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The 2018 Edin­burgh Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val announces its open­ing film

25 Apr 2018

Words by David Jenkins

Woman sitting at a table, focused on an object in front of her, with string lights and other people visible in the background.
Woman sitting at a table, focused on an object in front of her, with string lights and other people visible in the background.
Kel­ly Mac­don­ald head­lines the bit­ter­sweet Puz­zle, a film about com­pet­i­tive jig­saw making.

It’s that time again where the good folk behind the Edin­burgh Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val begin drip-feed­ing details of what they have in store for audi­ences this year. The festival’s 72nd edi­tion, which runs 20 June to 1 July, wel­comes the great Kel­ly Mac­don­ald, who’ll be walk­ing the red car­pet in sup­port of her new film, Puz­zle.

A remake of a 2010 Argen­tine film of the same name, Marc Turtletaub’s film sees Mac­don­ald play­ing wife and moth­er Agnes who, upon receiv­ing a jig­saw puz­zle as a gift, realis­es a new call­ing in life. Yes, com­pet­i­tive jig­saw puz­zle com­plet­ing. She co-head­lines along­side Irrfan Khan, who plays a no-doubt charis­mat­ic puz­zle mas­ter. The pair join forces and end up train­ing to com­pete in an inter­na­tion­al jig­saw puz­zle showdown.

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The film is set to receive its Euro­pean pre­mière at the EIFF, sound­ing the start­ing gun for 11 days of films, pan­els, events, par­ties and all man­ner of cine-based larks, full details of which will be revealed imminently.

The 2018 Edin­burgh Film Fes­ti­val runs from 20 June to 1 July. For more info vis­it edfilm​fest​.org​.uk

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