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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014

Films that challenge convention.

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Perfect Garden Perfect Garden
Perfect Garden and The Uprising
Atlas (Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Antoine d'Agata; Writer: Antoine d'Agata)
Nocturnal images of prostitutes and recorded monologues in which they speak of their lives.
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UK premiere.
The Incomplete (Der Unfertige) (Country: Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Jan Soldat; Writer: Jan Soldat, Jan Soldat; Stars: Jan Soldat, Klaus Johannes Wolf)
A documentary portrait of a self-described gay slave.
Full Review
UK premiere. Showing with Pierrot Lunaire.
La última película (Country: Mexico, Denmark, Canada, Philippines; Year: 2013; Director: Raya Martin, Mark Peranson; Writer: Raya Martin, Mark Peranson, Alex Ross Perry, Gabino Rodríguez; Stars: Alex Ross Perry, Gabino Rodríguez, Iazua Larios, Rene Redzepi)
A US filmmaker heads to the Yucatán to scout locations for his last movie. The Mayan Apocalypse intercedes.
UK premiere.
Manakamana (Country: Nepal, US; Year: 2013; Director: Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez; Stars: Pacho Velez, Stephanie Spray)
Life in a cable car that carries pilgrims and tourists to and from a mountain top temple in Nepal.
Full Review
UK premiere.
Perfect Garden (Country: Austria; Year: 2013; Director: Chris Haring, Mara Mattuschka; Writer: Chris Haring, Mara Mattuschka)
A surreal and visceral journey into human desire.
Full Review
UK premiere.
Manakamana Manakamana
Manakamana and Pierrot Lunaire
Pierrot Lunaire (Country: Germany, Canada; Year: 2014; Director: Bruce La Bruce; Writer: Albert Giraud, Otto Erich Hartleben, Bruce La Bruce; Stars: Susanne Sachße, Paulina Bachmann, Luizo Vega, Maria Ivanenko, Mehdi Berkouki, Boris Lisowski, Krishna Kumar Krishnan, Bruce La Bruce, Amit Elan, Premil Petrovic, Krassen Krastev, Adrian Pavlov, Emmanuelle Bernard, Thony Weiss, Miguel Pérez Iñesta)
A transgender cabaret performer falls tragically in love with a young woman.
Full Review
UK premiere. Showing with The Incomplete.
The Uprising (Country: UK, Belgium, Yemen, Tunisia, Syria, Libya, Egypt, Bahrain; Year: 2013; Director: Peter Snowdon; Writer: Peter Snowdon, Bruno Tracq), Official Site
Explores the 2011 Arab Spring through Youtube footage.
Full Review
UK premiere.
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