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20 Made in Edinburgh/Science and Film/The Film of the BookTHE SPACE BETWEEN THE STONE TAPE THE KITE RUNNERMade inEdinburghMade In Edinburgh invites you to enjoyEdinburgh’s finest moments on the bigscreen, showcasing work from local movingimage industry talent alongside productionsshot on location in and around the city.World PremiereThe Space BetweenThu 10 Mar at 6.00pm - TICKETS £6/£4.50Tim Barrow • UK 2010 • 1h25m • HDV • 15Cast: Vivien Reid, Tim Barrow, David Whitney, Nicola Jo Cully,Colin Scott Moncrieff.Lisa spends her days numb, isolated, alone in a comfortlessshow-flat, her only respite being work at an observatorybringing her close to the stars. In London Steven loseseverything and heads for sanctuary in the city he grew upin. At dead of night, at their lowest points, Lisa and Stevenfind one another, discovering kindred spirits and a chanceof redemption.Filmed for £15,000 over 17 days in Edinburgh and London,The Space Between was written and directed by TimBarrow, producer of award-winning debut feature TheInheritance.Tim Barrow will take part in a Q&A following the screening.Science and FilmScreenings in association with The British ScienceAssociation, a registered charity which exists toadvance the public understanding, accessibility andaccountability of the sciences and engineering.For further details on The BritishScience Association, seewww.britishscienceassociation.orgThe Stone TapeMon 7 Mar at 8.30pm + discussionPeter Sasdy • UK 1972 • 1h29m • Beta SP • PGCast: Michael Bryant, Jane Asher, Iain Cuthbertson, Michael Bates.A cult 1970s ghost story depicting a scientific investigationof a haunted mansion, featuring a sophisticated soundtrackcreated by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop using atonalelectronic sounds. The Stone Tape was one of the first filmsto propose the notion that ghosts may be recordings ofpast events made by the physical environment, and sinceits broadcast this hypothesis has come to be referred to asthe ‘Stone Tape Theory’ within parapsychology.Part experiment, part film showing, The Edinburgh SecretSociety and the British Science Association investigateour fear of the unknown. After having their powers ofimagination measured, the audience will watch The StoneTape. The audience’s fear levels will be measured as wediscover whether this classic of terror has stood the testof time, and whether those with vivid imaginations find itespecially terrifying.The Film ofthe BookA special screening as part of The Film of theBook, an eight week course organised byEdinburgh City Libraries and the Workers’Educational Association. Liz Hare leads the courseand will be introducing this screening. For furtherinformation on the full course please contact 0131225 2580 or email k.turner@weascotland.govThe Kite RunnerMon 21 Mar at 6.00pmMarc Forster • USA 2007 • 2h8m • 35mmEnglish, Dari, Pashtu, Urdu and Russian with English subtitles12A – Contains strong language and infrequent strong violenceCast: Khalid Abdalla, Ehsan Aman, Vsevolod Bardashev, IsmailBashey, Larry Brown, Laurie Burke.The Kite Runner, based on the 2003 bestseller by KhaledHosseini, is a moving and beautifully acted morality tale offathers and sons, friendship and betrayal, set against thebackdrop of Afghanistan’s tumultuous politics, past andpresent.Life is good before the Soviet invasion in 1979, especiallyfor young Amir, whose father is a wealthy merchant. Amir’sbest friend is their servant’s son Hassan, a minority Sh’iaMuslim, but Amir fails to stand by his friend when he isattacked. The episode haunts him for years, even afteremigrating to America.