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East End Film Festival · 2014

East End Film Festival 2014

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15 films · 2 reviews

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Belladonna Of Sadness

The story of a peasant woman who makes a pact with the Devil in exchange for magical powers, told through striking psychedelic animation.

(Country: Japan; Year: 1973; Director: Eiichi Yamamoto)

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)

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)

I Dream Of Wires

A documentary about the resurgence of synthesiser music.

(Country: Canada, UK, USA; Year: 2013; Director: Robert Fantinatto)

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)

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)

Metalhead (Málmhaus)

A teenager copes with the death of her brother by adopting his clothes, music and lifestyle.

(Country: Iceland, Norway; Year: 2013; Director: Ragnar Bragason; Stars: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Thora Bjorg Helga)

Mistaken For Strangers

Tour doc about The National.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Tom Berninger)

The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears (L'étrange Couleur Des Larmes De Ton Corps, The Strange Color Of Your Body's Tears)

Review preview for The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears

For all that its often said "they don't make them like they used to" this is very, very close.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
A woman's disappearance forms the central mystery in this visually stylish neo-giallo.

(Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg; Year: 2013; Director: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani; Writer: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani; Stars: Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, Sam Louwyck, Anna D'annunzio, Manon Beuchot)

Full review

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)

We Are Mari Pepa (Somos Mari Pepa)

The four boys in the band Mari Pepa have only one song in their repertoire. Yet music is their big hope. Friendships and dreams are suffering from the constraints of everyday life. A film as poetic as punk rock.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2013; Director: Samuel Kishi; Writer: Samuel Kishi, Sofía Gómez-Córdova; Stars: Alejandro Gallardo, Arnold Ramírez, Moisés Galindo, Rafael Andrade, Petra Iñiguez Robles)

You And The Night (Les Rencontres D'Après Minuit)

Review preview for You And The Night

It's bold, impetuous and willing to bite off far more than it can chew. One doesn't see enough of this sort of thing these days.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A couple prepare to welcome guests for the evening but the atmosphere is tense.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Yann Gonzalez; Writer: Yann Gonzalez; Stars: Kate Moran, Niels Schneider, Nicolas Maury, Eric Cantona, Fabienne Babe, Alain Delon Jr.)

Full review See: Interview with Yann Gonzlez about You And The Night