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Edinburgh International Film Festival

1999

Lynne Ramsay's Ratcatcher
Lynne Ramsay's Ratcatcher

Star quality for the 1999 festival came in the form of Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan, while other famous names in attendance included Ray Winstone, Tim Roth and Robert Carlyle. The Buena Vista Social Club salsa'd off with the audience award, while the Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film went to The War Zone. Lynne Ramsay won the New Directors Award by Ratcatcher. The short film Award was shared by Jamie Thraves for I Just Want To Kiss You and Matt Hulse for Wee Three.

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  • Following
    Review preview for Following

    Shot in handheld black and white with an obviously-low budget, it might seem rough – but what we’re watching is still pure Nolan.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    A writer hooks up with a thief in a tale of cross and double-cross.
  • Chi Girl
    Review preview for Chi Girl

    Strangely compelling and scarily familiar.

    Trinity · 3.5 out of 5
    Mockumentary about a guy a girl, her ex and his camera.
  • Whispering Corridors
    Review preview for Whispering Corridors

    Slowly raises the tension as the body count rises.

    Trinity · 4 out of 5
    Ghostly murder at a South Korean girls school.
  • Billy & Zorba
    Review preview for Billy & Zorba

    Brian Kirk's film has a sentimental heart and a lovely performance from 11-year-old Iain de Caestecker, as Billy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The friendship between a suicidal fisherman and a young boy.
  • Poached
    Review preview for Poached

    Molotnikov's confidence in shooting out-of-doors is admirable.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Story of two lads taking salmon from a river.
  • Marcie's Dowry
    Review preview for Marcie's Dowry

    Mackenzie has a terrific feel for comedy and the performances are beautifully understated.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A tale of blackmail, gangsters and a policeman's wedding.
  • Light Sleeper
    Review preview for Light Sleeper

    Light Sleeper doesn't belong in any oeuvre. The feeling is personal, introspective, wounded.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A drug dealer 'sleep walking' through life begins to wonder about his trade.
  • Go
    Review preview for Go

    The humour is fast, the car chases hairy, the characters way wicked, the venues seedy, the fun accident prone, the sex tantric and the chance of living until tomorrow slim.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A sex-drugs-and-rave-till-you-cave flick?
  • Wild Side
    Review preview for Wild Side

    The performances electrify.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A banker who moonlights as a call girl gets caught up in the life of a moneylaunderer and his wife.
  • Judy Berlin
    Review preview for Judy Berlin

    A celebration of middle-class miasma.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A celebration of urban alienation.

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