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East End Film Festival

1 July – 12 July 2015

One of the UK's largest film festivals, with events taking place right across the East End of London, this event is now six years old and boasts a fantastic line-up including 17 world premieres, eight European premieres and 20 UK premieres. It opens with Amit Gupta's One Crazy Thing and closes with Marc Silver’s 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets. Guests will include Aidan Gillen and Lee Scratch Perry.

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  • The Seventh Fire
    Review preview for The Seventh Fire

    A lot of people live like this and their stories need to be told, but it's not clear here that the director is always on the right side of the line.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A documentary about Ojibwe gangsters in Minnesota.
  • Norfolk
    Review preview for Norfolk

    Norfolk is as much a statement about land as it is about the people who live there.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A tough-love father's strong relationship with his teenage son is tested when the boy befriends a girl.
  • 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets
    Review preview for 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets

    Silver exposes is an underlying, deep-seated prejudice rather than some sort of murderous instinct.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Documentary about the trial of Michael Dunn, who shot an unarmed teenager and claimed a 'stand your ground' defence.
  • Above And Below
    Review preview for Above And Below

    If this weren’t a documentary, these five people would surely find themselves nestled in the pages of some postmodern epic.

    Luke Shaw · 4 out of 5
    Existence on the fringes of society.
  • Amy
    Review preview for Amy

    An intensely sad and affecting look at a hugely talented young woman, ill equipped for the all-consuming fame which her soulful voice would bring her.

    Robert Munro · 5 out of 5
    A documentary about Amy Winehouse.
  • Still
    Review preview for Still

    Blake - who also wrote the script - has ideas with potential but he needs to get a firmer grip on his genre and pacing in future projects.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A grieving father gets mixed up in a feud with a gang of teenagers.
  • Crumbs
    Review preview for Crumbs

    Llansó's manages to combine the poetic sci-fi of Andrei Tarkovsky with the surrealism and dark humour of his fellow countrymen such as Luis Buñuel, Luis García Berlanga, or more recently Sergio Caballero.

    Rebecca Naughten · 5 out of 5
    When the spaceship in the sky begins to reactivate, Candy sets off on a quest across a post- apocalyptic Ethiopian landscape to ask Father Christmas to grant him his heart's desire.
  • The Fire
    Review preview for The Fire

    Both Gamboa and Barberini acquit themselves admirably in what is almost a two-hander.

    Rebecca Naughten · 4 out of 5
    A 24 hour delay in being able to purchase their first home together causes tensions to rise and Lucía and Marcelo's relationship to begin to unravel.
  • Take It Back And Start All Over
    Review preview for Take It Back And Start All Over

    It is this film's universality that gives it relevance - that, and a remarkable central performance from newcomer Kerri Clarence.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A former musician struggles with the banality of the life she has found herself living.
  • Life In A Fishbowl
    Review preview for Life In A Fishbowl

    An intelligent script and strong acting bring life and depth to the characters.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Three different lives interweave to tell the story of the impact of Iceland's economic collapse.

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