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East End Film Festival

25 June – 10 July 2013

The Last Time I Saw Macao
The Last Time I Saw Macao

The East End Film Festival returns to London this year with a great selection of films including internationally acclaimed successes like Soldate Jeanette and Frances Ha. Opening with The UK Gold, a film focusing on tax avoidance, it's particularly strong on documentaries.

The festival runs from June 25 to July 10.

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  • Bruno & Earlene Go To Vegas
    Review preview for Bruno & Earlene Go To Vegas

    It's beautifully produced, looking really polished for its tiny budget.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.4 out of 5
    Two strangers from very different worlds head out on the road together.
  • After Tiller
    Review preview for After Tiller

    Some of their patients' stories are so heartbreaking that they will test the mettle of even the most steadfast opponents.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A look at the work of late term abortion providers in the US.
  • Lovelace
    Review preview for Lovelace

    The harrowing latter half of the film could easily have become alienating, but Seyfried makes it compelling.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace.
  • A Field In England
    Review preview for A Field In England

    A kaleidoscopic sequence explores questions of identity through some of the trippiest black and white imagery you'll have seen on the big screen for a long time.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Four men have a strange encounter during the English Civil War.
  • Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
    Review preview for Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

    What does become difficult here is balance, in part because many of Pussy Riot's critics are so aggressive as to make their case for them.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A documentary telling the story of both a band and a message, of a court case and in effect the trial of the entire Russian nation.
  • The Color Of The Chameleon
    Review preview for The Color Of The Chameleon

    Will best reward those who are prepared to pay attention and stick with its twirls and pirouettes until the complex pay-off.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A young misfit is recruited to infiltrate a book club as a spy, with comic consequences.
  • A World Not Ours
    Review preview for A World Not Ours

    Forgetting Ain El-Heweh seems to be something the rest of the world has got good act, Fleifel's heart-felt film is a powerful reminder.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Personal study of life in the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp.
  • Call Girl
    Review preview for Call Girl

    Feature debutant Mikael Marcimain matches the script’s fine balance between dramatic clarity and the more ambiguous intrigues of a conspiracy thriller with some pinpoint direction.

    Michael Pattison · 3.5 out of 5
    Two young teenage girls are caught up in a sex scandal that goes to the heart of the Swedish government. Based on a true story.
  • The Last Time I Saw Macao
    Review preview for The Last Time I Saw Macao

    João Rui Guerra da Mata and João Pedro Rodriguez’s film is a seamless and absorbing blend of essay film and hardboiled thriller.

    Michael Pattison · 3 out of 5
    This stunning amalgam of film noir and Chris Marker cine-essay poetically explores the psychic pull of the titular former Portuguese colony.
  • Richard Pryor: Omit The Logic
    Review preview for Richard Pryor: Omit The Logic

    This may be a jet-ski ride over Pryor's life rather than a deep-sea dive but it offers a firm celebration that's likely to encourage those who have watched it to seek out more material from the man himself - and that can never be a bad thing.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Profile of the stand-up comedian.

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