Two U.S. Underground Films Debut At 2010 Edinburgh International Film Festival

Two highly-anticipated second feature films from U.S. underground filmmakers will be making their World Premieres all the way over at the 64th annual Edinburgh International Film Festival, which will run for twelve days on June 16-27. The films are Rona Mark‘s The Crab and Zach Clark‘s Vacation!.
The Crab, which screens on June 21, is the touching story of a verbally abusive man born with two enormous, mutant-like hands; while Vacation!, which screens on June 20, tracks four urban gals let loose in a sunny seaside resort down South.
Both Mark and Clark previously screened their debut features at EIFF. Mark’s Strange Girls screened there in 2008 and Clark’s Modern Love Is Automatic screened in 2009. Both films also ended up as runners-up in the Underground Film Journal’s annual Movie of the Year award, again Strange Girls in 2008 and Modern Love in 2009. Sadly, these two masterpieces are still unavailable on DVD — a situation that will hopefully be rectified in the near future. Hopefully, too, these second features will screen back here at home at U.S. festivals after their Edinburgh bows.
As for the rest of EIFF, it’s a massive, international affair screening both modern indie films and a couple of classic flicks by Ken Russell John Huston and others.
But, a few other U.S. films of note in the fest are: Putty Hill, the second feature film by director Matt Porterfield, which is also the Closing Night film at the 2010 Chicago Underground Film Festival; Mike McCarthy’s Cigarette Girl, which won the Director’s Choice Award at the 2009 Arizona Underground Film Festival; the Werner Herzog-directed and David Lynch-produced black comedy My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?; Steven Soderbergh’s tribute to Spaulding Grey And Everything Is Going Fine; the Joan Jett and Cherie Curie biopic The Runaways; and last but not least Pixar’s Toy Story 3.
Below is the full feature film lineup for the fest. However, please check with the official EIFF website and schedule to double check times and such.
June 16
9:45 p.m.: The Illusionist, dir. Sylvain Chomet
June 17
1:00 p.m.: “UK Shorts 1”
1:20 p.m.: The Jokers, dir. Michael Winner
3:00 p.m.: “McLaren Animation 1”
5:30 p.m.: Girl With Black Balloons, dir. Corinne van der Borch
5:45 p.m.: Road to Las Vegas, dir. Jason Massot
6:00 p.m.: Family Tree (L’arbre et la forêt), dir. Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
6:00 p.m.: Out of the Ashes, dir. Timothy Albone, Lucy Martens
6:00 p.m.: The Red Machine, dir. Stephanie Argy, Alec Boehm
6:30 p.m.: Pelican Blood, dir. Karl Golden
7:15 p.m.: The Edge of Dreaming, dir. Amy Hardie
8:00 p.m.: Fog (Wu), dir. Kit Hui
8:15 p.m.: Alamar (To the Sea), dir. Pedro González-Rubio
8:15 p.m.: Blank City, dir. Celine Danhier
8:25 p.m.: World’s Greatest Dad, dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
8:30 p.m.: The Days of Desire (A Vágyakozás Napjai), dir. József Pacskovszki
9:00 p.m.: Son of Babylon, dir. Mohamed Al-Daradji
9:15 p.m.: Caterpillar, dir. Koji Wakamatsu
10:35 p.m.: The Last Rites of Ransom Pride, dir. Tiller Russell
10:45 p.m.: Two Eyes Staring (Zwart Water), dir. Elbert van Strien
June 18
1:00 p.m.: Privilege, dir. Peter Watkins
2:00 p.m.: “UK Shorts 2”
2:30 p.m.: Son of Babylon, dir. Mohamed Al-Daradji
3:45 p.m.: The Days of Desire (A Vágyakozás Napjai), dir. József Pacskovszki
6:00 p.m.: Blank City, dir. Celine Danhier
6:00 p.m.: Boy, dir. Taika Waititi
6:00 p.m.: Huge, dir. Ben Miller
6:00 p.m.: Soul Boy, dir. Hawa Essuman
6:30 p.m.: “McLaren Animation 2”
6:30 p.m.: Ollie Kepler’s Expanding Purple World, dir. Viv Fongenie
6:45 p.m.: A Real Life (Au Voleur), dir. Sarah Leonor
7:45 p.m.: The People vs. George Lucas, dir. Alexandre O Philippe
8:15 p.m.: Two in the Wave (Deux de la Vague), dir. Emmanuel Laurent
8:15 p.m.: The Hunter (Shekarchi), dir. Rafi Pitts
8:20 p.m.: Thunder Soul, dir. Mark Landsman
8:45 p.m.: Mundane History (Jao Nok Krajok), dir. Anocha Suwichakornpong
9:00 p.m.: Pelican Blood, dir. Karl Golden
9:15 p.m.: Freetime Machos, dir. Mika Ronkainen
10:15 p.m.: Monsters, dir. Gareth Edwards
10:30 p.m.: The Last Rites of Ransom Pride, dir. Tiller Russell
10:45 p.m.: Evil in the Time of Heroes (To Kako Stin Epochi Ton Iroon), dir. Yorgos Noussias
June 19
11:30 a.m.: The Boy Who Turned Yellow, dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
11:45 a.m.: “McLaren Animation 1”
1:00 p.m.: The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, dir. Kevin Billington
1:10 p.m.: A Real Life (Au Voleur), dir. Sarah Leonor
1:15 p.m.: Boy, dir. Taika Waititi
1:15 p.m.: Kick Off, dir. Shawkat Amin Korki
2:00 p.m.: Out of the Ashes, dir. Timothy Albone, Lucy Martens
3:15 p.m.: The Red Machine, dir. Stephanie Argy, Alec Boehm
3:30 p.m.: Family Tree (L’arbre et la forêt), dir. Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
3:30 p.m.: The People vs. George Lucas, dir. Alexandre O. Philippe
3:30 p.m.: The Man Next Door (El Hombre de al Lado), dir. Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat
3:45 p.m.: Thunder Soul, dir. Mark Landsman
4:15 p.m.: The Edge of Dreaming, dir. Amy Hardie
6:00 p.m.: Monsters, dir. Gareth Edwards
6:00 p.m.: Nénette, dir. Nicolas Philibert
6:00 p.m.: Toy Story 3, dir. Lee Unkrich
6:15 p.m.: Toy Story 3, dir. Lee Unkrich
6:15 p.m.: Girl With Black Balloons, dir. Corinne van der Borch
6:30 p.m.: Toy Story 3, dir. Lee Unkrich
6:30 p.m.: And Everything Is Going Fine, dir. Steven Soderbergh
7:45 p.m.: SoulBoy, dir. Shimmy Marcus
8:00 p.m.: Crab Trap, dir. Oscar Ruíz Navia
8:00 p.m.: Red Hill, dir. Patrick Hughes
8:15 p.m.: Winter’s Bone, dir. Debra Granik
8:45 p.m.: Lucky, dir. Jeffrey Blitz
8:45 p.m.: R, dir. Michael Noer, Tobias Lindholm
8:50 p.m.: The Dry Land, dir. Ryan Piers Williams
9:10 p.m.: 22 Bullets (L’Immortel), dir. Richard Berry
10:30 p.m.: Outcast, dir. Colm McCarthy
10:45 p.m.: Chase the Slut, dir. Ryan Denmark
June 20
11:30 a.m.: Glitterball, dir. Harley Cokliss
11:45 a.m.: “McLaren Animation 2”
1:15 p.m.: Alamar (To the Sea), dir. Pedro González-Rubio
1:30 p.m.: Gumshoe, dir. Stephen Frears
1:30 p.m.: Kick Off, dir. Shawkat Amin Korki
1:30 p.m.: Mai Mai Miracle (Mai Mai Sinko to Sen-nen no Maho), dir. Sunao Katabuchi
2:00 p.m.: Mundane History (Jao Nok Krajok), dir. Anocha Suwichakornpong
3:15 p.m.: Fog (Wu), dir. Kit Hui
3:45 p.m.: Jackboots on Whitehall, dir. Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
3:45 p.m.: Huge, dir. Ben Miller
3:45 p.m.: Peepli Live, dir. Anusha Rizvi
3:45 p.m.: Winter’s Bone, dir. Debra Granik
4:00 p.m.: Act of Dishonour, dir. Nelofar Pazira
4:15 p.m.: Les Signes Vitaux (Vital Signs), dir. Sophie Deraspe
6:00 p.m.: The Man Who Would Be King, dir. John Huston
6:00 p.m.: Nénette, dir. Nicolas Philibert
6:00 p.m.: Ollie Kepler’s Expanding Purple World, dir. Viv Fongenie
6:10 p.m.: Whisky With Vodka, dir. Andreas Dresen
6:15 p.m.: Donkeys, dir. Morag McKinnon
6:30 p.m.: 22 Bullets (L’Immortel), dir. Richard Berry
6:30 p.m.: And Everything Is Going Fine, dir. Steven Soderbergh
8:00 p.m.: The Hunter (Shekarchi), dir. Rafi Pitts
8:00 p.m.: The Runaways, dir. Floria Sigismondi
8:15 p.m.: Drifters: In Celebration of the Edinburgh Film Guild, dir. John Grierson
8:30 p.m.: Snowman’s Land, dir. Tomasz Thomson
8:45 p.m.: Lucky, dir. Jeffrey Blitz
8:45 p.m.: Road to Las Vegas, dir. Jason Massot
8:45 p.m.: R, dir. Michael Noer, Tobias Lindholm
10:00 p.m.: Vacation!, dir. Zach Clark (Read the review)
10:15 p.m.: Superhero Me, dir. Steve Sale
June 21
1:00 p.m.: Pulp, dir. Mike Hodges
1:30 p.m.: “Digicult Shorts”
3:15 p.m.: Long Shot, dir. Maurice Hatton
4:15 p.m.: “International Animation 1”
4:35 p.m.: “Document Shorts 1: Occupational Therapies”
5:00 p.m.: Freetime Machos, dir. Mika Ronkainen
5:00 p.m.: Silent Voices (Qu’un seul tienne et les autres suivront), dir. Léa Fehner
5:30 p.m.: Obselidia, dir. Diane Bell
6:15 p.m.: Thelma, Louise and Chantal (Thelma, Louise et Chantal), dir. Benoît Pétré
7:00 p.m.: The Dry Land, dir. Ryan Piers Williams
7:00 p.m.: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, dir. Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont
7:00 p.m.: The Runaways, dir. Floria Sigismondi
7:15 p.m.: Frontier Blues, dir. Babak Jalali
7:45 p.m.: Cherry Tree Lane, dir. Paul Andrew Williams
8:00 p.m.: Putty Hill, dir. Matt Porterfield
9:00 p.m.: Act of Dishonour, dir. Nelofar Pazira
9:30 p.m.: Hotel Atlantico, dir. Suzana Amaral
9:35 p.m.: Barry Munday, dir. Chris D’Arienzo
9:45 p.m.: brilliantlove, dir. Ashley Horner
10:00 p.m.: Superhero Me, dir. Steve Sale
10:15 p.m.: The Crab, dir. Rona Mark
June 22
1:20 p.m.: Made, dir. John Mackenzie
1:40 p.m.: “Document Shorts 2: Reflections & Memories”
1:55 p.m.: Frontier Blues, dir. Babak Jalali
3:00 p.m.: Silent Voices (Qu’un seul tienne et les autres suivront), dir. Léa Fehner
3:30 p.m.: “International Animation 2”
3:45 p.m.: Private Road, dir. Barney Platts-Mills
4:15 p.m.: Snowman’s Land, dir. Tomasz Thomson
5:00 p.m.: Police, Adjective (Politist, Adjectiv), dir. Corneliu Porumboiu
5:15 p.m.: “Brothers Quay Animation Event”
5:45 p.m.: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, dir. Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont
5:50 p.m.: Skeletons, dir. Nick Whitfield
6:00 p.m.: Henry of Navarre (Henri 4), dir. Jo Baier
6:00 p.m.: Nothing Personal, dir. Urszula Antoniak
6:15 p.m.: Yo, tambien (Me, too), dir. Álvaro Pastor, Antonio Naharro
6:45 p.m.: brilliantlove, dir. Ashley Horner
7:00 p.m.: Mr Nice, dir. Bernard Rose
7:30 p.m.: Putty Hill, dir. Matt Porterfield
8:10 p.m.: The Robber (Der Räuber), dir. Benjamin Heisenberg
8:15 p.m.: Hotel Atlantico, dir. Suzana Amaral
8:15 p.m.: Thelma, Louise and Chantal (Thelma, Louise et Chantal), dir. Benoît Pétré
8:45 p.m.: The Sentimental Engine Slayer, dir. Omar Rodriguez Lopez
9:15 p.m.: Cigarette Girl, dir. John Michael McCarthy
9:30 p.m.: HIGH School, dir. John Stalberg
9:45 p.m.: Barry Munday, dir. Chris D’Arienzo
10:30 p.m.: Two Eyes Staring (Zwart Water), dir. Elbert van Strien
June 23
1:30 p.m.: Savage Messiah, dir. Ken Russell
3:00 p.m.: “International Shorts 1: Strings Attached”
3:00 p.m.: Peepli Live, dir. Anusha Rizvi
3:30 p.m.: Crab Trap, dir. Oscar Ruíz Navia
4:00 p.m.: A Small Act, dir. Jennifer Arnold
4:00 p.m.: Went the Day Well?, dir. Alberto Cavalcanti
5:00 p.m.: “Bored to Death: Cinematic TV”
5:35 p.m.: Nothing Personal, dir. Urszula Antoniak
5:50 p.m.: Lola, dir. Brillante Mendoza
6:00 p.m.: The Good Heart, dir. Dagur Kari
6:15 p.m.: Au Revoir Taipei, dir. Arvin Chen
6:15 p.m.: HIGH School, dir. John Stalberg
7:45 p.m.: H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror, dir. Colin Edwards
8:00 p.m.: My Words, My Lies – My Love (Lila Lila), dir. Alain Gsponer
8:25 p.m.: Red Hill, dir. Patrick Hughes
8:30 p.m.: Henry of Navarre (Henri 4), dir. Jo Baier
8:35 p.m.: The Kid, dir. Nick Moran
8:45 p.m.: The Rebound, dir. Bart Freundlich
8:50 p.m.: The Oath, dir. Laura Poitras
9:00 p.m.: Obselidia, dir. Diane Bell
9:50 p.m.: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?, dir. Werner Herzog
10:45 p.m.: Outcast, dir. Colm McCarthy
June 24
1:15 p.m.: Donkeys, dir. Morag McKinnon
1:35 p.m.: The Final Programme, dir. Robert Fuest
3:10 p.m.: The Man Next Door (El Hombre de al Lado), dir. Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat
3:15 p.m.: My Words, My Lies – My Love (Lila Lila), dir. Alain Gsponer
3:30 p.m.: “International Shorts 2: Little Earthquakes”
4:00 p.m.: “Black Box 1: Great and Small”
4:00 p.m.: They Made Me a Fugitive, dir. Alberto Cavalcanti
5:45 p.m.: Gravity (Schwerkraft), dir. Maximilian Erlenwein
5:45 p.m.: The Mouth of the Wolf (La Bocca del Lupo), dir. Pietro Marcello
6:00 p.m.: C’est Déjà L’été, dir. Martijn Maria Smits
6:00 p.m.: The Kid, dir. Nick Moran
6:15 p.m.: Mark, dir. Mike Hoolboom
6:25 p.m.: If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (Eu Cand Vreau Sa Fluier, Fluier), dir. Florin Serban
6:45 p.m.: The Rebound, dir. Bart Freundlich
8:15 p.m.: Les Signes Vitaux (Vital Signs), dir. Sophie Deraspe
8:30 p.m.: The Good Heart, dir. Dagur Kari
8:30 p.m.: The Sentimental Engine Slayer, dir. Omar Rodriguez Lopez
8:45 p.m.: Mr Nice, dir. Bernard Rose
8:45 p.m.: Skeletons, dir. Nick Whitfield
9:15 p.m.: The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos), dir. Juan José Campanella
9:30 p.m.: The Extra Man, dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
9:45 p.m.: A Spanking in Paradise, dir. Wayne Thallon
11:00 p.m.: Evil in the Time of Heroes (To Kako Stin Epochi Ton Iroon), dir. Yorgos Noussias
June 25
12:30 p.m.: Pressure, dir. Horace Ove
1:00 p.m.: “International Shorts 3: Discomfort Zone”
1:45 p.m.: Postales, dir. Josh Hyde
3:00 p.m.: “Black Box 2: Open Your Eyes”
3:00 p.m.: Mai Mai Miracle (Mai Mai Sinko to Sen-nen no Maho), dir. Sunao Katabuchi
3:00 p.m.: Police, Adjective (Politist, Adjectiv), dir. Corneliu Porumboiu
3:15 p.m.: The Squeeze, dir. Michael Apted
3:30 p.m.: “Family Shorts: Growing Pains”
3:45 p.m.: Gravity (Schwerkraft), dir. Maximilian Erlenwein
4:00 p.m.: Soul Boy, dir. Hawa Essuman
5:00 p.m.: Perestroika, dir. Sarah Turner
5:40 p.m.: C’est Déjà L’été, dir. Martijn Maria Smits
5:45 p.m.: Jackboots On Whitehall, dir. Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
5:50 p.m.: Restrepo, dir. Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
5:55 p.m.: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?, dir. Werner Herzog
6:00 p.m.: The Extra Man, dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
6:00 p.m.: Lucky Luke, dir. James Huth
6:15 p.m.: Northless (Norteado), dir. Rigoberto Perezcano
6:30 p.m.: Get Low, dir. Aaron Schneider
7:45 p.m.: The Mouth of the Wolf (La Bocca del Lupo), dir. Pietro Marcello
8:00 p.m.: Street Days (Quchis Dgeebi), dir. Levan Koguashvili
8:10 p.m.: Kawasaki’s Rose (Kawaskiho Ruze), dir. Jan Hrebejk
8:15 p.m.: Honeymooner, dir. Col Spector
8:35 p.m.: Cherry Tree Lane, dir. Paul Andrew Williams
8:35 p.m.: Heartbreaker (L’arnacoeur), dir. Pascal Chaumeil
8:45 p.m.: Lola, dir. Brillante Mendoza
9:45 p.m.: CrimeFighters, dir. Miles Watts
10:15 p.m.: Foxes (Lišticky), dir. Mira Fornay
10:35 p.m.: The Black Panther (La Pantera Negra), dir. Iyari Wertta
June 26
11:00 a.m.: The Hard Way, dir. Michael Dryhurst
12:00 p.m.: Postales, dir. Josh Hyde
1:00 p.m.: Au Revoir Taipei, dir. Arvin Chen
1:00 p.m.: Street Days (Quchis Dgeebi), dir. Levan Koguashvili
1:15 p.m.: 8 12 Foundation Screening, dir. Mohamed Ali-Talebi
1:15 p.m.: Whisky With Vodka, dir. Andreas Dresen
1:45 p.m.: The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos), dir. Juan José Campanella
2:00 p.m.: A Small Act, dir. Jennifer Arnold
3:15 p.m.: Lucky Luke, dir. James Huth
3:30 p.m.: Two in the Wave (Deux de la Vague), dir. Emmanuel Laurent
3:45 p.m.: Northless (Norteado), dir. Rigoberto Perezcano
4:00 p.m.: “Black Box 3: Time Travel”
4:15 p.m.: Honeymooner, dir. Col Spector
4:15 p.m.: SoulBoy, dir. Shimmy Marcus
4:45 p.m.: Heartbreaker (L’arnacoeur), dir. Pascal Chaumeil
5:30 p.m.: Get Low, dir. Aaron Schneider
6:00 p.m.: Kawasaki’s Rose (Kawaskiho Ruze), dir. Jan Hrebejk
6:00 p.m.: The Robber (Der Räuber), dir. Benjamin Heisenberg
6:15 p.m.: The Oath, dir. Laura Poitras
6:15 p.m.: World’s Greatest Dad, dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
6:15 p.m.: Yo, tambien (Me, too), dir. Álvaro Pastor, Antonio Naharro
6:30 p.m.: Undertow (Contracorriente), dir. Javier Fuentes-León
8:30 p.m.: Foxes (Lišticky), dir. Mira Fornay
8:30 p.m.: If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (Eu Cand Vreau Sa Fluier, Fluier), dir. Florin Serban
9:30 p.m.: Third Star, dir. Hattie Dalton
June 27
11:00 a.m.: Five Easy Pieces, dir. Bob Rafelson
11:30 a.m.: What Next?, dir. Peter Smith
3:00 p.m.: Undertow (Contracorriente), dir. Javier Fuentes-León