TOY Story 4, Danny Boyle, a celebration of woman film makers and 18 world premieres will be part of this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF).
The 2019 programme, revealed in full today, will open with Boyz in the Wood, and close with the world premiere of Mrs Lowry & Son.
Boyle, director of the Trainspotting films among others, will be appearing at an 'In Person' event, as will the actor Jack Lowden, Nick Broomfield, the writer, actor and director Pollyanna McIntosh and award-winning film producer Rebecca O'Brien.
There will also be a special screening of the new Pixar film, Toy Story 4, and Brightburn, the superhero horror film.
The festival will also feature a tribute to Agnes Varda, the lauded French film maker who died in March.
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Boyz In The Wood is set in the Scottish Highlands and is about four boys who try to escape a mysterious huntsman.
Rian Gordon, Samuel Bottomley, Viraj Juneja and Lewis Gribben play the four boys and the supporting cast includes Eddie Izzard, Kate Dickie, James Cosmo and Kevin Guthrie.
Mrs Lowry and Son, is directed by Adrian Noble, a former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and depicts the relationship between artist L.S. Lowry, played by Timothy Spall, and his mother Elizabeth, played by Vanessa Redgrave, with whom he lived until her death.
In all the annual festival will screen around 121 new features, including 18 feature film world premieres, 12 International Premieres, eight European Premieres and 78 UK Premieres from 42 countries in its 73rd edition and run from 19 to 30 June.
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Mark Adams, the EIFF Artistic Director, said: “It is always important that EIFF reflects the changing face of all aspects of society and culture.
"With attitudes changing throughout the world it is important that this year the festival has a real European spin and presents a series of wonderful films from around Europe with a particular emphasis on Spain this year.
"We are also delighted to be able to present a series of striking new films from women directors and filmmaking teams from around the world.
"In particular this year we have an amazing selection of genre films from women filmmakers, ranging from gothic romance and Western chills through to science fiction and old-fashioned horror.
"All this set alongside a tribute to French filmmaker Agnes Varda, a women who has inspired generations of directors."
British films this year include Bittersweet Symphony, starring Suki Waterhouse, The Black Forest from writer-director Ruth Platt, Schemers, based on writer-producer David McLean’s early years in the music business and the thriller Strange But True starring Blythe Danner, Brian Cox and Greg Kinnear. Danny Boyle’s Yesterday features a cast including Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran and Kate McKinnon.
Them That Follow, staring Olivia Colman, about an Appalachian sect, will receive its European premiere at the Festival as will Ode to Joy starring Martin Freeman and The Sound of Silence starring Peter Sarsgaard and Rashida Jones.
Skin, based on the true story of neo-Nazi Bryon Widner, starring Jamie Bell will be shown, as will the Cannes 2019 opener, Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die.
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European films will come from France, Ireland, Hungary, Belgium, Austria, Croatia, Germany, North Macedonia, Greece, Ukraine, Switzerland, Belgium, Georgia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Iceland.
Documentaries being shown include This Changes Everything which examines the problems faced by women filmmakers and features interviews with Hollywood figures including Geena Davis, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Taraji P. Henson, Reese Witherspoon and Cate Blanchett.
The Scottish Documentary Institute will celebrate the art of documentary filmmaking by female directors.
The retrospective section, which has already been announced, will celebrate the cinema of Spain.
There is a new strand, Cinecuisine, which will feature a series of "special culinary screenings and events."
As previously announced the free open-air cinema event, Film Fest in the City with Edinburgh Live, will also return to St Andrew Square Garden, running from 14 to 16 June.
Isabel Davis, executive director at Screen Scotland said: "It’s exciting to see EIFF showcasing a number of British debut features, alongside strong international threads, reflecting Scotland’s close affinity with both our European neighbours and filmmakers from across the globe, including Scottish/Swedish co-production Scheme Birds.
"It’s also a chance to encounter stellar filmmakers such as Danny Boyle and Rebecca O’Brien, whose work has brought Scottish stories, unique characters and talent to the world."
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