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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2013

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013

Films on Film

Programme

6 films · 5 reviews

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Celluloid Man

Review preview for Celluloid Man

A film about film history may sound dry, but the stories captured here crackle with life and enthusiasm.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
The story of extraordinary cinema archivist PK Nair.

(Country: India; Year: 2012; Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur; Stars: PK Nair)

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Review preview for Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

The nature of Harry Dean Stanton means that no documentary is ever going to get underneath his skin, yet director Sophie Huber does manage to crack his defensive wall on occasion.

Robert Munro · 4 out of 5
A portrait of the actor, with singing.

(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2012; Director: Sophie Huber; Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Sam Shepard, Wim Wenders, Deborah Harry, Kris Kristofferson)

The Making Of Us

Review preview for The Making Of Us

The effect is like opening a Russian doll, with each successive layer further skewing what we might consider to be real and what imagined.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A drama exploring the politics of creative control in art, theatre and cinema.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Graham Eatough, Graham Fagen; Writer: Graham Eatough; Stars: Ali Craig, Lucianne McEvoy, Keith Fleming)

Natan

A portrait of the forgotten giant of French cinema.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2013; Director: David Cairns, Paul Duane; Stars: Bernard Natan)

Seconds Of Lead (Sanye Haye Sorbi)

Review preview for Seconds Of Lead

The medium is a time capsule, a documented moment, perpetually frozen in time.

Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
A cinema projectionist remembers witnessing a massacre.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2012; Director: Seyed Reza Razavi)

A Story Of Children And Film

Review preview for A Story Of Children And Film

We're transported into a world of cinema; some of it is known, much of it unknown, which surely fires the imagination of any viewing cinephile.

Robert Munro · 4.5 out of 5
A look at the way children have been represented in film from around the world.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Mark Cousins; Writer: Mark Cousins)