Another day, and more films to see... viewed Ben Millers 'HUGE' today, an adaptation of the play that he wrote alongside Simon Godley & Jez Butterworth. The plot revolves around a comedic bro-mance between Noel Clarke and Jonny Harris. Jonny Harris delivers a heart warming performance & look out for the scene that features almost every top- flight comedian Britain has produced in recent years.
Favourite viewing of the day was 'Girl with the Black Balloons' a startling documentary by Corrine Van Der Borch, set in The Chelsea Hotel. The central focus is Bettina- long time resident with hoardes of concealed yet extraordinary art work accumulated over 40 years. This is an extraordinary piece of work and well worth giving your eyes up to for 61 minutes.
Part Trì (Gaelic- see what we did there?)of BAFTA Cymru's adventure at EIFF are undoubtedly an ode to Edinburgh and Scotland, as the weekend saw us dancing at the official festival Céilidh.
A bheil thu 'g iarraidh a dhanns? ( 'would you like to dance' in Gaelic) would have come in handy, opposed to grabbing the nearest unsuspecting festival goer and forcing them to participate in some spectacularly un co-ordinated do-see-doe'ing.
The unparalleled highlight of today (and possibly any future EIFF) was being in the same room as an incredibly suave looking Sean Connery (we are breathing Bond air!) who kicked off the Céilidh, and has been honoured by the festival as a patron on this year, his 80th birthday with a special screening of 'The Man who would be King'.
Connery looks exactly as you would expect him to look -black tux jacket with white polo neck, exuding masses of presence. Concluding the evening, we watch Patrick Stewart throw himself around the Céilidh dance floor with wild abandon alongside all the other fest. attendees -excellent!
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