15 Jun2016

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016...

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We have now ploughed our way through the programme and these are the little beauties that we're going to watch and [hopefully] enjoy...just click on the poster to watch the trailer, read the synopsis...and, the review...when it's written!

We are going to be adding more films as we progress through the festival...

Diving Into The Unknown Forsaken Ithaca A Conspiracy Of Faith

The Rezort The White King Whisky Galore

We were asked how we choose the films that we watch...

Well...anything with LGBT content will obviously go on the list...these films are gleaned from past LGBT film festivals, the programme, press releases and recommendations.

The other films...well, big names will always attract our attention...as will the attending talent. And, anything else that tickles our fancy!

CGiii.com doesn't live in a bubble...LGBT content can now be found in a vast array of films, in a multitude of genres...that's why we cover mainstream film festivals...we have popped our LGBT bubble...and, when you think about it, LGBT film festivals could be considered rather exclusive...which poses a bit of a conundrum in these enlightened days where the more vociferous voices (i.e. the gobby activists) within the LGBT community are screaming for a more inclusive society...yet they advocate, promulgate and promote their own brand of exclusivity...the Queer Film Festival.

Well, dear hearts, this is how we read the situation...LGBT film festivals are becoming more inclusive, all-encompassing and, welcoming to the non-LGBT general public...Queer film festivals...well, they are a different kettle of fish entirely.

Let the queers have their exclusivity...let the mainstream and the LGBT festivals unite...the result: A bigger, better and more diverse audience!

Quite possibly...not the answer that was expected...it does sound as if we have an axe to grind. And, we do...not all of us identify as 'queer' - that word made many of our lives miserable. Word reclamation - what a load of nonsense!

And, unlike last year, we have included a selection of short films...

Grimm Street Carousel

Man Code Red Hux

Grimm Street - Siri Rodnes/UK/2015/17 min

Carousel - Kal Weber/UK/2015/5 min

The Lamps - Shelly Silver/USA/2015/4 min

L’Oiseau de la Nuit (O Pássaro da Noite) - Marie Losier/Portugal, France/2015/20 min

Man - Maja Borg/Sweden, UK/2016/13 min

Code Red - Sabrina Doyle/USA/2016/15 min

Hux - Mageina Tovah/USA/2016/12 min

A Night in Tokoriki (O noapte în Tokoriki) - Roxana Stroe/ Romania/2016/18 min

Day 1...

The opening film...

Tommys Honour

Good old Scottish weather...the heavens opened and gave us all a jolly good soaking...needless to say, no-one lingered on the Red Carpet...except for the photographers...

In the photgraphers pen, we were all dreaming of a canopy and a poster! Strange...the opening film with no publicity material on show. Clearly, someone is not doing their job!

Anyway...here are a few of the more recognisable faces...

Peter Mullan/Jack Lowden/Jason Connery