Lights, camera, guitars... action!

The Edinburgh International Film Festival launched yesterday, and while it is mainly the realm of the cineaste, this year there are a couple of events to get us music fans salivating too.

The big news is the UK premiere of All Tomorrow's Parties. This documentary about the indie connoisseurs' festival of choice is a celebration of everything that's non-corporate and a bit dishevelled about the Butlins-based getaway. It has been lovingly compiled from Super-8, camcorder and mobile phone footage and includes performances from Sonic Youth, Daniel Johnson, Slint, and Scotland's own Mogwai and Belle and Sebastian.

You can watch it on 25 June at 6pm at the Filmhouse (£8.50/£7.50). But we recommend you opt for something a bit more special. The premiere screening is the day before (24 June) at the HMV Picture House, which will become "a 50s holiday camp dreamland" for one night only, with a top secret live music guest performing after the film. It starts at 8pm and tickets cost £18.50.

And just to show that the festival hasn't neglected the music scene on its own doorstep, another event, called Playing With the Past, is a selection of short films from the Scottish Screen archive, set to music by local heroes Found, Meursault and eagleowl. It's on at The Pleasance on 26 June, 8pm, tickets priced £6.50/£5.50.

Tickets for all EIFF events can be purchased here.

Play: eagleowl - Blanket


Words: Nick Mitchell

Any guesses who the top secret guest might be?