsessed by dance and dancers. Half of all his works take ballet as their theme. This film was shot backstage in the Paris Opera and in a reconstruction of Degas' studio. His works so loved today scandalised many of the critics of his day

Dir Mischa Scorer / DoP Dewald Aukema / Prod Margaret Smilow

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile



 Sunday 29th August 2004
12:30 - 13:25


Feast of Predators
52 mins : Documentary

Feast of Predators

This is the story of a courageous seal that follows one of the greatest migrations on Earth – the Sardine Run. Each year millions of sardines move up to the east coast of South Africa and their migration awakens a following of formidable predators. Huge flocks of Cape gannets, thousands of dolphins and hundreds of sharks mount attacks from the air and the depths of the ocean.

Dir/Prod Stefania Lamberti / DoP/Prod Peter Lamberti

Showing at Royal Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street

Thursday 26th August 2004
17:30 - 18:35


Feedback
85 mins : Drama

Feedback

In a little over a day we see how Mr Smith the bullied driving examiner, Mrs Montague the oppressed housewife, Jane the neglected lover and Nick the dodgy copper with a conscience turn their lives around. After establishing the characters they are brought together by chance and a series of surreal events that all turn out to be related.

Dir Chris Atkins / Prod Charles Auty / DoP John Rhodes

Showing at Royal Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street


 Saturday 28th August 2004
19:15 - 20:50


Making Waves
93 mins : Drama

Making Waves

Making Waves is a romantic comedy about a group of disparate ham-radio enthusiasts, who exaggerate their lifestyles on the air-waves assuming they'll never actually bump into each other. Unfortunately, circumstances arise compelling several of them to meet and they are left trying to live up to their larger than life personas, with disastrous results.

Dir Nicolas Van Pallandt / DoP David Griffiths / Prod David Burns

Showing at Royal Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street

Sunday 29th August 2004
20:30 - 22:10


Neil's Party
96 mins : Drama

Neil's Party

When Neil’s parents leave for the summer, everyone believes he'll have a party. Everyone except Neil. But with summer almost over, Neil realises that a party will be the last chance to tell Lauren how he really feels about her.

Dir Stephen Pidgeon / DoP Alan Dunlop / Prod Philip Lott, Kevin Markwick & Stephen Pidgeon

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile



 Friday 27th August 2004
20:45 - 22:20


Zemanovaload
93 mins : Drama

Zemanovaload

John Davies is an obsessive compulsive writer. He won't drive, he's always cleaning, he talks to his fingers. When his girlfriend dumps him, he becomes obsessed by replacing her with Czech model Veronika Zemanova.

Dir/Prod Jayson Rothwell / DoP Paul Lilley

Showing at Royal Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street



 
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