The Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007

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The Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007

Hallem Foe

Guests arriving for the start of the 61st Edinburgh International Film Festival

Richard Holloway and daughter with Hannah McGill Artistic Director

Irvine Welsh

Jamie Bell arriving for the premier and being met by Hannah McGill Artistic Director

Jamie Bell, Hannah McGill Artistic Director

Jamie Bell

Peter Jinks

Director of Hallam Foe, David MacKenzie

Jamie Bell,  David MacKenzie and Hannah McGill Artistic Director

Gillian Berrie, Jamie Bell, Hannah McGill Artistic Director and David MacKenzie

Peter Jinks, Gillian Berrie, Jamie Bell, Hannah McGill Artistic Director and David MacKenzie

Sir Menzies Campbell

Guests Sir Menzies Campbell and wife

Tilda Swinton

David MacKenzie and Tilda Swinton

Jamie Bell and Tilda Swinton

Franz Ferdinand from the soundtrack of Hallam Foe with Jamie Bell

Alex Kapranos

Nick McCarthy

John Waters arriving for the start of 61st film festival

John Waters

John Waters being interviewed for the film festival

Jamie Bell going in to the cinema for the start of the 61st Edinburgh International Film Festival

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The 61st Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007 [Hallem Foe]

HALLAM FOE is a darkly funny, bittersweet coming of age story about a 17-year-old who likes to watch the world from a tree house in the grounds of his father's house in the Scottish Borders. The film features Jamie Bell in his first starring role in a UK film since Billy Elliot and co-stars Sophia Myles ("Tristan + Isolde", "Thunderbirds"), Claire Forlani ("Meet Joe Black") and Ciarán Hinds ("Munich"). It is a magical story of redemptive love, loss and life on the rooftops of Edinburgh. Young Hallam is almost over the sudden death of his mother when he begins to suspect that his beautiful step-mother may have had a hand in her death. Fleeing his family for Edinburgh, he lives on the rooftops of the Capital, where his new-found obsession with voyeurism takes a dangerous turn as he falls in love with a girl who happens to look just like his mother…

David Mackenzie (“Young Adam”) directed “Hallam Foe” from a script he and Ed Whitmore adapted from Peter Jinks’ novel of the same title. Gillian Berrie produced the film. Executive producers are Duncan Reid, Peter Touche and Matthew Justice.

Brilliantly directed by David Mackenzie our opening night film is a fiercely original romance, as charming on the surface as it is dark at heart. It's also a major breakthrough for both of its young stars, whose charisma and chemistry fairly leaps off the screen. Packed with stylish detail, from its David Shrigley titles to its Domino Records soundtrack, this adaptation of Peter Jinks' novel is an unforgettable gem.

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