A Few Words on the Edinburgh International Film Festival. by Caroline Bottger

Eva Green and Ewan McGregor in David Mackenzie's Perfect Sense

Though the weather has hardly been Cannes-like in Edinburgh for the past month, the Edinburgh International Film Festival has been screening films which show that it can be just as cutting-edge as Cannes.

Setting makes a film festival, and Scotland does not do glamorous (although the word itself is of Scottish orgin—ed.). It’s not that it’s shabby, it’s just not something that appeals to the Scottish people. The phrase “down to earth” is only a starting point in describing life here. The utter lack of pretension is staggering at times, and walking around here, you have to struggle to remember that a few nights ago, Ewan McGregor was at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre promoting his latest film, Perfect Sense, directed by David Mackenzie.

Read the full article on the Berkshire Review, an International journal for the Arts!