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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2018

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018

Focus On Canada

In addition to the feature films below, there will also be a short film showcase featuring: Embraced, Loretta's Flowers, Memory Of The Peace, Milk, RGBebop/Antropology, Three Thousand and Voices Of A Kidnapping

Programme

10 films · 6 reviews

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Fake Tattoos

Review preview for Fake Tattoos

In an age where punk aesthetics are sufficiently mainstream that corporate monoliths like McDonalds seek to leverage them to sell chicken wraps, its modesty, modernity, magic work to its advantage.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
A young punk couple's one-night stand develops into something more meaningful.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Pascal Plante; Writer: Pascal Plante, Geneviève Dulude-De Celles; Stars: Anthony Therrien, Rose-Marie Perreault, Lysandre Nadeau, Brigitte Poupart, Nicole-Sylvie Lagarde, Léona Rousseau, Rémi Goulet, Lauren Mallais-DeLuca, Anyjeanne Savaria, Maxime-Olivier Potvin, Adam Lapointe, Maïka Ferron, Marianne Lahaie, Tiffany-May Daigneault, Thomas Paquin)

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UK premiere

First Stripes (Premières Armes)

Portrait of youngsters undergoing basic training for the Canadian Armed Forces.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2018; Director: Jean-François Caissy; Writer: Jean-François Caissy)

UK premiere

Hochelaga, Land Of Souls (Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes)

Review preview for Hochelaga, Land Of Souls

Although it is technically beautifully realised and features an impressively varied and supportive score from Terry and Gyan Riley, not all of Girard’s connections fully work.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
An interconnected series of encounters between Native peoples and European settlers in and around modern-day Montreal.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2017; Director: François Girard; Writer: François Girard; Stars: Samian, Raoul Max Trujillo, Vincent Perez, Siân Phillips, Sébastien Ricard, Emmanuel Schwartz, Linus Roache, Gilles Renaud, Caroline Dhavernas, Paul Doucet, Tony Nardi, Wahiakeron Gilbert, Tanaya Beatty, Naiade Aoun, David La Haye)

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UK premiere

Indian Horse

A young First Nations boy becomes a star ice hockey player.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Stephen S Campanelli; Writer: Dennis Foon, based on the novel by Richard Wagamese; Stars: Sladen Peltier, Forrest Goodluck, Ajuawak Kapashesit, Michiel Huisman, Martin Donovan, Michael Murphy, Edna Manitowabi, Melanie McLaren, Johnny Issaluk, Skye Pelletier, Evan Adams, Lisa Cromarty, Michael Lawrenchuk, Will Strongheart, Tristen Marty-Pahtaykan)

UK premiere

Kayak To Klemtu

Review preview for Kayak To Klemtu

Heart strings are taut for plucking

Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
A First Nations teenager sets off on a journey, determined to kayak the Inside Passage in British Colombia.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2018; Director: Zoe Leigh Hopkins; Writer: Zoe Leigh Hopkins, Michael Sparaga; Stars: Ta'Kaiya Blaney, Evan Adams, Jared Ager-Foster, Carmel Amit, Sonja Bennett, Tyler Burrows, Lorne Cardinal, Debs Howard, Chris Ippolito, Sarah Kelley, Nelson Leis, Evan Adams, Jared Ager-Foster, Carmel Amit, Sonja Bennett)

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European premiere

The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond Of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes)

Coming-of-age story about two siblings who find their lives change after their brutal father - who forbade them from contact with the outside world - dies.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Simon Lavoie; Writer: Simon Lavoie, Gaétan Soucy; Stars: Marine Johnson, Antoine L'Écuyer, Jean-François Casabonne, Alex Godbout, Laurie Babin, Marine Johnson, Antoine L'Écuyer, Jean-François Casabonne, Alex Godbout, Laurie Babin)

UK premiere

Luk'Luk'I

Review preview for Luk'Luk'I

This is a film that will keep finding ways to make you feel sad.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
A group of marginalised Vancouverites try to tackle their troubled lives.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Wayne Wapeemukwa; Writer: Eric Buurman, Angela Dawson, Angel Gates, Ken Harrower, Mark McKay, Wayne Wapeemukwa; Stars: Angel Gates, Joe Buffalo, Ken Harrower, Eric Buurman, Angela Dawson, Yvette Benson, Fraser Dick, Amanda Friesen, Patrick Gaites, John Gillich, Jason William Lee, Shanae Tomasevich, Kenneth Tynan, Natasha Young, Angel Gates)

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UK premiere

Metamorphosis

Review preview for Metamorphosis

The approach comes as a joyful reminder that science, philosophy and poetry need not be mutually exclusive.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
The impact of humanity on our planet.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2018; Director: Nova Ami, Velcrow Ripper; Writer: Nova Ami, Velcrow Ripper)

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UK premiere

Public Schooled

A home-schooled teenager attempts to break away from his overprotective mother.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2018; Director: Kyle Rideout; Stars: Judy Greer, Daniel Doheny, Siobhan Williams, Andrew McNee, Alex Barima)

UK premiere

Wall

Review preview for Wall

The addition of the animation allows Christiansen to leaven some of the more academic aspects of Hare's writing, putting thoughts into the mouths of different characters.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Animated film essay capturing Hare's perspective on the history of the Israeli separation barrier and Middle East conflict.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Cam Christiansen; Writer: David Hare, Cam Christiansen; Stars: David Hare)

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UK premiere