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Best of British to play lead role at Scots film festival

British screen idols of past and present, a biopic about Joan Jett featuring the star of Twilight, and 63 UK premieres will feature at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella in the Twilight movies, will portray Joan Jett in The Runaways, a movie about the rockers’ rise to fame, although it is understood she is unlikely to attend the festival, which runs from June 16 to 27.