Edinburgh Film Festival Awards Go to ‘Skintown’ and ‘Grief Room’

'Skintown,' winner of the Sean Connery feature prize, is "a beautiful, funny and very moving film," while the short 'Grief Room' is "a contained gem of wit, warmth and sadness," said festival director Paul Ridd.

Actor-director Kenneth Branagh arrived in Edinburgh to accept the festival’s inaugural Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award from festival director Paul Ridd and immediately joked that he would break it up into little pieces. “Actually, I wouldn’t,” he told the audience, “but if I did, I would give to you, and I’m n