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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2019

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019

Galas

Programme

4 films · 2 reviews

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Balance, Not Symmetry

A Scottish-American art student finds her re-examining her privileged life when her dad unexpectedly dies.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Jamie Adams; Writer: Jamie Adams, Simon Neil; Stars: Laura Harrier, Bria Vinaite, Kate Dickie, Tamsin Egerton, Martin Bell, Freya Mavor, Lily Newmark, Begonia Villalba, Scott Miller, Conor McCarron, Laura Harrier, Bria Vinaite, Kate Dickie, Tamsin Egerton, Martin Bell)

People's gala. World premiere

Boyz In The Wood (Get Duked!)

Review preview for Boyz In The Wood

It's laugh out loud funny in places, and there's an endearing earnestness throughout.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
An anarchic cocktail of generational politics, hip-hop loving farmers and hallucinogenic rabbit shites, set in the highlands of Scotland.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Ninian Doff; Writer: Ninian Doff; Stars: Eddie Izzard, Kate Dickie, James Cosmo, Kevin Guthriw, Jonathan Aris, Alice Lowe)

Full review

Opening gala. European premiere

Mrs Lowry & Son

Review preview for Mrs Lowry & Son

This is very much an actors' film and the two leads are both on superb form.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Story of the artist and his bed-ridden, controlling mother.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Adrian Noble; Writer: Martyn Hesford; Stars: Timothy Spall, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Lord, David Schaal, John Alan Roberts, Wendy Morgan, Joanne Pearce, Michael Keogh, Jon Furlong, Paul Bergquist, Giselle Cullinane, Laurence Mills, Jennifer Banks, Rose Noble, Amanda Higson)

Full review

Closing gala. World premiere

UglyDolls

What's strange is special for a group of dolls who go on an adventure.

(Country: China, Canada, US; Year: 2019; Director: Kelly Asbury; Writer: Alison Peck, Robert Rodriguez, Sun-min Kim, David Horvath; Stars: Pitbull, Ice-T, Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, Leehom Wang, Wanda Sykes, Gabriel Iglesias, Emma Roberts, Kelly Asbury, Laura Nicole Harrison, Jane Lynch, Natalie Martinez, Stephen Zimpel, Bebe Rexha, Charli XCX)

Family gala. UK premiere