Scottish Literary Events at the Edinburgh International Film Festival

• Cineworld

Hallam (Jamie Bell) lives with his father and stepmother in a lavish but lonely country pile. His projects include spying on the neighbours in flagrante, and trying to implicate his stepmother in his mother's mysterious death. Time to leave home, perhaps... but a new life in Edinburgh brings new confusion, in the comely form of Kate (Sophia Myles). Brilliantly directed by David Mackenzie - the maverick talent behind Young Adam (EIFF 2003) and Asylum (EIFF 2005) - our opening night film is a fiercely original romance, as charming on the surface as it is dark at heart. It's also a major breakthrough for both of its young stars, whose charisma and chemistry fairly leaps off the screen. Packed with stylish detail, from its David Shrigley titles to its Domino Records soundtrack, this adaptation of Peter Jinks' novel is an unforgettable gem.

• Cineworld

A conversation with Scotland's star author turned screenwriter and director Irvine Welsh- plus his hilarious new short film.

Though he's still placing his prose characters in surreal and repulsive predicaments - as in his latest collection of stories, If You Liked School, You'll Love Work - Scotland's most genially controversial literary figure also has a number of film projects in the pipeline. He discusses the films that matter to him, and his own shift into cinema - and whets our appetite with his characteristically dark-witted short film Nuts. In this, an Irishman confronts his own fears and prejudices when an unforeseen and embarrassing health issue makes itself known.

• Cameo - Also on Sunday 19th August, 3.15pm

Làn fhìrinn na sgeòil - The truth is in the story.

The first Scottish Gaelic film to score mainstream distribution, Seachd delightfully combines rich layers of romantic folklore with the more immediate and familiar travails of a family trying to adjust to one another. Past and present collide for Angus (Còlla Dòmhnallach) when his grandfather - a towering but troublesome figure in his life - falls seriously ill. Travelling to Skye to say a final farewell - and with the legendary Inaccessible Pinnacle standing as a dramatic metaphor for the challenges ahead - Angus must untangle the old man's ceaseless stories to discover the truth about his own family history. Despite its seductive landscape photography and gentle, measured pacing, Seachd has a bracing boldness that precludes whimsy.

Seachd is written by Gaelic writer Aonghas MacNeacail and stars writer Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul.