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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2010

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010

Under The Radar

The EIFF describes this uniquely mad section of the programme as: "raw, risk-taking work from the cutting edge of new movie-making."

Programme

7 films · 5 reviews

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The Black Panther (Pantera Negra)

Psychedelic black-and-white neo noir from Mexico.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2009; Director: Iyari Wertta; Stars: Enrique Arreola, Laura de Ita, Dolores Heredia, Ely Guerra)

UK Premiere

Chase The Slut

Review preview for Chase The Slut

Chase The Slut is a typical fun film-festival movie: low budget, brimming with talent.

Chris · 3 out of 5
A playful and assertive young woman is persuaded by her rich friend to seduce a nerdy religious boy.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Ryan Denmark; Writer: Vanessa Claire Smith; Stars: Vanessa Claire Smith, Michael Kirby, Danika Sudik, Blaine Saunders, Emily Podleski, Jennifer Wilson, Kathi Copeland, Stephanie Dees, Michael Holmes, Jason Witter, AJ Wedding, Alicia Wollerton, Rachel Bell, Lance Arthur Smith, Rusty Locke)

World Premiere

Cigarette Girl

Review preview for Cigarette Girl

The film loses direction very quickly, and after about 20 minutes, the characters and the situations grow quite wearisome.

James Benefield · 1.5 out of 5
Cigarette smuggler and dealer wants to quit.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: John Michael McCarthy; Writer: John Michael McCarthy; Stars: Christopher Tyzhai Allen, D'Army Bailey, Helen Bowman, James Buchanan, Jacob Burcham, Emmy Collins, Cori Dials, Lary Love Dolley, Bruce Downing, J. Lazarus Hawk, Daniel Lee, Ivy Mclemore, Donald Meyers, Billy M. Mullins, Glenn Payne) , Official site

European Premiere

The Crab

Review preview for The Crab

As a portrait of 21st century man, with his obsession for porn sites, casual blow jobs and dysfunctional relationships, the film is contemporary.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
The fall and fall of an academic wannabe.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Rona Mark; Writer: Rona Mark; Stars: Guy Whitney, Kelly Dwyer, Cass Buggé, Jonathan Wilde)

World Premiere

CrimeFighters

Review preview for CrimeFighters

Inspired mediocrity rather than inspired genius.

Chris · 1.5 out of 5
Three friends decide to become superheroes, spandex and all, in this low budget comedy.

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Miles Watts; Stars: Emma Keaveney, Paul Trimmer, Debbie Hard, Harry Humberstone, Curt Milner, Georgina Hope)

World Premiere

A Spanking In Paradise

Black comedy about a young man in charge of his uncle's brothel in Edinburgh.

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Wayne Thalion; Stars: Andrew Hawley, Simon Weir, Leo Horsefield, Danielle Stewart, Robert Harrison, John Gaffney)

World Premiere

Vacation!

Review preview for Vacation!

One of the most stunningly banal films I have seen in decades.

Scott Macdonald · 1 out of 5
Four young friends go on a trip to the seaside.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Zach Clark; Writer: Zach Clark; Stars: Trieste Kelly Dunn, Lydia Hyslop, Maggie Ross, Melodie Sisk, Michael Abbott Jr, Tara Everhart, Martha Stephens, Tony Greenberg, Ellie Nicoll) , Official site

World Premiere