The Edinburgh International Film Festival starts on Wednesday 15th August and finishes on Sunday 26th August 2006.

This is one film festival where the films are the stars, so expect some real cinematic treats from every corner of the globe. In previous years, Edinburgh film festival goers have been able to get an insight into the production process with talks by directors, enjoy advance screenings of rough cuts of new films and indulge in some serious star spotting at glamorous galas and premieres.

This year, some of the world's most famous directors, including Gus Van Sant and Michael Winterbottom, are bringing movies to the Festival. Quentin Tarantino's 'Death Proof' is included in the line-up, as well as 'A Mighty Heart', starring Angelina Jolie as Mariane Pearl, the wife of slain journalist Daniel Pearl. The festival opens with Scottish director David Mackenzie's 'Hallam Foe', starring Billy Elliot actor Jamie Bell as a young man searching for the cause of his mother's death.

Some of the great names in cinema will also take to the stage as part of the In Person interviews, including Oscar-winning actor Chris Cooper and legendary director John Waters.

Don't miss the highly acclaimed romantic comedy Two Days in Paris, starring Julie Delpy or Matthew Vaugn's spectacular adaptation of Neil Gaiman's cult comic, Stardust.