Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2005
The EIFF programme says: "Another faultless collection of creativity and innovation from the world of music and promos."
11 films · 8 reviews
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A longer review than I planned, but that's only because there is simply so much good stuff in this collection of animated shorts that anything less wouldn't have done it justice.
(Country: UK/US; Year: 2005; Director: Shynola, Oscar Wright, Laith Bahrani, Ben Dawkins, Michel Condry, Lauri Faggioni, Ali Taylor, Carolina Melis, Chris Waitt, Clemens Habicht, Liam O, SSSR, Thomas Hicks, Megan Makewsk, David O'Reilly, Diamond Dogs, Richard Coldicott; Stars: Beck, Coldcut, Nizlopi, Jimmy Edgar, Devendra Banhart, Emiliana Torrini, Colleen, Aberfeldy, Motor, Mira Calix, Subtle, Gravenhurst, Tunng, Venetian Snares, The Cribs)
A fantastic nostalgic trip.
(Country: UK/US; Year: 2005; Director: Various; Writer: Various; Stars: Blur, Quannum, Unkle, Air, Radiohead, White Stripes, Audiobullys, Baby Bird, Faultline, Wax, Cibo Matto)
(Country: Australia)
This latest season of Fresh Tracks sometimes seems a little stale.
(Country: US/UK; Year: 2004; Director: Various; Writer: Various; Stars: Various)
Memorable videos include Evan Bernard's inspired A-Z of drugs stereotypes promo for Soulwax - it's an alphabetic cornucopia of narcotics and their effects.
(Country: UK/US; Year: 2005; Director: Sam Brown, Ben Rollarson, Adam Smith, Evan Bernard, Waverly Films, Jim Burer, Alex & Liane, Type2Error, Simon & Jon, Chris Milk, Karni & Saul, Lynne Ramsay, Jared Hess, Partizan, Dom & Nic, Reuben Sutherland; Stars: Fatboy Slim, James Blunt, Boom Click, The Streets, Soulwax, Brendan Benson, Papa M, Nephew, The Duke Spirit, Kasabian, Mint Royale, Mike Fellows, Doves, The Postal Service, M.I.A., Chemical Brothers, Phoenix Foundation)
(Year: 2004)
(Country: US; Year: 2005; Director: B+ (Brian Cross); Writer: B+ (Brian Cross); Stars: Cut Chemist, Babu, James Gadson, J-Rocc, Numark, Roy Porter, Shortkut, Paul Humphrey, Madlib, Earl Palmer, Derf Reklaw)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2005; Director: Hideaki Fukui, +Cruz, Elecrotnik, Mitsuyuki, Yuko Osada, Hiroyuki Nakao, Masaki Takehisa, Isao Nishigori, Daisuke Shimada, Yasunori Kakegawa, Kaoru Haga, Taku Inoue, Daisuke Hashimoto, Mizuhiro Savini, Kosai Sekine, Takeshi Nakamura; Stars: Afrirampo, Hifana, Bloodthirsty Butchers, Kishidan, Breakthrough, Acidman, Great Adventure, Asa Chang & Junrei, Tamio Okuda, Towa Tei)
Elegiacally epic camerawork sweeps over the snow-kissed landscape as lovingly as the man in a funny woolly hat plays Viking songs about Odin on his xylophone.
(Country: Iceland/Denmark/Netherlands; Year: 2005; Director: Ari Alexander, Ergis Magnusson; Writer: Ari Alexander, Ergis Magnusson; Stars: Amina, Bjork, Bang Gang, Ghostdigital, Minus, Mugison, Mum, Nilfisk, Eivor Palsdottir, Quarashi, Sigur Ros, Slowblow)
UK Premiere
The setting may be small-town, but this is a vision in microcosm of a whole nation that has been driven inevitably towards anxiety and unease by self-imposed pressures and impossible aspirations.
(Country: US; Year: 2005; Director: Mike Mills; Writer: Mike Mills, based on the novel by Walter Kim; Stars: Lou Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, Keanu Reeves, Benjamin Bratt, Kelli Garner, Chase Offerle, Ted Beckman, Arvin V. Entena, Tyler Gannon, Allen go, Dakota Goldhor, Walter Kirn, Kit Koenig, Sarah Lucht, Eric Normington, Nancy O'Dell)
UK Premiere
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