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Article: Major award 'would make Edinburgh a premiere film festival'

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August 16, 2005
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THE Cannes Film Festival has the Palme D'or, Venice the Golden Lion and Berlin the Golden Bear.

Now industry experts are calling for the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) to have a major prize of its own.

The director of the Cambridge Film Festival, ranked the third UK festival after Edinburgh and London, made the case yesterday that at least one British festival should join the international A-list.

Edinburgh's long history and reputation made it the natural candidate, he said.

The Edinburgh festival opens tomorrow night with the red-carpet premiere of Wah-Wah, a major new UK film.

The festival prides itself on its British line-up and offers the Michael Powell Award for best ...

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