13:15
- 14:00
Radisson
SAS Hotel
Royal Mile
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FEATURE
in
competition |
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A Life
Away
46
mins : Drama
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
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14:10
- 15:30
Radisson
SAS Hotel
Royal Mile
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EVENT |
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HD Nibbles
Ed
Fest Documentary
Highlights of the weird and wonderful
day in Edinburgh, shot on HD and edited
on site. Just in case you haven’t
had enough already…
Dir Paul Wiffen
To be followed by:
Announcement
of 'Sweet HD Shorts' & 'Sweet Success'
Winners
'Sweet HD Shorts' is an HD short screenplay
competition whereby the most promising
screenplay will be produced by Sweet,
using a multitude of equipment including
HD cameras, the latest sound kit and
online HD post production, kindly supplied
by our sponsors. A comprehensive feature
on the short will also appear in 'High
Definition Magazine', and will be broadcast
on a new HD channel.
'Sweet
Success' is a prize which will be given
to the film screened in competition
which shows most promise.
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16:30
- 18:30
Royal Museums
of Scotland
Chambers Street
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SPECIAL
SCREENING |
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A Midsummer
Night's Dream
"I know a bank where
the wild thyme blows,
Wher oxlips and the nodding violet grows..."
Winner
of the JMZ Dance Screen Award for the
Best Television Realisation of a Stage
Performance, Pacific Northwest Ballet
performed Balanchine ballet to great
acclaim at the 1998 Edinburgh International
Festival and at Sadler's Wells in London.
Music is by Mendelssohn and played by
the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted
by Stewart Kershaw.
Dir Ross MacGibbon
/ Prod Nigel Shepherd
Full:
£7.50; Concessions: £6.50
Sweet HD Festival Pass Holders: £5.00
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19:00
- 21:00
Royal Museums
of Scotland
Chambers Street
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SPECIAL
SCREENING |
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Cecilia
& Bryn at Glyndebourne
"Bryn Terfel and Cecilia
Bartoli beat a slew of young newcomers
to win the Best Artist gongs at the
2004 Classical Brit Awards"
Recorded live from Glyndebourne this
award winning production of Arias and
Duets captures the magic of these two
great performers.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra is
conducted by Myung-Whun Chung.
Dir
Brian Large/Prod Nigel Shepherd
Full:
£7.50; Concessions: £6.50
Sweet HD Festival Pass Holders: £5.00
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21:30
- 22:40
Royal Museums
of Scotland
Chambers Street
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SPECIAL
SCREENING |
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The HD Tattoo
Experience presents
'Pipes and Drums'
A spectacular performance
captured by PlaybackHD.TV in association
with The Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
"A picture so sharp, with colours
so glowing and sound so realistic that
you can hardly wrench your attention
away ... it takes on a three dimensional
effect ... a hypnotic quality."
- The Scotsman
Watch the Tattoo as you've never seen
it before - on the cinema screen with
the clarity of today's state of the
art high definition photography and
surround sound. Come and get the best
view from every seat in the house.
Dir/Prod Nigel
Shepherd
Full:
£7.50; Concessions: £6.50
Sweet HD Festival Pass Holders: £5.00
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