The new Pixar animation Inside Out, films from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ewan McGregor and 24 world premieres will be among the stars of year's Edinburgh International Film Festival.
In his first year at the helm of the festival, director Mark Adams has revealed the details of the 69th edition of the festival (EIFF), which runs from June 17 to 28.
Inside Out, the latest Disney-Pixar movie, is in the programme, as is Asif Kapadia's already acclaimed documentary about the late singer Amy Winehouse, Amy.
Inside Out is a 3D animation starring Amy Poehler which is set in the mind of a young girl, where five emotions - joy, nager, disgust, fear and sadness - run her life.
Inside Out had its world premiere earlier this month at the Cannes film festival.
Schwarzenegger's movie Maggie, in which he plays the father of a zombie, is also in the line up alongside Ewan McGregor, whose Last Days in the Desert is featured.
In Last Days in the Desert, which has been described as "austere and beautiful", McGregor portrays both Jesus and the Devil in the film, directed by Rodrigo Garcia, which addresses Jesus's 40 days of fasting in the desert.
McGregor will also attend the film festival in person.
Overall, this year's festival showcases 164 features including 24 World Premieres, 8 International Premieres, 16 European Premieres, 84 UK Premieres and 2 Scottish Premieres.
Jack Black and James Marsden star in The D-Train, John Cusack and Paul Dano are in Love+ Mercy, Jane Seymour and Malcolm McDowell star in Bereave, and the EIFF patron Seamus McGarvey, a noted cinematographer, will lead an In Conversation session with Haskell Wexler.
An In-Person talk celebrates the 60th birthday of one of Britain's eminent animators, Barry Purves.
Adams said: "We are delighted to be presenting such a thrilling, fun, challenging, provocative, exciting and balanced programme.
"There really is something for everyone and we hope that filmgoers will get a lot of pleasure out of this year's Festival."
This year EIFF's Short Film strand will screen 43 new short films from 12 countries.
As already released, Scottish film talent including Karen Gillan, James Cosmo and Peter Mullan are to join music business maverick Bill Drummond as key figures in this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival programme.
Gillan, the actress best known for portraying Amy Pond in Doctor Who, is to present her directorial debut, while Peter Mullan's new film Hector is also in the line up.
The film festival is opening and closing with two Scottish films: The Legend of Barney Thomson, directed by Robert Carlyle, and Iona, made by Scott Graham.
Joining this Scottish strand will be Gillan's short film Coward.
Coward receives its European Premiere at the festival - the film tells the story of a young girl and the pressures she gets from her mother to become a famous actress.
Also appearing in the programme is the world premiere of a documentary about music in Scotland - Big Gold Dream: The Sound of Young Scotland 1977-1985, by Grant McPhee and Swung, shot in Glasgow, based on the book by Ewan Morrison.
There are 20 world premieres and three UK premieres in competition for the festival's most prestigious prize, the Michael Powell Award for best British feature film.
Among the contenders are 45 Years with Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay; Jake Gavin's Hector starring Peter Mullan, Steven Nesbit's North v South starring Greta Scacchi, Steven Berkoff and Bernard Hill, BAFTA-Scotland award-winner Colin Kennedy's directorial debut feature Swung, Ludwig and Paul Shammasian's The Pyramid Texts starring James Cosmo, as well as the opening and closing movies.
Other feature films in the festival include The Diary of a Teenage Girl with Bel Powley and Kristen Wiig and the UK Premiere of Franny starring Dakota Fanning, Theo James and Richard Gere.
This year's Festival hosts the Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, as well as introducing 'Doc of the Day', with each featured film supported by an associated event.
Documentaries include Prophet's Prey from Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg, Ross Sutherland's Stand By for Tape Back Up, based on his Fringe show in 2014, and Sunshine Superman, Marah Strauch's film, Sunshine Superman, about the father of 'base jumping', Carl Boenish.
The EIFF will also host the World Premiere of the English-language version of Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood from Kevin Allen, a film adaptation of the classic work starring Rhys Ifans and Charlotte Church and a contender for EIFF's Audience Award.
Al Pacino, recently in Glasgow for an in-person event, has a film in the programme with Manglehorn, which also stars Holly Hunter, directed by David Gordon Green.
The Night Moves strand will feature a series of new horror movies including Bruce McDonald's Hellions and The Hallow, by Corin Hardy.
A Focus on Mexico theme showcases 13 feature films linked to the country.
The Animation theme also features a focus on Ralph Bakshi, and the festival will screen his animated The Lord of the Rings as well as his post-apocalyptic film Wizards.
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