The Edinburgh international film festival has made a bold move away from the other festivals which swell the city in August (Fringe, books, comedy, international, jazz) and kicked off its 11-day celebration of film in Wednesday night with John Maybury's The Edge of Love. Do you think the festival can work in its new slot?

In this special edition to begin our coverage of the new-look event, I talk to director John Maybury about directing Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley in the tale of poet Dylan Thomas' triangular love life and I catch up with actor Matthew Rhys, the Welshman with the task of embodying his nation's hero. Can Keira sing? Can she do Welsh?

We also talk to EIFF artistic director Hannah McGill about her desire to shift the festival's date and put emphasis on discovery - can she create the Sundance of Europe? Hannah takes us through some of the festival's early highlights.

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