Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2005
The EIFF programme says: "Real life is, without question, stranger and more wondrous than any fiction you might care to dream up. Take a deep breath and dive head long into these exceptional new, non-fiction features and shorts from all over the world."
26 films · 16 reviews
(Country: Finland; Year: 2004; Director: Pirjo Honkasalo; Writer: Pirjo Honkasalo; Stars: Pirkko Saisio)
UK Premiere
Never could the warning, 'Stay away if you're easily offended,' be more appropriate.
(Country: US; Year: 2004; Director: Paul Provenza; Stars: Robin Williams, Billy Connolly, Hank Azaria, Drew Carey, Eddie Izzard, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Rock, Eric Idle, Gilbert Gottfried, Carrie Fisher.)
UK Premiere
(Country: UK; Year: 2005; Director: Karen Guthrie, Nina Pope; Writer: Karen Guthrie, Nina Pope; Stars: Karen Guthrie, Nina Pope)
World Premiere
(Country: China; Year: 2004; Director: Yan Yu, Li Yifan; Writer: Yan Yu, Li Yifan)
UK Premiere
Beautifully captures the kaleidoscopic element of family life.
(Country: US; Year: 2005; Director: Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing)
International Premiere
A beautiful film, full of courage, determination and optimism.
(Country: Germany/US; Year: 2005; Director: Richard Ladkani, Kief Davidson)
UK Premiere
Daniel's music is heard throughout, adding immeasurable depth to his story.
(Country: US; Year: 2005; Director: Jeff Feuerzeig; Writer: Jeff Feuerzeig; Stars: Daniel Johnston, Jeff Tartakov, Bill Johnston, Louis Black, Mabel Johnston)
UK Premiere
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(Country: US; Director: Miles Bender, Mark Woollen)
International Premiere
Anyone who has seen Herzog's Fitzcarraldo will know of the director's fascination with doomed quests and magnificent obsessions, and in Treadwell he has found his dream subject.
(Country: US; Year: 2005; Director: Werner Herzog; Writer: Werner Herzog; Stars: Werner Herzog, Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard, Franc G. Fallico, David Letterman, Willy Fulton, Marnie Gaede, Marc Gaede, Sven Haakanson, Jewel Palovak, Val Dexter, Carol Dexter, Kathleen Parker)
UK Premiere
Ultimately, the film fails to show the deeper ways these youngsters will have been affected.
(Country: US/Germany; Year: 2004; Director: Michael Tucker, Petra Epperlein)
European Premiere
A superbly constructed and solid amalgamation of evidence and opinion
(Country: UK; Year: 2005; Director: Stuart Greig; Writer: Stuart Greig)
World Premiere
(Country: UK; Director: Sasha Maja Djurkovic)
UK Premiere
The film goes a long way on charm alone.
(Country: US; Year: 2005; Director: Marilyn Agrelo; Writer: Amy Sewell; Stars: Tara Devon Gallagher, Madeleine Hackney, Rodney Lopez, Victoria Malvagno, Stacee Mandeville, Yomaira Reynoso, Allison Sheniak, Solomon Singer, Alex Tchassov, Vanessa Villalobos, Madeleine Hackney, Ann Reinking)
UK Premiere
(Country: UK; Director: Raj Yagnik)
World Premiere
(Country: US; Year: 2005; Director: Rachel Boynton; Writer: Rachel Boynton; Stars: Mauricio Balcazar, James Carville, Tad Devine, Stan Greenberg, Carlos Mesa, Carlos D. Mesa Gisbert, Carlos Morales, Evo Morales, Henry Oporto, Manuel Rocha, Jeremy Rosner)
International Premiere
Hard to recommend, really, unless you enjoy hearing classics, such as Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo, being murdered.
(Country: US; Year: 2005; Director: Kate Davis, David Heilbroner)
European Premiere
These are all good films - some traditional, some genuinely different and new.
(Country: UK; Year: 2004; Director: Simon Hynd, Alice Nelson, Grant McPhee, David Lumsden, Hazel Bailie, Gregor Marks, Gunhild Enger, Daniel Warren; Writer: Grant McPhee, Ed Broughton, David Lumsden, Hazel Baillie, Gunhild Enger)
A slick, professional and worthwhile piece of work.
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Henry Corra; Stars: Eliza M. Skinner, Matthew Cummings)
International Premiere
Stirring and creatively wrought
(Country: US; Year: 2005; Director: Hank Rogerson; Writer: Hank Rogerson)
International Premiere
While a sense of place is important, lingering (and not very good) shots of the local wildlife are really superfluous.
(Country: Japan; Year: 2005; Director: Yoshihiko Sumikawa)
UK Premiere
(Country: US; Year: 2004; Director: Susan Kaplan; Stars: Sam Cagnina, Steven Margolin, Samantha Singh)
European Premiere
Lacking both gravitas and focus.
(Country: Luxembourg; Year: 2004; Director: Antoine Prum, Boris Kremer; Writer: Antoine Prum, Boris Kremer; Stars: Georges Christen)
UK Premiere
The documentary fills a necessary gap in our understanding as long as it is not viewed unquestioningly.
(Country: US/Iraq; Year: 2004; Director: The People of Iraq; Writer: edited by Robin Russell, Martin Kunert, Stephen Marks)
UK Premiere
(Country: Canada; Year: 2005; Director: Baz Shamoun; Writer: Baz Shamoun)
UK Premiere
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