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Edinburgh International Film Festival

2000

Amores Peros won the New Directors Award
Amores Peros won the New Directors Award

Dancer In The Dark kicked off the 2000 festival, although the cast and filmmakers were noticeable by their absence at the premiere. Despite there being no sign of Bjork, there were other stars in evidence across the festival, including Robert Carlyle, singer Damon Albarn and Peter Mullan. The Festival wrapped with Wong Kar Wai's In The Mood For Love.

The New Directors Award was given to Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu for his multi-faceteed Amores Perros, while, on the home front, Paul Pawlikowski won the Best new British Feature prize for Last Resort. The Audience Award went to crowd-pleaser Billy Elliot, while Aiden Gillen won the Best British Newcomer plaudit for his role in The Low Down. Short films making a splash included A Good Man Is Hard To Find (directed by Martin Radich) and Jomeo & Ruliet (directed by Alnoor Dewshi) which shared the award for Best British Short. John Williams' Robots, The Animated Docu-Soap won the McLaren Award for new British animation.

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  • Audition
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    Scenes of torture may turn the stomach, but underlying them is a greater psychological horror.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A widower becomes infatuated with a shy ex-ballet dancer and her mysterious past.
  • Letter From An Unknown Woman
    Review preview for Letter From An Unknown Woman

    A classic three-tissue melodrama.

    Nicola Osborne · 3 out of 5
    A woman falls for her neighbour and maintains her unrequited love down the years.
  • Simon Magus And The Nine Lives Of Thomas Katz
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    The acting performances, without exception, are excellent.

    Keith Dudhnath · 4 out of 5
    Two films by director Ben Hopkins.
  • Tell Me Something
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    The story keeps you engaged and guessing right to the end.

    Paz Newis · 3.5 out of 5
    Multiple murders appear connected to a mysterious girl.
  • Last Resort
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    Pawlkowski has retained the qualities that made Eastern European movies so memorable in the old days.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A Russian and her son strive to cope with claiming political asylum in the UK.
  • Krampack
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    Debut director Cesc Gay avoids American Pie stupidity and the over-sensitive gay pride approach.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Spanish teenage rites-of-passage summer holiday discovery of sexuality.
  • Shiri
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    This is the best looking spy flick you will ever see.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Excellent and enjoyable action flick with high body count - think Korean Nikita.
  • Gohatto
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    Neither scandalous, nor inspiring.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A period tale of Samarai warriors and their obsessions with honour, love and death.
  • A Time For Drunken Horses
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    Beautifully shot, in a near documentary style, by Bahman Ghobaadi, it really draws the viewer into the plight of the many Kurdish families without a homeland.

    Trinity · 3.5 out of 5
    A young Kurdish boy must support his family in Northern Iran.
  • Deep In The Woods
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    A fascinating meditation on the fantastique.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5
    Horror tale revolving round retellings of Little Red Riding Hood.

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