My Journal of the 1998 Edinburgh International Film Festival…
Edinburgh, Scotland, August 16 through 30

Summary of short films

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Jumping the gun (festival films seen prior to the festival)
Brazil
Central do Brasil (Central Station)
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
Orphans
Primary Colors
Safe
Titanic Town
Twelve Monkeys

Monday 24 August
International premiere of Zugvogel (Trains and Roses)
U.K. premiere of Moon Over Broadway

Tuesday 25 August
Psy-Warriors
World premiere of Souvenir

Wednesday 26 August
Scene by Scene: Terry Gilliam (special program)

Thursday 27 August
U.K. premiere of Tic Tac

Friday 28 August
The Changing Room (short)
U.K. premiere of Dong (The Hole)
U.K. premiere of Blood, Guts, Bullets & Octane
U.K. premiere of High Art

Saturday 29 August
U.K. premiere of Secret Defense
Thousand (short)
U.K. premiere of Die Siebtelbauern (The Inheritors) (The One-Seventh Farmers)
U.K. premiere of Un 32 Aout sur Terre (August 32nd on Earth)

Better late than never (post-festival viewings of festival films)
Bedrooms and Hallways
Get Real
Head On
Karakter (Character)
Let’s Get Lost
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon – recipient of Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature plus the Pathé British Performance Award for Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig
Pi
Sitcom
Smoke Signals
Velvet Goldmine – recipient of Channel Four Director’s Award

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Links to official film festival sites