Legendary film editor Thelma Schoonmaker will attend this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) to chair an onstage In Conversation session focused on the work of her late husband, filmmaker Michael Powell.
The event will take place on August 17 at the Tollcross Central Hall. The day before, Schoonmaker will introduce a screening of Powell’s classic film The Edge of the World (1937), presented in a digital restoration.
Set on an isolated Scottish island, The Edge of the World dramatises the shifts in play in a remote community as older generations struggle to retain their culture as younger islanders look to leave in search of more modern lifestyles.
This year’s EIFF In Conversation strand also features talks with names such as Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, and Rebecca O’Brien, the team behind the legendary Sixteen Films outfit. Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) will take part in a session with his brother and EIFF chair, Andrew Macdonald (Trainspotting), and Andrea Arnold (Bird) will discuss her career.
The festival will open with Eva Victor’s buzzy feature debut, Sorry, Baby, and will close with Reality Is Not Enough, the latest documentary feature from Paul Sng. Reality Is Not Enough is an exploration of Trainspotting author, Irvine Welsh. Sorry, Baby tells the story of a small-town New England college professor dealing with the aftermath of an unexpected assault. Naomi Ackie and Lucas Hedges star.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival will run from August 14-20.
