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Bootleg Film Festival

22 March – 24 March 2013

This year's Bootleg Film Festival will be held in the Banshee Labyrinth in Edinburgh, with ten features and 56 shorts screening over a packed three-day weekend. It will include the première of Pale Horse by festival founder Tom Wilton, plus a special screening of Rob Savage's underground hit Strings, introduced by the director himself. All films are free to attend but restricted to over-18s.

The festival runs from 22 to 24 March.

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  • Judge Minty
    Review preview for Judge Minty

    The first thing that needs to be said about Judge Minty is that it looks stunning.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A Judge prepares for retirement in Mega City One - and for a new, still more dangerous life beyond it.
  • The Waster
    Review preview for The Waster

    It takes a strong script to navigate this difficult territory and, where it deals with mundane matters, The Waster's is only average.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A man who has wasted his life playing video games is approached by sinister strangers who ask why it shouldn't be taken away and given to someone more deserving.
  • Supply
    Review preview for Supply

    Behind it all lies the mundanity of the situation; even when the story shifts, the lighting and props and system-centred plotting retain that grim suburban comprehensive ethos.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A supply teacher is determined simply to survive his first day at a new school.
  • Alex
    Review preview for Alex

    Jed Berry delivers an assured performance that belies his age.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A teenager left to roam the streets by his heroin-addicted mother dicovers he has a remarkable gift.
  • Lock Up
    Review preview for Lock Up

    What ought to be familiar is transformed into unknown, unknowable territory, the domain of some other.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    As a man turns out he lights and closes his business premises for the night, he gets the feeling that something is watching him from the shadows.
  • Prey
    Review preview for Prey

    There's little imagination in the story but the characters are well drawn and convincingly portrayed, whilst the overall look of the film is stunning given that it was shot on a budget of just £500.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Awakening after a dimly remembered one night stand, Tom can't shake the feeling that something terrible has happened - or is about to happen.
  • Notes
    Review preview for Notes

    There's a lack of focus that lets the film down badly.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Flatmates who never meet communicate entirely through the written word.
  • The Last Page
    Review preview for The Last Page

    The use of ballet and ice dance in this film give it a distinctive Russian sensibility but will make it a firm favourite with little girls of a certain kind no matter where they might be.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    As the last page of The Steadfast Tin Soldier is missing, a little girl has to dream its ending.
  • The Greater Good: A Hitchhike Perspective
    Review preview for The Greater Good: A Hitchhike Perspective

    Unfortunately these fascinating interviews are presented in a disorganised manner that detracts from their impact, and the sound quality is so bad than in places it makes the film unwatchable.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A documentary tracking global hitchhikers as they discuss what travel means to them.
  • The Last Human
    Review preview for The Last Human

    The Last Human stands shoulder to shoulder with the greats of science fiction cinema when it comes to style, emotional impact and moral weight.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    On a barren planet, the last remaining human strives to implant dna and seed new life in the universe before it's too late.

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