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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2014

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014

Focus On Iran

Showcase of current films from the country. Also featuring discussion event With the Filmmakers: Continuities and Discontinuities in Iranian Cinema.

Programme

7 films · 4 reviews

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Apparition (Ashbah, Ghosts)

Review preview for Apparition

The situation of women is emphasised, showing that no matter what the station in life, it is patriarchy - however unjust - that dominates the outcome, even after death.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Family secrets come home to roost.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2014; Director: Dariush Mehrjui; Writer: Dariush Mehrjui; Stars: Mahtab Keramati, Hassan Maajouni, Homayoun Ershadi, Mehdi Soltani Sarvestani, Melika Shirvani, Hengameh Majidzadeh)

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International premiere

Final Whistle (Sout-e payan)

Review preview for Final Whistle

Karimi doesn't try to simplify the issues - the family of the dead man are shown and their grief and anger are treated with respect.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Drama about a documentarian who becomes involved with one of her subjects.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2010; Director: Niki Karimi; Writer: Niki Karimi; Stars: Niki Karimi, Shahab Hosseini, Ashkan Khatibi, Hasti Mohammadifar, Ghazaleh Rad, Atila Pesiani)

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UK premiere

Fish And Cat (Mahi va gorbeh, Fish & Cat)

Review preview for Fish And Cat

Awe inspiring.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
A menacing pair descend on a campsite where a group of college kids have gathered for a kite-flying festival.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2013; Director: Shahram Mokri; Writer: Shahram Mokri; Stars: Abed Abest, Mona Ahmadi, Ainaz Azarhoush, Nazanin Babaei, Mohammad Berahmani, Siavash Cheraghipoor, Saeed Ebrahimifar, Alireza Esapoor, Neda Jebraeili, Shadi Karamroudi, Babak Karimi, Mohammad Reza Maleki, Faraz Modiri, Milad Rahimi, Arnavaz Safari)

Full review See: Jytte Jensen talks about New Directors/New Films

UK premiere

Iranian (Iranien)

Supporters of the Iranian regime take part in a discussion about secular society.

(Country: France, Switzerland; Year: 2014; Director: Mehran Tamadon)

UK premiere

I Hate The Dawn

Life mirrors film in this tale of love and cinema.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2014; Director: Ali Karim; Writer: Ali Karim; Stars: Mohammad Ahmadi, Alireza Alavian, Amir Azizi, Hossein Eskandari, Babak Karimi, Mahsa Zarif)

European premiere

My Red Shoes

Review preview for My Red Shoes

Perhaps too close, too intimate, too involved, too near.

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
A family portrait set against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Sara Rastegar; Writer: Sara Rastegar)

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European premiere

The Paternal House

Attack on patriarchal authority as a terrible family secret haunts several generations of women.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2012; Director: Kianoush Ayari; Writer: Kianoush Ayari; Stars: Ainaz Azarhoush, Nazanin Farahani, Mojdeh Hamrang, Mehdi Hashemi, Naser Hashemi, Shahab Hosseini, Negah Khaghani, Setareh Mirmohammad, Moeinodin Oshaghi, Padina Rahnama, Mehran Rajabi, Mina Sadati)

UK premiere