The 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival opens this Wednesday with Robert Carlyle's The legend of Barney Thomson. 

Based on the book “The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson” by Douglas Lindsay, the film is a dark comedy that tells the story of Barney (Carlyle), an awkward barber who inadvertently stumbles into serial murder, with both absurd and macabre consequences. 

The opening ceremony of the 69th Edinburgh Film Festival will be held in attendance of names from the British and international film scene. 

All the guests as presented in the official press release: 

Robert Carlyle (Director & Actor) and Actors Ray Winstone, Ashley Jensen, Kevin Guthrie, Brian Pettifer, Samuel Robertson, Tom Courtenay, James Cosmo, Martin Compston and Stephen McCole 

Other EIFF Guests include:

Mark Adams (EIFF Artistic Director), Amy Berg (Director; International Juror), Kenneth Turan (Critic; Michael Powell Juror),Archie Panjabi (Actor; International Juror), Karen Gillan (Actor, Director; Michael Powell Juror), Jessica Hynes (Actor; Michael Powell Juror), Denis Lawson (Actor; Documentary Juror), Jacqueline Lyanga (AFI Festival Director; Documentary Juror), Kyle Patrick Alvarez (Director; Shorts Juror), Dolly Wells (Actor; Shorts Juror) and Jaime Winstone (Actor; Shorts Juror)

Additional Expected Guests include:

Shauna McDonald (Filth), Cal Macaninch (Banished), Ewen Bremner (Banished), Iain De Caestecker (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Alex Arthur (Boxer) and Clive Russell (Ripper Street)