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Film Festival Spotlight on Douglas Gordon

Updated 2026-08-17 06:25 UTC 1 source Neutral

At the Edinburgh Film Festival, director Finlay Pretsell discusses his portrait of eccentric Scottish conceptual artist Douglas Gordon. The film explores Gordon’s mind through a biographical lens.

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