The Edinburgh International Film Festival is well underway in the Scottish city, screening hundreds of brand new films and cramming A-listers into posh hotel suites. This year, Rotten Tomatoes is proud to be an official media partner of the festival, and we'll be presenting an award to one of the films in the programme. Click here for more information.



The festival has, in the past, played home to the world premiere of Serenity and the European first-show for Clerks II. Its programme is open to the public, and provides a wide variety of home-grown, European, American and international cinema. Last year's festival saw two of the freshest movies of the year play to UK audiences for the first time - Knocked Up and Ratatouille - and they were joined by the indie likes of Hallam Foe and French warbler Les Chansons d'Amour.

In short, there's something for everyone of every age, gender and nationality, and it's probably one of the most relaxed and, in turn, exciting festivals on the calendar. It's also a good place to start or join in that ever-exciting early awards buzz, and with that in mind we thought it'd be a good idea to let you know what we think of the films on display so you can add them to your wish-list.

We've picked twenty interesting films from the programme so far to tell you all about. If you didn't make it to the festival, this is your guide to the hot films to look out for in the coming months!