In pictures: Edinburgh Film Festival 2013

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Director Drake Doremus and actress Felicity Jones at the Edinburgh International Film Festival's opening gala, Breathe In.
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Director Drake Doremus and actress Felicity Jones at the Edinburgh International Film Festival's opening gala, Breathe In. All photographs by Ivon Bartholomew.

Former footballer Gary Lineker and his model and actress wife Danielle Bux appeared at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Ms Bux is appearing in We are the freaks, a quirky tale of growing up in 90s Britain.
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Former footballer Gary Lineker and his model and actress wife Danielle Bux appeared at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Ms Bux is appearing in We are the freaks, a quirky tale of growing up in 90s Britain.

Disney Pixar's Monsters University was the family gala at the festival
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Disney Pixar's Monsters University was the family gala at the festival

Grey's Anatomy star Kevin McKidd is one of the jurors who will select the film festival's Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film
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Grey's Anatomy star Kevin McKidd is one of the jurors who will select the film festival's Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film

EIFF patron Robert Carlyle, who made his name in the Edinburgh-set film Trainspotting, was appearing at special In Person evening at the Traverse Theatre
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EIFF patron Robert Carlyle, who made his name in the Edinburgh-set film Trainspotting alongside Kevin McKidd, was appearing at a special In Person evening at the Traverse Theatre

Scottish actor Ewen Bremner, who also appeared in Trainspotting, as well as Hollywood blockbusters Black Hawk Down and Pearl Harbor, was in Edinburgh for the opening night gala
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Scottish actor Ewen Bremner, who also appeared in Trainspotting, as well as Hollywood blockbusters Black Hawk Down and Pearl Harbor, was in Edinburgh for the opening night gala

Joanna Vanderham, star of TV shows Dancing on the Edge and The Paradise, was in Edinburgh for the European premiere of What Maisie Knew, a contemporary adaptation of a Henry James novel about a parental split
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Joanna Vanderham, star of TV shows Dancing on the Edge and The Paradise, was in Edinburgh for the European premiere of What Maisie Knew, a contemporary adaptation of a Henry James novel about a parental split

Scottish actor Brian Cox attended the Opening Gala and Disney Pixar's Monsters University
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Scottish actor Brian Cox attended the Opening Gala and Disney Pixar's Monsters University

Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer, stars in A Long Way from Home
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Game of Thrones and The Tudors actress Natalie Dormer, stars in A Long Way from Home, a British-French co-production which centres around an older couple whose passion is reignited after meeting a younger couple on holiday in Nimes

Filmmaker Mark Cousins is a patron of EIFF. His latest film, Story of Children and Film, uses excerpts from 53 films from 25 nations to investigate the various ways childhood has been depicted in film. Two children, Laura and Ben Moreton, were used to illustrate how the clips work.
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Filmmaker Mark Cousins is a patron of EIFF. His latest film, Story of Children and Film, uses excerpts from 53 films from 25 nations to investigate the various ways childhood has been depicted in film. Two children, Laura and Ben Moreton, were used to illustrate how the clips work.

Former tennis superstar Billie Jean King was in Edinburgh to talk about Battle of the Sexes, which recalls her controversial match against male player Bobby Riggs in the 1970s
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Former tennis superstar Billie Jean King was in Edinburgh to talk about Battle of the Sexes, which recalls her controversial match against male player Bobby Riggs in the 1970s

Scottish comedian Craig Hill with film critic and historian Derek Malcolm, one of the jurors on the panle of the Michael Powell Award
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Scottish comedian Craig Hill with film critic and historian Derek Malcolm, one of the jurors on the panel of the Michael Powell Award

Greta Gerwig plays the lead in Frances Ha, directed by partner Noah Baumbach
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Greta Gerwig plays the lead in Frances Ha, directed by partner Noah Baumbach

Carlos Bardem, brother of Oscar-winner Javier, starred in Days of Grace, which had its UK premiere at the festival
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Carlos Bardem, brother of Oscar-winner Javier, starred in Days of Grace, a complex thriller set in Mexico, which had its UK premiere at the festival

Film critic Mark Kermode is a regular at the Edinburgh Film Festival and presented his Radio Five Live show from the city
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Film critic Mark Kermode is a regular at the Edinburgh Film Festival and presented his Radio Five Live show from the city. The film festival runs until Sunday 30 June.