21 June 2010Last updated at 10:20

In pictures: Edinburgh film festival

French actor Jean Reno at the Edinburgh International Film Festival for the UK premiere of 22 bullets. In the film he gets shot 22 times ... and he's not happy about it. All pictures by Ivon Bartholomew

Sir Sean Connery with Saeed Jaffrey, who starred alongside Edinburgh's most famous actor in The Man Who Would Be King in 1975. The film was shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival as part of Sir Sean's 80th birthday celebrations.

America Ferrara (picture by Ivon Bartholomew)

Ugly Betty star America Ferrera was in Edinburgh for the Gala premiere of The Dry Land. She plays the wife of an American soldier struggling to integrate back into a small Texas town after a tour of duty in Iraq.

Ben Miller (picture by Ivon Bartholomew)

Ben Miller - from comedy duo Armstrong and Miller - at the opening gala of his directorial debut feature, Huge.

Michelle Ryan (picture by Ivon Bartholomew)

Michelle Ryan is one of the stars of Ben Miller's Huge, about a stand-up double act.

James Nesbitt (picture by Ivon Bartholomew)

James Nesbitt stars in Edinburgh-set horror flick Outcast

Ciaran McMenamin (picture by Ivon Bartholomew)

Ciaran McMenamin also appears in Outcast, in which a woman from an ancient Celtic race, and her son, hide in an outlying district of Edinburgh and use magic to protect themselves.

Martin Compston (picture by Ivon Bartholomew)

Greenock-born actor Martin Compston at the world premiere of Soul Boy, a film set on the Northern Soul circuit in the 1970s.

Veteran actor Sir Patrick Stewart, one of the judges for Edinburgh's top film award, at the premiere of Pelican Blood

The Edinburgh Film Festival also said "Hello" to Jason Isaacs. The Harry Potter actor is one of the judges for the International Jury.

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In pictures: Edinburgh film festival

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