The Magic Lantern goes to Edinburgh this summer with a
programme of films in the Edinburgh Film Festival.The Magic Lantern will team up with The Institute of Zoo Logic, a brand new venue
featuring comedian Arthur Smith's ARTURART and us.
The
Magic Lantern will host a wonderful pick n' mix of some of the most
absurd, unsettling, touching and frequently humorous offerings from the
short film festival circuit alongside highlights from the past year of
The Magic Lantern...
Featuring the wickedly enlightened Who I Am and What I Want by David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd- a scribbled, strangely funny but highly unsettling examination of the human condition - and Chris Cunningham's Rubber Johnny, with original music by Aphex Twin - a hyperactive, shape-shifting mutant child is kept locked away in a basement. With only his feverish imagination and his terrified dog for company, he finds ways to amuse himself in the dark.
Alongside these are the gentle oddities of Esther Johnson's Tune In, a portrait of the world of amateur radio operators, and the beautifully observed documentary Civil Status by Alina Rudnitskaya-following the sometimes bizarre, sometimes moving daily happenings at the Marriage Palace, a civil registry office in St. Petersburg.
Each programme merges the profane with the profound– a truly eclectic selection of international shorts from the most innovative filmmakers around, as well as films made by comedians, artists and more.
The Magic Lantern cinema, with 3 different programmes screened every day at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm. Free.
Featuring the wickedly enlightened Who I Am and What I Want by David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd- a scribbled, strangely funny but highly unsettling examination of the human condition - and Chris Cunningham's Rubber Johnny, with original music by Aphex Twin - a hyperactive, shape-shifting mutant child is kept locked away in a basement. With only his feverish imagination and his terrified dog for company, he finds ways to amuse himself in the dark.
Alongside these are the gentle oddities of Esther Johnson's Tune In, a portrait of the world of amateur radio operators, and the beautifully observed documentary Civil Status by Alina Rudnitskaya-following the sometimes bizarre, sometimes moving daily happenings at the Marriage Palace, a civil registry office in St. Petersburg.
Each programme merges the profane with the profound– a truly eclectic selection of international shorts from the most innovative filmmakers around, as well as films made by comedians, artists and more.
The Magic Lantern cinema, with 3 different programmes screened every day at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm. Free.