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East End Film Festival · 2014

East End Film Festival 2014

British

Programme

12 films · 3 reviews

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The Blue Black Hussar

The story of Adam Ant's struggle with depression.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Jack Bond; Stars: Adam Ant, John Robb, Allen Jones, Charlotte Rampling)

A Curious Life

The story of indie music superstars The Levellers.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Dunstan Bruce)

Dermaphoria

Unable to remember how he came to be locked up for committing arson, a man experiments with a strange new hallucinogen.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2014; Director: Ross Clarke; Stars: Eric Ashworth, Nicole Badaan, Ron Perlman, Walton Goggins)

Hackney's Finest

A hapless gang of Hackney drug dealers incurs the wrath of corrupt police and dangerous professional gangsters.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Chris Bouchard)

Hide And Seek

Review preview for Hide And Seek

Joanna Coates' Hide And Seek comes as a breath of fresh air.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Four young people move into a remote house together to experiment with non-monogamy.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2013; Director: Joanna Coates; Writer: Joanna Coates, Daniel Metz; Stars: Hannah Arterton, Josh O'Connor, Daniel Metz, Rea Mole, Joe Banks)

Full review See: Interview with Joanna Coates abut Hide And Seek

Leave To Remain

Bruce Goodison conceived of a 3 year project to train cast and crew for a film that would tell the unique stories of teenage asylum seekers, who unlike their adult counterparts often had no choice in their unaccompanied flight to the UK.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Bruce Goodison; Writer: Charlotte Colbert, Bruce Goodison; Stars: Toby Jones, Simon Meacock, Jason Newell, Emma N Power, Farshid Rokey, Anusha Prakash, Naoufal Ousellam, Melanie Wilder, Yasmin Mwanza, Zarrien Masieh)

Lilting

Review preview for Lilting

Although the pacing is sometimes poor, the sentiment - while occasionally straying towards the sentimental - is heartfelt and sweet spirited.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A bereaved mother and the boyfriend of her son find a connection.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Hong Khaou; Writer: Hong Khaou; Stars: Ben Whishaw, Leila Wong, Morven Christie, Peter Bowles, Shane Salter, Pei-pei Cheng, Peter E. Hopkins, Andrew Leung, John Matthews)

Full review See: Sundance 2014: Lilting and Whiplash

Mass E Bhat

A social worker on the streets of Bangladesh recalls his own childhood there.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Richard York, Hannan Majid)

A Message To The World... Whatever Happened To Jesse Hector? (A Message To The World)

The story of the massive impact on modern music made by a cleaner in his spare time.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Caroline Catz)

Stay Greasy

A tale of straight razors and hair grease, this freewheeling film is proof that rockabilly is alive and well thanks to a small barber shop in the West End of London.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Jonathan Lowe, Melanie Malherbe)

Taking The Dog For A Walk

An in-depth exploration of the British free improvisation movement, from Derek Bailey to the present.

(Country: Luxembourg, UK; Year: 2014; Director: Antoine Prum)

Who Is Dayani Cristal?

Review preview for Who Is Dayani Cristal?

Silver may succeed in pushing emotional buttons but its people's heads that need to be engaged in tackling this complex issue, not just their hearts.

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Marc Silver; Stars: Gael Garcia Bernal)

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